I was just wondering,
My wife is really interested in a Mazda 6 for our next car. We currently both drive proteges (She has a sedan and I have a P5). I'm pretty well versed in several vehicles and having worked at a dealership myself I'm no stranger to cars.
As I said earlier she's very itnerested in a 6 5door and I very much like the styling of the car only one problem I have. The ford sourced duratec V6 (at least thats what I think it is) seems a little weak at 220 hp comparred to the VQ35DE in the Altima, the new Camry motor and also the honda motor.
We both think that the 6 is the best looking and most dynamically appealing of all of them but the motor seems a bit weak.
My question is pretty much this:
Is there a power boost in the works for the 6 say in the range of about 240 hp or so.
The MS6 is an awesome car but it's a little too much for what we're looking for and I'm determined to have a NA motor in my next car.
I understand that Mazda would not want the base 6 to canibalize the MS6 sales.
Could they conceiveably bump the MS6 power output to 300hp and then bump the base 6 to about 240 or 250 (also considering that the MS6 has the benefit of AWD)?
Anyone heard anything.
My wife is really interested in a Mazda 6 for our next car. We currently both drive proteges (She has a sedan and I have a P5). I'm pretty well versed in several vehicles and having worked at a dealership myself I'm no stranger to cars.
As I said earlier she's very itnerested in a 6 5door and I very much like the styling of the car only one problem I have. The ford sourced duratec V6 (at least thats what I think it is) seems a little weak at 220 hp comparred to the VQ35DE in the Altima, the new Camry motor and also the honda motor.
We both think that the 6 is the best looking and most dynamically appealing of all of them but the motor seems a bit weak.
My question is pretty much this:
Is there a power boost in the works for the 6 say in the range of about 240 hp or so.
The MS6 is an awesome car but it's a little too much for what we're looking for and I'm determined to have a NA motor in my next car.
I understand that Mazda would not want the base 6 to canibalize the MS6 sales.
Could they conceiveably bump the MS6 power output to 300hp and then bump the base 6 to about 240 or 250 (also considering that the MS6 has the benefit of AWD)?
Anyone heard anything.