Attractive yet practical new Mazda 6 Tourer is much more appealing with a diesel engine under the bonnet
This is the estate version of Mazda's new 6. The outgoing 6 was a favourite among retail buyers, and that’s surely where this petrol-powered version of its elegant new Tourer will find a home.To these eyes at least, the Tourer is more successful than the saloon at carrying over the ‘Kodo’ design language from concept to production, looking far more like a modish, ‘premium’ shooting brake than utilitarian load-lugger. But the rakish design and narrow strip of glasshouse have not been achieved at the expense of load space: with 522-1632 litres (depending on the seat configuration) the new 6 is comfortably in the zone for expected useable space, if slightly short of the cavernous Ford Mondeo's 549/1740 litres.First drive review: 2013 Mazda 6 saloon
Attractive yet practical new Mazda 6 Tourer is much more appealing with a diesel engine under the bonnet
This is the estate version of Mazda's new 6. The outgoing 6 was a favourite among retail buyers, and that’s surely where this petrol-powered version of its elegant new Tourer will find a home.To these eyes at least, the Tourer is more successful than the saloon at carrying over the ‘Kodo’ design language from concept to production, looking far more like a modish, ‘premium’ shooting brake than utilitarian load-lugger. But the rakish design and narrow strip of glasshouse have not been achieved at the expense of load space: with 522-1632 litres (depending on the seat configuration) the new 6 is comfortably in the zone for expected useable space, if slightly short of the cavernous Ford Mondeo's 549/1740 litres.First drive review: 2013 Mazda 6 saloon