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The GS V6 is priced at $27,995 and the GT V6 is priced at $31,995.
Info and photos here: http://www.canadianautoreview.com/news.htm#mazda6
GS $15,240
GT $17,687
V6 GS $17,561
V6 GT $20,070
Sounds pretty reasonable to me! Thanks for the ordering information, audia8q! I'm glad you didn't run when the whining started. Which doesn't mean I don't understand it--the advance notice on this car has been very long, and we've built up a lot of pre-production pondering pressure. I have my own dream 6 in mind, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed that things weren't bundled as I would have liked. I'm just rationalizing that by the time the hatch comes out it will have all the features I want in an easy-to-order package. Can't wait to finally sit in one after seeing it from the outside at the auto show.
Looks like the side marker lights are not on the canadian auto review pics either.
Got some tentative prices on the option packages...(subject to change)
Premium pkg......900
comfort pkg......200
audio pkg........635
sport pkg........860
side srs/curtains 450
abs/traction.....650
moonroof.........700
leather..........860 (comfort pkg required)
On the ordering configs you gave us earlier, how was this info presented to you? Was it "for the first dealer orders", "for all dealer orders", "for all orders", or "for all orders forever"? As you can tell, I'm hoping it will change.
But I'm 22 and while I HATE supped-up Civics, I like nice, clean spoilers...
Dinu
I think there is too many choices actually. The more choices the less chances somebody will stock the car "you want". Example, I would never stock an ABS no moonroof car...simply because it would never sell here at my store.
And what about those front air dam, side sills and rear skirt. Do they add to the car's aerodynamics performace or are they simply for looks.
I ordered a few out of my initial orders for customers.
you want one?? haha
Rich
Dinu
Mass market cars at < 100mph (and most at speeds higher than that), I doubt they do anything but act as a shopping cart handle.
http://www.edmunds.com/future/2003/mazda/6/4drstationwagon/photo_4.html
Are you in T-Dot yugoboy?
Dinu
Oh, and how far is the drive from NM to CT? haha
We have different models than in the US. For example the Protege base trim is DX in the US and SE here. The equipement varies too on the LX and ES.
But the GS 4cyl 5spd starts at $24.000 (Accord territory) and GS V6 is $28.000 same as the V6 Accord. Mazda said its competitors are the Acoord and Altima. No mention of the Camry and that's what I like to see. Ignore Toyota until they start making some decent cars.
Dinu
This is a no-brainer. The sedan-look hatchback will be unique in a market filled with boring Camcord sedans, and is the best of both worlds: sedan look with more utility.
When the hatchback is launched, resist the temptation to pack them with loads of "options", Toyota style. Instead, sell them like Honda, fully equipped at a reasonable price, in no more than 2 trim levels. Make it easier for the customer to buy. Then watch those sales REALLY take off.
Carmakers have avoided hatches and wagons like the plague for the last decade or so in the US. In my youth (I am 46), I owned two hatches, and adored them both for their utility, even if they WERE an AMC Gremlin and a Pontiac T-1000 (Chevette clone). My parents owned a wagon, and we loved it. To some extent, this manufacturer aversion may have been in response to boomers resenting the wagons their parents had (the mini-van of that day) and the CHEAP econohatches we boomers had as kids.
Note that Mazda has tried to make the hatch look exactly like the sedan. I want a hatch, and I wish I didn't have to wait a year to get it.
Then again, except for a Ford Focus or VW Golf, what other hatch is still out there? And I need more than a subcompact.
Virtually everybody that makes cars offers a sedan. Hatches and wagons are few and far between. For about the past 20 years, the largest US made wagaon has been the Taurus/Sable! And hatches nearly completely disappeared.
That's the reason why so many of us are so excited to see Mazda doing good stuff, like the Protege5 and the Mazda6 wagons and hatches.
Bring 'em on! Best of all, bring us CHOICES!
Still trying to follow all of these model designations in various places, but clearly there is going to be a significant difference between the Mazda 6 in Canada and in the US.
My father is a dealer principle and I was going over the model designations and proces with him yesterday. I'll tell you what I remember now and try and get a complete copy for posting over the next couple of days.
There are two model designations in Canada - the GS and GT. Both the 4 cylinder and the V6 come in this model designation.
All models (including 4 cylinder) come standard with:
ABS
Traction Control
Air conditioning
Power heated mirrors, windows and locks
Tilting and telescoping sterring wheel.
Prices fora 4 cylinder 5-speed start at about $24,295 (excluding freight and dealer prep - probably about $800)
A 4 cylinder GT will run about $28,000.
A fully loaded V6 GT 5 Speed with every option will list for $31,995.
Sorry for the incomplete info. I will have more later.
I for one find the hatch even better looking than the sedan and more practical, but I'm realistic too.
More people have grown close to Mazda since the 3rd gen PRO (myself included).
Dinu
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Thanks for your understanding!
Pat
Sedans Host
I'll be more careful in the future.
To compete effectively with Accord/Camry/Altima, Mazda needs something other than zoom-zoom to get consumer attention. I would have promoted the hatch as a unique sedan-utility vehicle, while selling the sedan to people who insist on a trunk.
The downside is minimal, the upside huge in launching the hatch along with the sedan, IMHO.
I would love the 6 hatch or wagon fully loaded with the manual tranny. What a fun car that would be quite utilitarian.
http://makeashorterlink.com
Jeff
It should bring the Hatch from Japan / europe and sell it alongwith the sedan in USA.
maz6i....5 speed w/destination $19050
maz6s....5-speed w/destination $21620
fully loaded S-auto with every package $26,245
I see the 6 sedan as another 'me-too' vehicle with whatever spin Mazda wants to sell it with, just like Honda describes their Accord as European/w passion, Altima is supposed to be the cure for the common car etc etc.
The hatch on the other hand is not a 'me-too' vehicle but offers unique functionality (at least in the U.S.) in a vehicle that looks like a sedan. Offering the sedan-look hatch along with the sedan could be a strong 1-2 punch for Mazda to get back in the mid-size sedan market. That's why waiting for 6-7 months to launch the hatch doesn't make any sense to me.
Mazda6i-5spd Premium/Comfort/Sport/Moonroof/Leather = $22,570
Accord EXw/leather 5spd. = $22,900
Equipment is similar except that Accord has ABS. Its interesting that a full-on "s" manual is only $1015 more than a full-on "i" manual, and pretty reasonable at $25,325. An Accord EX-V6 is $25,800 with automatic ONLY :-(
Other import brands do the same thing. Try getting a 5 speed V6 Accord? Yes, it exists only in Fairy Tales.
The 6 is not meant to be a "all thigs to all poeple" car like Camrys. Autoweek has a preview of the US spec car and it's fine looking, not messed up like someone said earlier.
The official intro date is December 1 and dealers have them in ads saying "order yours today". There were whines about it being later than the Accord. What, 3 months? Big deal, if the Accord were later, they'd say "Oh Honda wants to get it right".
CAN 6GT loaded = 32K+1K dest+1K auto = 34K*.63= US $21420 for a fully loaded (groovypippin)
vs
US 6s loaded $26245 (audia8q)
almost 5K difference? there is no way, even with some differences between the two, for a car in this class. The first maybe feels right for an invoice value, the second seems closer to European MSRP...my quess, it is somewhere in between, but I would be inclined to go with the latter. We will know the pricing soon enough anyway
Dinu
If Mazda sells the 6 hatch in the same price range as the 6 sedan, I'm convinced the hatch will account for 35-40% of total 6 sales.
Or, a Mazda6s with comfort, moonroof, and leather and a 5spd. manual is only $20 more. Now that's a bargin!