When Gugs, JK and I went drinking a few Fridays back, I got a chance to take a spin in Gugs' new Mazda Speed6. Truth is, I saw it parked outside JK's house when I pulled up, and didn't even give it a second glance. Later, when we got in it, I was extremely impressed. First off, the car just feels well made. Second, the interior is flawlessly designed. Finally, the car is a total bad ass, but doesn't look like something my 17 year old nephew would look at home in. In essence, it's a wolf in sheep's clothing.
I started doing my research, and couldn't find a bad word written about this car anywhere on the net. Read a "Car and Driver" article, in which they compared it to Audi A4 2.0 T Quattro S-Line, BMW 325ix, Infiniti G35x, Lexus IS 250 AWD, and Volvo S40 T5 AWD. Not bad company to be in, especially when the Speed6 is $5K to $15K less than all those cars.
When you factor into the equation, that this baby is pulling 278 HP, does 0-60 in 5.9, has better breaking than all the cars listed above, is fulltime AWD, has 18" tires, a 7-speaker Bose stereo system with 6-CD in dash, and has a 6-speed manual transmission that shifts flawlessly, this decision was a no-brainer.
Zod
I started doing my research, and couldn't find a bad word written about this car anywhere on the net. Read a "Car and Driver" article, in which they compared it to Audi A4 2.0 T Quattro S-Line, BMW 325ix, Infiniti G35x, Lexus IS 250 AWD, and Volvo S40 T5 AWD. Not bad company to be in, especially when the Speed6 is $5K to $15K less than all those cars.
When you factor into the equation, that this baby is pulling 278 HP, does 0-60 in 5.9, has better breaking than all the cars listed above, is fulltime AWD, has 18" tires, a 7-speaker Bose stereo system with 6-CD in dash, and has a 6-speed manual transmission that shifts flawlessly, this decision was a no-brainer.
Zod
