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"It would be very nice… to have the FR [front-engine, rear-driven] concept and six-cylinder engine for a Mazda 6 successor or a large sports coupé. We would like to have it, but at this point in time, it's most important to sell SUVs," the executive told the British magazine. It's interesting to see how many people get upset at BMW for pumping out SUV's but pretty much everyone does it. It's been a while since the car industry is moving towards this direction.
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Just need to look at the Genesis/Kia brand as an example of how well the non-german 6 cyl RWD platforms are selling. It's definitely a niche that doesn't make financial sense to develop from scratch anymore.
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Regardless of where you look, SUV's are everywhere now. Ferrari, Porsche, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, the usual German suspects.... I'm not saying they don't have their place in the porfolio, but it's a shame to see so many focusing on that rather than analogue cars.
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Mazda has to focus on where the money is and that's CUV and SUV. The Mazda 3 is a good car but current generation sales have nosedived. I personally think this is the right call as I think the market for a car like the Mazda 6 is shrinking more every year and I think it would have bombed even it if had good word of mouth.
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It doesn't sound like it's totally dead, just that they want to get the SUV's out first. Makes sense, but maybe not from the timeline everyone was expecting.
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Thanks god for the Germans...I'm sure I'll be long gone before they hang up their sedan lineups.
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