Features of 2011 Mazda Sports Car Mazda6

2011 Mazda 6 Car Vehicle Highlights

The 2011 Mazda 6 gets slightly freshened interior styling. This mid size sedan comes in Sport, Touring, Touring Plus, and Grand Touring trims; the base SV has been discontinued. Sport, Touring, and Touring Plus are available with a 170-horsepower 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine. Versions so equipped have the "i" designation. Touring Plus and Grand Touring are available with a 272-horsepower 3.7-liter V6. These models have the "s" prefix. The 4-cylinder Sport is available with a 6-speed manual or 5-speed automatic transmission. The i Touring Plus and Grand Touring are automatic only. The V6 pairs with a 6-speed automatic. Both automatics have manual shift capability. Available safety features include ABS, traction control, anti skid system, front-side airbags, and curtain-side airbags. A wireless cell-phone link is standard on all but the Sport. The s Grand Touring has blind-spot alert, leather upholstery, and heated front seats. A rear view camera is newly standard on the Grand Touring. A power passenger seat, key less access and engine start, automatic xenon headlights, and voice-activated navigation system are options exclusive to the Grand Touring. 

2011 Mazda 6 - Front Angle Picture

The 2011 Mazda 6 is the face lifted Mazda that replaces the mid-sized petrol engine of the original model with a 2.0-liter MZR DISI petrol that is more fuel-efficient, livelier and faster. This high-revving direct-injection petrol produces a maximum output of 114 kW/155 PS at 6,200 rpm and 193 Nm of maximum torque at 4,500 rpm. 

 

2011 Mazda 6 - Rear Side Picture

For the Standard-Power diesel, the Mazda 6 face lift offers a great combination of lively power and low fuel consumption. To achieve this, torque was increased by reducing the outlet diameter of the turbocharger’s turbine impeller even further (from 41.5 mm to 32 mm), thereby reducing turbine inertia by approximately 51%, and by reducing the outer diameter of the compressor impeller itself from 57 mm to 47 mm, thereby increasing torque by 30 Nm in the 1,400 rpm to 2,400 rpm range.

At the top of the range, the Mazda 6 face lift offers an updated Sports Grade model – for all body styles. Special features unique to the Sports Grade include a larger brand symbol in the front grille with body colored wing-shaped moldings extending side ways, a new headlamp design that holds the new swivel – type adaptive front lighting system, wing-shaped position lamps, silver coating for the face lift new fog lamp bezels, rear combination lamps have clear inner lenses and LEDs.

Customers can choose between Mazda precise-shifting six-speed manual transmission – with higher third, fourth and sixth gear ratios for fuel efficiency at higher speeds – or a new five-speed Activations automatic gearbox with manual shift mode. 

ew chassis settings and several new active safety features.

Fuel consumption is very efficient, just fill the 2.0-liter and produce fewer emissions than six engines are available. Its five-speed automatic transmission was adapted especially for this new petrol engine to deliver an optimal combination of acceleration and fuel economy. Updated versions of the Mazda MZR 1.8 and 2.5-liter engines round out the petrol line-up, and on the diesel side the Mazda MZR-CD 2.2-liter turbo diesel engine is available in three power derivatives – from 129 to 180 PS.

A mid life face lift comes to every car, and this time it’s the Mazda6’s turn. The most obvious change is around the nose of the car, which has adopted the second generation corporate face first seen on the new Mazda3. It certainly looks much sharper and more dynamic than the previous model, and the new wheels on this Sport Hatch version have even been designed to improve aerodynamics and keep brake dust off the alloy surfaces.

Inside the Mazda6

The interior of the car has had several changes as well, with piano black covering much of the dashboard and extra chrome has been added to the switchgear. You also get rain sensing wipers, which don’t work very well as they share the same habit of most systems of ignoring misty rain on the windscreen.

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