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Originally Posted by infini
if that's the North American production version then i get the feeling the Australian production version will have a few minor styling tweaks, judging by the differences between the Australian and North American Mazda 6.
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That's only because the north American market has a larger segment for 6 cylinder vehicles so they re-designed it to make the actual car larger at the same time. It's closer to the old Mazda 929 if anything.
The previous shape Mazda6 was exactly the same as the rest of the world but in the US market there were the three engine platforms available. 2.3L 4cyl, 2.3L Turbo and the 3.0L V6 engine [which came from the Mazda Tribute]. The reason that Australia didn't get the V6 engine is partly to do with how the Tribute's V6 engine was designed and that it couldn't fit a smaller engine bay in right hand drive [ie sit's lower and all that jazz], plus they didn't want the car to become a fleet special.
Here are pics of the North American Mazda 6
Note the completely different rear end treatment, plus the headlights and front air dam are also different in comparison to the rest of the worlds Mazda6..
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