Detroit Auto Show: Mazda Mania

While Chrysler was dropping the wraps on their new vehicles the Mazda platform had already brought out three of its newest vehicles. Mazda has a presentation tomorrow afternoon but as I approached the display the new Mazda5 greeted me. It is definitely not a stunner and I don't really like it much in person. People were munching on sushi right next to the MX-Crossport. Unfortunately all of its doors were open so I couldn't really judge the design aesthetics. But the main thing that struck me was it was just too big to actually work in the real world.

Then off in the corner was the car I was really interested in. The Mazdaspeed 6 was there in all its silver glory. The hood is just so cool and along with the re-designed rear makes the Mazdaspeed look very, very aggressive. The two-tone interior was offset with some carbon-fiber looking accents that weren?t half bad. But the two-tone itself was hot. Have I mentioned I can?t wait to drive one?

David Thomas filing via e-mail.