Mazda5: a cocktail of contradictions

On dimensions Mazda5 is on the verge of a golf-class and the following, more solid segment. Competitors at this "Japanese" the pond has no their sense, but not all so is simple. Developers could combine in it auto two qualities seldom combined in a world practice: a maximum of convenience to passengers and pleasure from driving.

For the last new 2-liter petrol engine MZR – the same, as on well-known sports Mazda answers series MPs, only without pressurization. Capacity of last version is finished up to 150 h.p. – it more than enough and for city driving with prompt starts from traffic lights, and for long voyages between cities and the countries where capacity for safe and exact overtakings can be demanded. This motor can be equipped by a 6-step mechanical box of transfers – for those who likes to supervise the car completely. For the same to whom convenience of movement is more important, – 5-speed "automatic device" with a manual mode. This transmission already is familiar to much on popular Mazda3. But it not all – for those who is not going to beat records of speed, the variant with the 1,8-liter 115-strong petrol motor is possible also.