
By James Ehle
It’s awards season again — for top-of-the-line vehicles that is — and the 2017.5 Mazda6 Sedan is riding high with some of the best. The 2017 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the Mazda6 a prestigious “Top Safety Pick+”, which is the greatest honor in safety that the agency awards. It’s clear to see why the new Mazda6 will keep drivers and riders safe with its Blind Spot Monitoring and Rear Cross-Traffic Alert features.
The Mazda6 Sport features 17-inch alloy wheels, power windows, cloth seats, electronic parking bakes, a backup camera, and keyless entry to name just a handful of the numerous standard features. One class above the Mazda6 sport is the Mazda6 Touring, which boasts 19-inch wheels, leather seats, Advanced Keyless Entry, rear HVAC vents, dual-zone automatic climate control, Smart City Brake Support for low-speed braking, a 6-way power driver’s seat, rain-sensing wipers, and automatic headlights. If that weren’t enough, the Mazda6 2017.5 models all come standard with navigation and heated front seats.
The Mazda6 features, if they didn’t seem endless enough, impress even more through the Grand Touring model, which includes a driver’s memory seat, LED fog lights, Active Driving Display head-up unit, LED interior lamps, LED signature grille surround, 6-way power passenger seat, steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters, rear lip spoiler, Mazda Radar Cruise Control, Lane Keep Assist, alarm, Smart Brake Support, and High Beam Control.
Beauty isn’t just on the outside, because every 2017.5 Mazda6 model combines all of your media needs including Bluetooth phone and audio streaming, radio, diagnostic information, and USB inputs, is the 7-inch MAZDA CONNECT infotainment interface system. Looking even deeper, under the hood of each 2017.5 Mazda6 model is a SKYACTIV-G 2.5-liter engine, with either the 6-speed manual or automatic transmission in the Sport and Touring models, and 6-speed automatic comes standard in the Grand Touring model.