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Originally Posted by graywolf624
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nd the fact that a substantial portion of the 220lb-ft it has is delivered in a reasonably nice fat band at the bottom of the range all the way up to the redline
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What the hell else have you been driving? My 6S' power seems very dependent on rpm... It takes off over 4000 rpm and seems about average below that. I hardly would consider it a torquey engine. Maybe its because Ive driven a torque monster of a grand prix for years.. but to me the mazda 6 is not torquey at all.. Hell, my dad actually thought it had a turbo under the hood the first time I drove him around due to the power band. Thats before I opened the hood for him and after about 3 months of me driving it and learning to play with the manumatic.. Yeah I know I drive an automatic. I also lived in the middle of down town atlanta when I bought the car, so sue me.. |
The cars I had prior to the 6S were a Taurus with the 24V engine...oh man did that thing ever go like stink
j/k, my mom drives a Ford Contour SE V6 with a 5-speed, and the previous two cars in my/my dad's garage were a Ford Focus 2.0 Zetec with a 5-speed, and a Mazda 626 ESV6 with a 5-speed. That car had the "turbo" effect you're talking about, and it had it in spades. Once you hit about 4 grand it changed cam profiles or something and off it went. The 6 has similar characteristics and you really can feel the Variable Valve timing kick in at the upper end of the rev range, but it's not bad low down either, granted it's nowhere near as chunky as the 3800 or even 3100 Series GM V6's but compared to the other cars I've had to drive it's a substantial difference. I was expecting no grunt from the Renesis unit at all, but it turned out to be alright in the end.
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