MotorTrend (Digital)

MotorTrend (Digital)

1 Issue, January 2006

ARE YOU READY FOR THE MINI-MINIVAN?

ARE YOU READY FOR THE MINI-MINIVAN?
THE MAZDA5 may be arriving late to the six-seater microvan party in Europe and Japan, but it’s the first one through the door in North America. Sometimes being the first to arrive pegs one as nerdy and indeed viewed from the back, the Mazda5 does look a bit Poindexter. But check out the standard 17-inch footwear and the rakish Mazda nose, and you’ll get a better sense of what this wagonette is all about. Under the skin lurks all the comparison-test-winning hardware that we love in the Mazda3—the same 2.3-liter DOHC four (tweaked for a broader torque curve at the expense of a few peak horsepower and pound-feet), close-ratio five-speed stick, and a similarly taut front-strut/multilink rear suspension. While the 5 is only 3.2 inches longer than a Mazda3 sedan, raising…
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