Houston Cars

Mazda will be officially introducing the 2008 Mazda6 in all it’s glory at the upcoming Frankfurt Auto Show, but they did leak a whole bunch of pics for your enjoyment. There will be three differently body styles - sedan, hatchback, and wagon. There’s no official word on which we’ll see here in the States, but it’s likely that only the sedan and wagon will make it over - hatches don’t historically sell well in the US. The specs are still shrouded in mystery, but there are a ton of pics, and this juicy tidbit of information. Unlike nearly every other vehicle that gets redesigned, the 2008 Mazda6 will *not* get larger than the outgoing model, it will actually weigh less, it will get better fuel economy, and it will emit less CO2 from the tailpipe.

There are exceptionally few vehicles that actually shed weight during a redesign - that, coupled with the reduction in CO2 emissions and increased fuel economy show that Mazda made a very smart call with the new Mazda6.

The sedan is sporty looking ( the front is great ), but slightly less awesome than the new Altima. The hatchback is also really neat - it kinda has the 4 door coupe thing going on - not a bad look at all. It’s a shame we probably won’t see it over here.

The new wagon surprised me the most. I don’t know, nor will I likely ever like wagons - they just don’t do it for me. But as far as wagons go, the 2008 Mazda6 Wagon is the best looking wagon on the road - bar none. In fact, it looks so good that I bet it will cannibalize CX-7 sales drastically. Really, there’s not much room for the Mazda6 wagon and the CX-7 - they overlap greatly in functionality. I’d bet that the CX-7 won’t get a second iteration once this model’s time is up. Check out the picture gallery after the jump.