Mazda 6 (2013 - 2022) 2.2d SE-L Nav 4d Owner Review

Initially, it had DPF issues, then battery needed replacing (£160 yuasa EFB😭) then the gearbox started tapping loudly, thankfully all these were resolved by the dealer, who sorted all the problems and fitted a recon gearbox that had done 35k miles, so far it's been BRILLIANT, I love the car, it's a pleasure to drive, and it's fast enough, top tip the 175bhp engine is identical to the 150bhp and is only held back by its ECU tune, it can even go up to 192bhp without damage.

It's built for motorways, where it will sit at 65mpg at 70mph all day long it really does sip diesel, if you're thinking of getting one for about town driving or short trips forget it your DPF will clog in no time.

It's relaxing to drive all the controls are easy to access, stop start works flawlessly, smart city braking stops you rolling back on a hill at junctions especially when istop is working.

The steering is precise and light but not too light that you feel disconnected from the road, my stepson drove it and he's a BMW 318 owner he said its way smoother than a BMW to drive and the engine keeps pulling even in 6th gear and he'd be hard pushed to stay level with it in a head to head.

It's £20 a year road tax and for me £30 a month insurance.

The interior of the car is very nice, it's cloth seats in mine which I prefer to leather, the material is easy to clean and is very durable. The air conditioning is very fast in providing cool air, but be warned the istop(stop/start) doesn't work if your air con is on full(coolest) 15C

The sound system is very good, it provides FM, DAB, AM, CD, DVD, USB, Bluetooth and aux, the 2015 model doesn't support Android auto or Apple car play that was only an option on >2016, but you can upgrade it for around £80, I haven't bothered because the on board sat nav is enough for me and the Bluetooth tethers my phone for calls/music etc.

I just have a 32gb usb stick formatted FAT for my music on mp3 which works well.

Your maps sit on an SD card that plugs into the centre console, the original is 8GB and won't accept the map updates you'll need a bigger 16gb SD card if you want the map updates which were dated 2019. There are many how to's out there how to achieve that.

Be warned the on board usb charging is very slow so I've just put in a cigar lighter usb charger which provides fast charging.

Other than that the car far exceeds my expectations and thus far I'm very pleased with it.