Mazda 6 MPS

War wagon the perfect platform for brand revival

- Scott Newman

MAZDA does a pretty amazing job at punching above its weight. Compared to the likes of GM, VW and Toyota it’s a minnow, yet there’s not a dud car in its range, a range that spans everything from city cars to seven-seat SUVs to high-riding workhorse utes.

Well done Mazda, but we want more. Call us greedy, but for a company with its proud sporting heritage to have just one true driver’s car in its range (MX-5, duh), is not enough, especially when there’s product ripe for the go-faster treatment.

Mazda’s MPS brand was the ultimate expression of its “Zoom, Zoom” philosophy, injecting true turbocharged performance into the 3 and 6, offering left-field alternatives to more established performance cars like the VW Golf GTI and Subaru WRX.