Vehicle
Mazda 6
The mid-size saloon and estate. Its diesel is the model's diagnostic story: the 2.2 Skyactiv-D is efficient enough that short-journey use rarely gets it hot enough to complete a particulate-filter regeneration, and the consequence — oil dilution rising rather than a filter blocking — is the failure that a code names last rather than first.
Generations
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GG 2002–2008
The original; MZR petrols and the first common-rail diesels.
- 4F27E (FN4A-EL) 4-speed automatic
- F-series automatic (F3A / FS5A-EL) automatic
- G35M-R / G66M-R manual
- Jatco JF506E 5-speed automatic
- Body styles
- Sedan · Hatchback · Estate
- Platform
- Mazda GG
- Engines
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- 1.8 MZR — petrol
- 2.0 MZR — petrol
- 2.3 MZR — petrol
- 3.0 V6 — petrol
- 2.3 DISI turbo — L3-VDT · petrol · 196 kW (263 hp) · 380 Nm (280 lb-ft) · MPS and Mazdaspeed6
- 2.0 MZR-CD — diesel
- Transmissions
- 4-speed 4F27E automatic · 5-speed JF506E automatic · 5-speed FS5A-EL automatic · 5-speed G35M-R manual · 5-speed A65M-R manual · 6-speed A26MX-R manual · 6-speed AWTF-80 SC automatic · 6-speed G66M-R manual
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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GH 2007–2012
Larger second generation, MZR-CD diesel in Europe.
- Body styles
- Sedan · Hatchback · Estate
- Platform
- Mazda GH
- Engines
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- 1.8 MZR — petrol · 88 kW (118 hp)
- 2.0 MZR — petrol · 108–121 kW (145–162 hp)
- 2.5 MZR — petrol · 125 kW (168 hp)
- 2.0 MZR-CD — diesel · 103 kW (138 hp)
- 2.2 MZR-CD — diesel · 95–132 kW (127–177 hp)
- 3.7 V6 — petrol
- 2.3 — petrol · 4-cylinder, US market 2007-2008
- 3.0 — petrol · 6-cylinder, US market 2007-2008
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 5-speed FS5A-EL automatic · 6-speed G36M-R manual · 6-speed AWTF-80 SC automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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GJ 2012–present
Skyactiv throughout; the 2.2 diesel's regeneration behaviour is the recurring theme.
- Body styles
- Sedan · Estate
- Engines
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- Skyactiv-G 2.0 — petrol · 213 Nm (157 lb-ft)
- Skyactiv-G 2.5 — petrol · 256–258 Nm (189–190 lb-ft)
- Skyactiv-D 2.2 — diesel
- 3.7 — petrol · 6-cylinder, US market 2012-2013
- 2.5 turbo — petrol · 141–143 kW (189–192 hp)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed Skyactiv-Drive automatic · 6-speed Skyactiv-MT manual
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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