All New Mazda 6 Press Shot

It has been a long time in coming, but Mazda finally released a press image of their forthcoming all new Mazda 6.

Although only a shot of the front end, first impressions are stunning showing slight overtones of their Mazda RX8 Coupe, well at least around the light clusters anyway. Were still going to have to wait until Tuesday 11th September to get the real low down when Mazda will unveil the new 6 at Frankfurt's 62nd Motor Show.

The new Mazda 6 is all new in design, although early indications are the MZR engines used in the current 6 will remain, we expect the new car to be lighter whilst taking a step forward in quality, strength, safety and be more environmental.

Despite using the same engines in the current Mazda 6, expect performance to be improved as the Mazda wizards incorporate the same weight saving techniques used on the all new Mazda 2. This strategy known as 'Drive Light' uses high and ultra-high tensile steels for less weight, with greater rigidity and better crash resistance, but also improves fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, whilst still delivering agile handling and safety attributes.

Roll on Frankfurt.