Comments by "Stephen Hendricks" (@stephenhendricks103) on "" video.

  1. If you want a current generation Mazda6 you're well advised to get one soon. The sales of the current generation are dismal. And that's in a Mazda lineup that's almost as bad (with the exception of the CX-5.) In calendar year 2019 sales were down by 30% compared to 2018 to 21,500 sales. That was bad enough but in the first quarter of 2020, sales dropped another 35% compared to 2019 to 4500 units. VW managed to sell nearly 6000 Passats in a challenging COVID-19 impacted marketplace. Mazda6 buyers may not care that consumers ignore the vehicle but Mazda surely does. Along with the terrible sales of the CX-9, the Mazda3 and the CX-30, the question of how long Mazda can remain the smallest independent mainstream manufacturer on the planet before it becomes a division of Toyota.
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  2.  @djhrjeiwhri  Reading challenged, are you?
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  3. As predicted, Mazda has announced the demise of the Mazda6 (along with the CX-3) with the 2021 model. And no, there won't be a successor model in 2022. Rumors of an inline 6 successor for 2023 persist but given Mazda's track record of failing to live up to delivery of rumored models and the soft market for midsize sedans, skepticism is warranted.
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  4. The cramped interiors of nearly every Mazda is the result of the Koda design language that makes a stylish but functionally questionable statement with a long hood and short body behind the firewall. It's a design trick used by sports car designer for nearly a century to suggest potency and power but Viagra is cheaper and more effective. At least the Mazda6 doesn't suffer as much from the design as other models, especially the huge CX-9 with interior space less than a Honda CR-V.
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  5.  @A22DNAL  I can understand your sentiment. I felt the same way about Saab vehicles when GM absorbed the brand and went on to kill it. Likewise I was sad to see the Mazda RX-8, a superb (though flawed) 4 seat sports car, disappear as a result of anemic sales. I Owned examples of each. Hell, my first car was a 1954 Kaiser, another unique brand that disappeared from the same cause. Nevertheless, a mainstream manufacturer cannot survive by selling cars only to people "who want to drive something other than what everyone else is driving." I'm not a fan of the VW Passat but when a manufacturer has a model with worse sales than that slow selling vehicle , it won't last long.
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