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patrick_y
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Great design! A very handsome car. Looks like something from Giugiaro Design house!

Mazda's interior and exterior designs really are very appealing.  However, they're going backwards in terms of mechanicals in many ways.  Their small sedan, the Mazda 3, no longer has independent rear suspension (which made it a segment leader along with the Honda Civic as the only ones with an independent rear suspension for that class of car), and actually went back to a Torsion Beam (torsion beam is cheaper and less performance friendly than an independent suspension)!  What's next?  Mazda Miata/MX-5 without a double wishbone front suspension (double wishbone allows better wheel/tire contact to both on-camber and off-camber roads or well built and poorly built roads, the alternative is MacPherson strut, a design that has noticeably less contact on off-camber corners - car has less grip in off-camber/poorly-built roads)?  Mazda's executive team has said they are going for more design and lower engineering costs as this is what the average customer is looking for.  While this is very true and probably the path to corporate longevity, it is against the ethos of the brand which has always been a more engineering and performance-first approach.