I am currently in Chicago right now. I just saw a Mazda with some sort of eyebrow mod. on his headlamps. I might just be going crazy but the styling cues on the newer Mazda vehicles somewhat resemble Acura styling cues.

 

They do look pretty similar--angled nose and similar haedlamps.

 

Your right, I saw one the other day on the highway and it looked probably 60% similar to our car. Damn Mazda! Acura is one of the original 3 from Japan (Honda/Toyota/Nissan), they have no right to mimick us! Well but Acura did admittedly style our TL similar to 5 series BMW, so that's what we get I guess...

 

The auto manufacturers have been copying from one another for years. Just this morning, I was thinking how the Pontiac across from me had taken it's grill design from BMW. It's only going to get worse as the independents are absorbed into the giants - welcome to the age of badgeneering! :P

Here'a a new one - Subaru is part of Nissan!?! My latest Infiniti lease bill lists Subaru FInance...

 

Don't judge a book only by it's exterior. The interior is nowhere in the ballpark of the TL. I was considering the Mazda 6 at the time, but immediately took it off the list when I was the inside.

 

Mazda and Acura do share the 5 sided grill. What is that a pentagon? A lot of cars look alike, designers are not very original and many are forced to make things look like other cars that sell.

Or u can have an original looking but fugly Bangle Beater!

And Suburu is a part of GM. NIssan is a part of Renault (go Frenchies ,lol).

 

Ah Renault! First car I ever drove was a Renault 14, back in the mid-80s!! Don't know why they won't try again over here - they had some good cars in the 90s. Still a big seller in the UK, along with Citroen.

Maybe Nissan's finance division is "helping out"

 

The Mazda 6 is a direct competitor to Honda Accord V6 not the TL. Doesn't come close in either performance or luxury. I was more impressed with the Accord than the Mazda, except for the looks. The Honda 4 door Accord must be one of the ugliest cars made today. Shame on them. The TL and TSX on the other hand are very nice looking cars.

 

hmmm..this thread has got to stop soon...i smell flamers getting closer and mazda peeps might see this thread...and then you know whats going to happen after that....

 

move this to rambling

 

Well.. I love RX s...... RX-8 looks sick and fast too...

ans overall they have rotaries... makes hella different when it gets to cornering...

 

My bad, didn't mean to offend any Mazda owners. Bobzmcishl is right. Can't compare two different classes of cars. Although, Mazda should look into better designs and material for the interior.

 

The Mazda 6 is definitely a looker. If I were looking for a replacement for my wife's Accord, the 6s (this is the V6 version) with Chrome appearance package would be near the top of the list because the newer Accords are fugly. I simply have not adjusted to that nasty look. It'd be either that or the Ac TSX.