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Word has it
Mazda may be mulling a return to the coupe market with a two-door version of its shapely new
Mazda6.
Auto Express cites unnamed sources as saying the car will bow at the
Moscow Motor Show next year and will likely feature the 2.2-liter turbodiesel four-cylinder engine found in the sedan. Good for 173 horsepower, that mill can hustle the four-door to 60 mph in under 7.8 seconds. But Mazda may also turn out a quicker MPS trim (read:
Mazdaspeed) when it comes to the coupe, complete with a turbocharged gasoline four cylinder with upwards of 260 hp.
According to the report, there's also some indication the MPS version of the coupe will bow with an all-wheel drive system borrowed from the
CX-5 crossover. Both products share basic architecture, theoretically making it easier to swap parts between the two.
Auto Express says the two door could bow as early as 2014 with the high-performance variant following along shortly thereafter. Stay tuned.
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