2017 Mazda 6 Sport sedan review. The revised 2017 Mazda 6 has only just hit the showrooms and its “more features, added safety” is already proving to be a solid one, with the range scoring an 8.5 from 10 in our launch review (largely off the shoulders of the top-spec Atenza) and the high-spec GT wagon garnering handy eights in both single-car and three-way comparison testing.

Given the fairly mild enhancements encompassing the range update, it’s less revelatory than it is a continuation of strength for the popular mid-sized range from Hiroshima.

It stands to reason, then, that extra features and blooming safety credentials might better benefit the price-savvy bottom end of the range than the more expensive machinery demanding higher coin. Particularly a range such as Mazda 6 where, in petrol-powered sedan forms, everything from the base $32,490 Sport through to the aforementioned tree-topping Atenza, a further $12,900 up the fiscal tree at $45,390, uses exactly the same powertrain.

While it’s not the case in other Mazda ranges – the 3s for example – the basement-level 6 packs the same 2.5-litre naturally aspirated four cylinder engine and six-speed automatic transmission, complete with an undiluted 138kW (at 5250rpm) and 250Nm (at 3250rpm), as the Touring, GT and Atenza above it.

While this alone bolsters the Sport’s value equation within a well-rated range, it bodes particularly well for the wallet-friendly Mazda variant within the value-driven medium-sized passenger vehicle segment.

You can read a full rundown of the 2017 Mazda 6 range updates here, though the crux of the Sport standard features list includes (newly introduced) G-Vectoring Control smarts, a new steering wheel design, DAB+ inclusion, LED taillights, newly redesigned wing mirrors and enhanced Smart City Brake Support (pedestrian detection) and Smart Brake Support (upped to 160km/h functionality).

There’s enough fairy dust sprinkled across the carryover equipment list to sate most bargain-hunting buyer tastes, and there are a plenty of niceties in the details: climate control with second-row ventilation (rather than regular air-con), the MZD Connect infotainment system with both 7.0-inch touchscreen and rotary-dial centre console control, propriety sat nav, iPod-compatible USB ports, Bluetooth and internet app integration.

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