 I purchased a new Mazda 6 in 2015. I was impressed by the car's handling during initial test drive. Exterior and interior design is very elegant and sporty with  19" wheels and high quality interior materials. However, during the 3 years of driving this car too many things  overshadowed my first impression. While the car still handles corners very well, accelerates and brakes just fine, the overall ride quality is very poor, suspension and low profile tires are very stiff, so unless the pavement is perfect the ride is very choppy and very tiring over long hauls. Engine is noisy. Sound insulation in general is bad. Road noise and wind noise are almost deafening at speeds over 70 mph. The car sits very low and is somewhat difficult to get in and out. In a touring version you get a power driving seat but no lumbar support adjustment. Bluetooth connection is lost every time you exit the vehicle you have to reconnect the phone every time you get it. The infotament screen isnt very intuitive. Hood, gas tank and trunk release buttons are all cluttered in one  hard to reach place, below to the left  of the steering wheel, they are  small, barely seen and you almost inevitably push the wrong button.  Trunk is very shallow. Heat distribution is poor: when its supposed to blow only at your feet, front vents  blow about equally strong. Its not uncommon to have a  half frozen windshield when the heater is at windshield/feet position and i its below 25F.  I purchased a new Mazda CX9 in 2007, drove it for 10 years and had over 260,000 miles on it when I sold it. I had zero complaints about this car. While Mazda depreciates much faster that Toyota or Honda, if you keep it long enough its worth it. With Mazda 6, however, Im counting the days until my son gets his driver license so I can give him this car and move on to something else. If I sell it right now I will probably loose close to half of what I paid for it 3 years ago. Major disappointment.