Mazda never sold this MPV generation in North America or Europe, keeping it Japan, China and New Zealand only.
Lead trim: 2.5 (China)
Mazda MPVLY · 2006–2016
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Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Mazda MPV yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactMazda never sold this MPV generation in North America or Europe, keeping it Japan, China and New Zealand only.
The third-generation MPV debuted at the October 2005 Tokyo Motor Show and went on sale in Japan in February 2006, related to the Mazda6. It used a 2.3-litre MZR direct-injection four, naturally aspirated or turbocharged, with the gear lever moved to the centre console. It was sold only in Japan, China, parts of Southeast Asia and New Zealand, often as the Mazda8, and not in North America or Europe; four-wheel drive and the turbo were Japan-only. A 2008 facelift brought a five-speed automatic, the turbo was dropped in 2010, and China received a 2.5-litre from 2012.
Collectors Spotted in the Mazda MPV Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Mazda MPV yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 MZR DISI L3-VE | 2006–2016 | 2.3 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2.3 MZR DISI Turbo L3-VDT (Japan) | 2006–2010 | 2.3 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | — | automatic | — |
| 2.5 (China) | 2012–2016 | 2.5 L | — | — | — | — | automatic | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the 2.3 MZR DISI L3-VE trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
Mazda never sold this MPV generation in North America or Europe, keeping it Japan, China and New Zealand only.
Mazda redesigned the MPV for Japan's home market and it paid off instantly — initial orders came in at three times what Mazda had projected.
Every rival minivan put its parking brake underfoot — the first-generation MPV put it on the floor beside the driver's seat instead, operated by hand like a sports car.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
This Presage minivan shares its underlying platform with the Teana sedan and the North American Murano crossover — one architecture doing three very different jobs.
Subaru's family-hauling Exiga got an unlikely STi treatment in 2009 — front spoiler, sport muffler, tighter suspension and a leather Momo wheel — but only 300 were ever built.
YRV stands for Young Recreational Vehicle, a mini MPV built to out-handle its own segment rivals.
The Terraza was Buick's first-ever minivan for the North American market - a badge-engineered cousin of the Chevrolet Uplander, Pontiac Montana SV6, and Saturn Relay.
The restyled 1994 Lumina Minivan quietly made American automotive history: it was the first minivan sold in the US with a power sliding door you could open by remote.
The first-generation Lumina APV minivan was nicknamed the "Dustbuster" by the press for its sharply sloped windshield, which pushed the dashboard far forward of the driver.
Its steeply sloped windshield gave the Lumina APV one of the deepest dashboards ever fitted to a mass-produced car.
The first Presage wasn't really its own car underneath — most of its parts came straight from the Nissan R'nessa, with more shared with its platform twin, the Bassara.