MAZDA has scored a double success at the Used Car of the Year Awards 2005, run by Used Car Buyer magazine, with Mazda MX-5 taking the Best Used Sports Convertible for the second consecutive year and Mazda6 taking the Best Family Car award adding to its huge list of accolades. Published monthly, Used Car Buyer is the UK's only consumer magazine dedicated to the buying and selling of used cars.
The Mazda MX-5 has been voted Best Sports Convertible of the Year 2005 by Used Car Buyer magazine's panel of motoring journalists and industry experts. The MX-5 took the annual honours for the second year running beating close rivals BMW Z3 and Toyota MR2. It was marked highest for fitness for purpose, value for money, running costs, reliability, residual value and image.
The Mazda6 won the Best Family Car award, pipping rival Skoda Octavia. Popular with families the Mazda6 offers excellent residual values and running costs making the decision to buy in a crowded segment an easy one. A Mazda6 1.6 TS would be worth £4,650 in three years/60,000 miles, thereby retaining 32% of its cost new putting the model ahead of chief rivals such as Volkswagen Passat, Toyota Avensis, Renault Laguna and Vauxhall Vectra.
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