It has excellent braking and good gas mileage for a car its size. It currently has 140K miles and is only just now starting to show its age. We bought it from my parents with 100K+ miles on it.
#2004 mazda mpv driver#
The driver and passenger seats, for example, can't go back far enough for an average-sized adult to have any leg room/driving room IF there is an infant car seat in the middle seat! Mazda also compressed the inner mechanical workings, costing us big bucks in labor if we ever need any work done. Unfortunately, the minivan is just the tiniest bit too short - as if the manufacturer reaaaaally wanted to save just those extra 6" of space and managed to do so as inconveniently as possible.
#2004 mazda mpv plus#
This is a plus in case I need to separate squabbling siblings. The bench seat in the middle can actually come apart and turn into two captain-style chairs. We needed a minivan for our growing family. However, with the introduction of the smaller Mazda5 minivan, CX-7 and CX-9 SUVs to North America, Mazda will stop exporting the MPV to North America after the 2006 model year.My Mazda MPV is a decent used vehicle. The Japanese Mazda website already shows the next MPV with lazy-boy recliner feature seats and turbo 4 engine. While the rear seats aren't as large as the Odyssey, for users who just need occasional 7 passenger seating, and not 4 wheel drive, the MPV is a much more affordable alternative to a popular Honda minivan, or an SUV.
For example, in 2005, it was possible to pay just $15,000 for a 2004 MPV with 22,000 miles after being retired by a rental car company, while a the trade in for a 2003 Pilot with 44,000 miles was $24,000. It has a low price as a used vehicle or sales incentives as new. Some car reviews called it Ford's best minivan. Those who do purchase the vehicle appreciate its narrow and short size, light weight and maneuverability. The ES model added leather seats, rear air conditioner, and power sliding doors, with a choice of sunroof or roof mounted DVD player.īy 2006, the MPV was virtually the only minivan which had not adopted the size form factor of the long wheelbase Chrysler minivans, including Kia and Nissan. The LX Sport package further added body side skirts, and air dam bumpers with optional spoiler. Introduced in 1988 as a rear-wheel-drive model with optional selectable. In 2004 it adopted a more aggressive look with new headlights and taillights resembling the appearance of "tuner cars" with "Altezza" style clear taillights, and aggressive headlamps. The Mazda MPV (Multi-Purpose Passenger Vehicle) is a minivan manufactured by Mazda.
#2004 mazda mpv full#
Also updated at this time were the grille, which now was larger, with a single chrome bar at the top rather than a full surround. lbf of torque, matching Mazda's "zoom zoom" theme.This was replaced in a 2002 refresh with Mazda's AJ 3.0 L V6 and a 5-speed automatic transmission that produces 200 hp and 200 ft
The MPV was initially reviewed as underpowered, using the Mazda AJ (which was actually Ford's Duratec) 2.5 L V6, an engine intially designed by Porsche before it was sold to Ford and used in the Contour. Some differentiating factors included a rear seat that folded flat into the floor and rear-door windows that rolled down. This second generation MPV was much more traditional, with sliding rear doors and front-wheel drive. The MPV was replaced for 2000 with a front wheel drive LW platform based on the 626.