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If the 807 is a little too common for you, there's always Mazda's MPV. The unimaginatively badged model is one of the slowest-selling cars in the UK, with only 72 finding homes in this country last year, compared to 12,177 Ford Galaxys.

By Martin Sharp

June 2002

If the 807 is a little too common for you, there's always Mazda's MPV. The unimaginatively badged model is one of the slowest-selling cars in the UK, with only 72 finding homes in this country last year, compared to 12,177 Ford Galaxys.

Will the Japanese people carrier's facelift improve on this dismal effort? The new 'arrowhead' grille and interior trim tweaks are unlikely to have a drastic effect, but under the bonnet things gets more interesting, as the car boasts the engines which will also go into the Mondeo-rivalling Mazda 6. A new 2.3-litre, 134bhp petrol unit replaces the 2.0-litre, while a 134bhp common-rail 2.0-litre diesel is now on offer, too.

On the road, the MPV is perfectly adequate

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