I was interested to read that you are currently running a Mazda 5 1.6 diesel. I sold my 5-year-old 63,000 mile Mazda 5 1.9d Sport prior to going on a long trip to New Zealand and am now looking to replace it. It was an excellent car other than the tyre wear issue. We don't really need seven seats, but we do long trips to our home in France and valued the load carrying capacity and powerful diesel engine for the motorways. I have been considering the Hyundai ix35 2.0 diesel, but would be interested to know if you think we would be disappointed with the power of the smaller-engined Mazda if we decided to stick with that model.