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In name, minivans are dead, or at least that is what Mazda Motor Corp. thinks. In its ongoing marketing quest to boost its zoom-zoom image in North America, the auto maker has eschewed the word minivan and instead is calling its new 6-passenger Mazda5 an MAV, for multi-activity vehicle. Built on the Mazda3 small-car platform, the diminutive Mazda5 maximizes space, offering three rows of seating, two
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