Mazda CX-9 preview
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Mazda CX-9 preview
http://car-reviews.automobile.com/Ma...-preview/2069/
really extensive article with a hint about the engine at the end.
Mazda wants to market it as an upscale product, and has paid good attention to detail on the exterior, which features such premium-like features as chrome-plated window sills, chrome door handles, mirrors with integrated turn signals, and highly stylized head lights and tail lights, not to mention 18-inch diameter alloy wheels as standard equipment, and 20-inchers as an upgrade option. A rearview camera for reverse parking, automatic HID headlamps, rain-sensing windshield wipers, power heated memory leather seats, as well as a one-touch open and close mechanism for the tailgate are two of the high-end luxury options, normally found on prestige vehicles, available on the CX-9.
really extensive article with a hint about the engine at the end.
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Still, I doubt anyone here really cares about this car.
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really bluesky? you cared enough to make a crappy comment in my thread. fyi there have been many of us discussing this and the cx-7 as they were developing and i posted it for those people i knew were interested. and for those of us that have been looking at the development of the new FOrd 3.5l 6cyl engine.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
Still, I doubt anyone here really cares about this car.
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Maybe I'm wrong. I thought we were all car enthusiasts.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
Maybe I'm wrong. I thought we were all car enthusiasts.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
Maybe I'm wrong. I thought we were all car enthusiasts.
BACK TO TOPIC, I'd be curious to sit in the third row and see exactly how much cubic space is still there as they advertise that most 7 seaters suffer in this area (which i can understand, even the expedition with the 3rd in seating position barely has enough to account for groceries.)
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I hope I never get to the day where I need a SUV. I guess this would be a good choice. However, if I could afford it, I would want the Porsche Cayenne SUV.
The Mazda looks like a good affordable alternative. However, if Ford continues to crap all over everything it owns, I may not want one. Hopefully I will be able to stick to at the biggest, four door sport sedans or two door sport coupes.
The Mazda looks like a good affordable alternative. However, if Ford continues to crap all over everything it owns, I may not want one. Hopefully I will be able to stick to at the biggest, four door sport sedans or two door sport coupes.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
SUVs aren't cars. I've been trying to tell Car and Driver the same thing.
Since SUV's are still the largest-selling segment of the consumer-grade vehicle universe, determining which SUV's are adequate replacements for automobiles is a valid concern. Since the CX-7/9 aren't true trucks but car-based SUV's, testing them is a reasonable thing for them to do... And for the rest of us to be concerned about. You may be a young fella who has nothing more to worry about than the RX-8, there are others on this board who care about finding the best-handling, best-performing most car-like SUV on the market.
But what do you care about any of this? You think that the Acura TL is "boring". Sweet Mary and Joseph.... Not to mention that you're deluded, most SUV's (small-to-mid-sized, at least) really ARE cars that are simply styled to LOOK like trucks. The Subaru Forester, for instance, is considered to be an SUV, but is nothing more than a tall Impreza that will whallop the RX-8 in a drag race.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
SUVs aren't cars. I've been trying to tell Car and Driver the same thing.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
Maybe I'm wrong. I thought we were all car enthusiasts.
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Yes, I see there's a difference between an automotive enthusiast and a car enthusiast. When my car and driver arrives in the mail, I read the entire thing cover to cover, skipping only everything on trucks and suvs. I guess you guys would read about all the vehicles with interest.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
Yes, I see there's a difference between an automotive enthusiast and a car enthusiast. When my car and driver arrives in the mail, I read the entire thing cover to cover, skipping only everything on trucks and suvs. I guess you guys would read about all the vehicles with interest.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
When my car and driver arrives in the mail, I read the entire thing cover to cover, skipping only everything on trucks and suvs. I guess you guys would read about all the vehicles with interest.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
SUVs aren't cars. I've been trying to tell Car and Driver the same thing.
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These crossovers are nice. I was narrow minded on my view towards automobiles, i would just care about sports cars more than anything else but that was when i was like 16. Though, i see where you are coming from Bluesky, sometimes you just have to give kudos for some nice vehicles that are coming out. I think the CX7 and 9 are nice crossovers and a good edition to the mazda line up. I have to admit, im really eye'ing the CX7. I was planning on getting a Protege 5 or MP3 but i surely wouldnt mind one of these crossovers.