Advertising Last completed movie pages 2013 Mazda CX-5 [KE] Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2012-07-26 18:34 |
I think the US CX-5 has only one engine, so it is a Mazda CX-5 2.0 Skyactiv-G. |
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◊ 2012-07-26 20:35 |
Yes, that's the engine. 6-speed manual or Automatic, but with only 155 bhp, compared to the 163 of other markets. Video of the review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZATPPkHQp1Y |
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◊ 2012-07-26 21:21 |
The CX-5 is a really good SUV |
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◊ 2012-07-26 21:29 |
I agree with you.. It even beat the Tiguan in a test. Unfortunately Mazda made the same mistake as with the Mazda 5. The setting of the ESP isn´t very good. |
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◊ 2012-07-27 02:51 |
Mazda should come out with a turbo Skyactiv-G. 155HP is not going to be enough. |
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◊ 2012-07-27 19:24 |
why is 155hp not enough. |
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◊ 2012-07-28 03:44 |
Well, honestly, 155 bhp is pretty good, but when the competition is offering multiple powertrains (examples including the 3.6L V6 in the 2013 Chevrolet Equinox (and the lower powered V6 in the current model year one) and the Turbo I-4 in the Kia Sportage), the Mazda CX-5 could suffer a little if it stays as a normal naturally aspirated, I-4, gasoline powered SkyActive one trick pony. Of course, it could do fine staying as an efficient niche product in the market like the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport (also only available with one engine in the US), but if it wants to play with the big dogs (Ford Escape, Chevrolet Equinox, Toyota Rav4, Honda CR-V, etc.), they might need to offer a motor that ups the ante on horsepower and torque, while offering the most MPGs it can. |
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◊ 2012-07-28 04:31 |
I don't think they will want to be anything more than niche players, especially in the US market. The relative positions of the yen and dollar on the currencies market mean it is uneconomic for them to be selling large numbers of cars in the US and European markets (Toyota, Honda and Nissan produce pretty much all their volume cars for both markets within the same continent AFAIK meaning they are insulated from it). Besides, outside of the US and a few other markets (some Arab states and China) a V6 or a even high output forced-induction i4 is pretty much an unsaleable irrelevance (I'm pretty much one of the few people left who would prefer a petrol) which is something Mazda with it's prime position on the automotive deathwatch cannot afford. I think it's a bit harsh to describe Skyactiv as a 'one trick pony'. It certainly involves some interesting tech and pretty much everyone I've spoken to about it who have tried the CX-5 have been effusive in praise about the engine. I do feel that the CX-5 was the wrong car to use the tech in initially as in a crossover type car there is much less efficiency. The true genius of the tech will only be seen in something like the next Mazda2. |
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◊ 2012-07-28 15:57 |
Well, actually, the first vehicle to use the SkyActive tech was the Mazda3, starting with either the 2010 or 2011 model year, the CX-5 is just the first dedicated SkyActive vehicle Mazda has produced. Also, about the production bit, Mitsubishi is moving a large percentage of US market, domestic market and export market production of the Outlander Sport to their facility in Normal, Illinois starting with the 2013 model year (which also brings in a facelift for the vehicle). So, that would have been in the cards if Mazda had a facility in the US to utilize, so you're definitely right about that (last Mazdas to be US produced are 2012 or 2013 model year Mazda6 models). |
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◊ 2012-07-28 20:45 |
I wonder what will be built in Flat Rock, Mich in the space the used to make the current 6? |
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◊ 2012-07-28 23:56 |
^From what I've read, production of the 6 will be replaced by the new Fusion, albeit later in it's product cycle. |
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◊ 2012-08-12 02:25 |
From the $25K Compact Crossover Shootout![[Image: ccscx-5.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10998/ccscx-5.jpg) |
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