Oh, what joy.
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/new-cars/2013-mazda-cx-5/
Oh, what joy.
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/new-cars/2013-mazda-cx-5/
35 honest-to -goodness mpg? That's damn impressive. Wish my Mazda5 got near that.
bastomatic wrote: 35 honest-to -goodness mpg? That's damn impressive. Wish my Mazda5 got near that.
No kidding!
I am trying to push SWMBO towards a CX5 when she replaces the Vue. Doubt it will be stick though.
I was at laguna seca this past weekend, and they have one set up as a safety/pace car. It had Brembos and super sticky rubber. Got to go for a few hot laps in it shotgun, and I was super impressed! It felt like a really fun ride. 
... We kept up with their miata cup school car.
while this is nice and all, same as the juke, i'll care as soon as it is available with the stick and AWD. until then its just an mazda 5 in an SUV dress.
I call shenanigans!!
How in the bleeding heck did you guys get a stick-shift equipped CX-5 in the blue?!?!? Mazda's website shows silver, grey, and black only. 
bastomatic wrote: 35 honest-to -goodness mpg? That's damn impressive. Wish my Mazda5 got near that.
It's not as big as the 5, and it doesn't have a third row of seats.
Hmm wife and I were talking minivan for kid number dos, but I really like this thing
Javelin wrote: I call shenanigans!! How in the bleeding heck did you guys get a stick-shift equipped CX-5 in the blue?!?!? Mazda's website shows silver, grey, and black only.
Interesting. I tried and only got the same 3 choice too
Alan Cesar wrote:bastomatic wrote: 35 honest-to -goodness mpg? That's damn impressive. Wish my Mazda5 got near that.It's not as big as the 5, and it doesn't have a third row of seats.
I just look at the CX-5 as a station wagon on stilts, instead of a small SUV. Don't think I'd ever buy one, I still don't see the point of them. I'd rather have a sedan, hatch or true wagon.
Oh, and I think you'll have a hard time finding anything that is better than a brown AMC Eagle with orange stripes and a CB radio, so was that really a fair comparison?? 
Because wife's like SUVs/CUVs and their ride height and visibility
Jaynen wrote: Because wife's like SUVs/CUVs and their ride height and visibility
This.
Klayfish wrote: I just look at the CX-5 as a station wagon on stilts, instead of a small SUV. Don't think I'd ever buy one, I still don't see the point of them. I'd rather have a sedan, hatch or true wagon.
Have you tried to find a true wagon recently? I'd rather have one, too, being completely put off by the SUV-esque thing...
But if VW doesn't acknowledge and fix the TDI fuel pump issues on the Jetta Wagon, we'll like as not wind up with a CX-5... As long as they keep the manual!
I'm waiting for the SkyActiv 5 first to decide which new car, but if neither one of them are offered in an actual color with the stick I'll probably end up with NOT a Mazda.
Are you listening Mazda? (Says the owner of a Mazda who's had four others previously...)
If it's anything like the Mazda5, the website lists it as existing, but the dealer query shows not a single unit on any dealer lot within a 250-mile radius.
I was considering a 5 at one time, but I wouldn't plunk down $20k+ on something there was no way to test drive.
Javelin wrote: I'm waiting for the SkyActiv 5 first to decide which new car, but if neither one of them are offered in an actual *color* with the stick I'll probably end up with NOT a Mazda. Are you listening Mazda? (Says the owner of a Mazda who's had four others previously...)
What choices do you have otherwise?
Alan Cesar wrote:bastomatic wrote: 35 honest-to -goodness mpg? That's damn impressive. Wish my Mazda5 got near that.It's not as big as the 5, and it doesn't have a third row of seats.
Let's see here, with the rear seats folded down, the Mazda5 seats 4 and has 44.4 cubic feet of cargo capacity. With the CX-5, you get 5 passengers, 34 cubic feet of volume. It's not quite as apples-to-oranges as it may appear. The Mazda5 does have those sweet sliding doors though.
93EXCivic wrote: What choices do you have otherwise?
Well, Hyundai's upcoming HED-5 is an MPV without sliders that may even get a turbo motor + 6MT. The KIA Sportage and Sorento, Hyundai Tuscon, and Ford Escape are also all available with stick shifts.
Fingers crossed the upcoming SkyActiv diesel ends up in this chassis.
nderwater wrote: Fingers crossed the upcoming SkyActiv diesel ends up in this chassis.
I'm not really sure where else they would put it, the CX-5 seems like the obvious choice to me.
Javelin wrote: I call shenanigans!! How in the bleeding heck did you guys get a stick-shift equipped CX-5 in the blue?!?!? Mazda's website shows silver, grey, and black only.
I'll let you in on a secret. There are photos provided by the manufacturer and these are some. They didn't really get one at the office in FL, drive it to Laguna Seca and take these photos.
ReverendDexter wrote:nderwater wrote: Fingers crossed the upcoming SkyActiv diesel ends up in this chassis.I'm not really sure where else they would put it, the CX-5 seems like the obvious choice to me.
The 5 was my original hope, though I dislike the restyle.
Doorstop > "beltline crease as artist's interpretation of the wind"
The CX-5 seems to get better reviews in terms of fun of driving anyhow.
Greg Voth wrote:Javelin wrote: I call shenanigans!! How in the bleeding heck did you guys get a stick-shift equipped CX-5 in the blue?!?!? Mazda's website shows silver, grey, and black only.I'll let you in on a secret. There are photos provided by the manufacturer and these are some. They didn't really get one at the office in FL, drive it to Laguna Seca and take these photos.
I figured you guys didn't shoot photos at Laguna Seca, but at least make sure the stock photo you use actually represents the trim level/options you are writing about. It's not kosher to use ZR1 pics in an article on a base 'Vette, so why use a loaded out GT AWD CX-5 in a color not available in the stripper FWD you are reviewing?
Javelin wrote:Greg Voth wrote:I figured you guys didn't shoot photos at Laguna Seca, but at least make sure the stock photo you use actually represents the trim level/options you *are* writing about. It's not kosher to use ZR1 pics in an article on a base 'Vette, so why use a loaded out GT AWD CX-5 in a color not available in the stripper FWD you are reviewing?Javelin wrote: I call shenanigans!! How in the bleeding heck did you guys get a stick-shift equipped CX-5 in the blue?!?!? Mazda's website shows silver, grey, and black only.I'll let you in on a secret. There are photos provided by the manufacturer and these are some. They didn't really get one at the office in FL, drive it to Laguna Seca and take these photos.
Stock photography isn't always available to match the color car we got. I'm sorry to disappoint that you can't get it both in stickshift and in blue, but the engine is the same, the fog lights are the same, and so on.
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