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  • (quiet piano music)

  • - The more and more I do car videos,

  • the more I'm surprised at what viewers wanna see.

  • In my height I thought,

  • "Well, everybody is gonna wanna see Ferraris,

  • "or just pure sports cars like the Chevy Corsica," but no.

  • Over and over again, this has been requested,

  • the Mazda CX-9.

  • (bang)

  • (quiet piano music)

  • (bang)

  • Believe it or not, the CX-9 is on the same architecture

  • as the CX-5 and the Mazda 3.

  • You would never guess because this thing looks immense.

  • It's wider, longer.

  • It's just more beefy.

  • Now when you talk about exteriors,

  • everybody has got a different opinion.

  • When you look at that, I almost got in a fist fight

  • over that grille with Turbowski.

  • Straight on, I think it's one of the best integrations

  • on any Mazda car, but when you get to the side,

  • it looks like you drove it into a wall,

  • and that's what he said.

  • And the more I look at the car from the side,

  • the more I feel the same way.

  • So let's talk about the front.

  • You have the LED accents in the headlights,

  • much like all the new modern Mazdas,

  • but you also have LED low beams and high beams,

  • which are a really nice touch.

  • The light output is excellent at night on this car.

  • Coming along the side of the CX-9,

  • this is where you start to see that up-sizing effect

  • that I spoke about earlier.

  • The lines work really well on this vehicle specifically.

  • It doesn't look awkward

  • like it does on some of the smaller cars.

  • One of my favorite parts

  • are these gunmetal-ish 20 inch wheels,

  • and yes, I know, the tires are gonna cost

  • a ridiculous amount for this car, but it looks so good here.

  • But where this falls apart,

  • and we talked about this in the shop, is this.

  • These plastic, non-painted panels all over the car,

  • and it just is a total distraction here.

  • And then on top of it,

  • they stick this chrome finishing accent on it,

  • and it just, you know what?

  • I actually would take this

  • and I would have a body shop paint all of it.

  • I just don't like it.

  • The back of the CX-9, I can just describe it

  • really in one way, and that is streamlined.

  • The lines are really clean.

  • There's just not an overuse of anything.

  • I'm not a huge fan of the chrome,

  • but the taillight design is compact,

  • the center lines are compact.

  • It just looks really clean and efficient.

  • Now unlike the CX-5, this has a power lift gate,

  • which is just like every other power lift gate.

  • It's way too slow.

  • You really don't have much manual control over it.

  • So for a vehicle like this, of course,

  • you're gonna have an electronic liftgate.

  • I couldn't see them doing a manual one.

  • It's just too big.

  • Here's what's good about the back end of the CX-9 is

  • everything is manual back here.

  • To flip down the seats,

  • the actual headrest goes down automatically

  • when you pull this lever and you push it down.

  • Now, pulling it back up is a little bit of a stretch,

  • and I'll be honest, I don't like it at all.

  • I have longer legs.

  • If you're really short,

  • this is probably gonna be a pain in the ass for you.

  • The second thing I don't like is these handles here,

  • these release handles.

  • They feel so cheap.

  • They feel like I could literally break them off

  • in probably a hundred times of pulling this,

  • especially if you're really reaching and in a hurry.

  • I don't know how they're gonna hold up,

  • but I'm just saying, try them out for yourself.

  • The next thing is, there is a ton of room

  • when you fold down all these seats.

  • Now the other negative here is

  • there is a huge gap in between,

  • and I noticed that right away

  • when I threw my tripod in the back.

  • It would always get stuck in between the seats,

  • and god, does it piss me off,

  • because I can't reach it from the back.

  • I have to go in the back door, dig it out, and pull it up.

  • And I can't move these seats back,

  • the frontal seats, to close that gap,

  • and I'm not sure if there's something I'm missing here,

  • but it's definitely something to note.

  • (dramatic tones)

  • So we are under the CX-9,

  • and what we've learned about this

  • is that for the most part, the architecture underneath

  • is shared with the CX-5 and the Mazda 3.

  • So a lot of all this has been reused.

  • Now in terms of suspension components, linkages, bushings,

  • tie rod ends, all that type of stuff

  • is all unique to the CX-9 and has been up-sized

  • because this is a much larger vehicle, but you can tell

  • with the frame structure and the sub-frame structure

  • how much room is in this suspension,

  • and the wheel wells on this

  • because they moved things outward.

  • And obviously it's nice,

  • because you can actually see in here for once.

  • The front part of the underbody is like identical

  • to the other Mazdas we've seen.

  • You have the front aerial panels,

  • all of this is covered up for air flow purposes.

  • There is strategically mounted drain holes

  • and holes all over the place.

  • - There are a very large amount of holes.

  • We should count 'em.

  • - It would probably take a week

  • to count all these holes under here.

  • But you're no stranger to counting holes, so.

  • We do have a service panel

  • to get to the oil drain cock and the filter.

  • - Why do they have two screw type fasteners here

  • and two push-in type fasteners here?

  • - I don't know.

  • - Why not just go all four of these,

  • 'cause these are gonna break

  • or some yahoo is just gonna throw 'em out.

  • - Right.

  • - It's gonna fall off anyways.

  • - I don't like it.

  • Strut-based front suspension.

  • No adjustability for alignment aside from tow.

  • But something you noticed right away

  • that's different from the other Mazdas.

  • - What's that?

  • - The rubber isolators.

  • - Oh yes.

  • - Vibration dampers.

  • They have them strategically placed on this car.

  • You have one on the lower control arms,

  • and you noticed some other ones, too.

  • - [Scott] Two on the struts.

  • - Yeah, two on the actual struts themselves in the uprights.

  • Interesting.

  • And the actual wheel wells are coated

  • with a material to reduce road noise.

  • It's a felt-like fabric that reduces tire and wheel noise,

  • tire road noise, whatever.

  • So that's really about it on the front, Scott.

  • So as we get to the back and the middle of the vehicle,

  • this is an all-wheel drive model,

  • and I cannot believe they offer

  • a front wheel drive only for this

  • because of the torque output at low RPMs,

  • but these on-demand systems

  • in most all-wheel drive cars or SUVs of this type

  • are primarily front-wheel drive biased.

  • Now the drive shaft is always spinning while it's driving,

  • and this whole rear end is activated

  • via an electromagnetic clutch

  • which is controlled electronically.

  • So when the computer decides

  • that it needs to send power to the rear, (snaps fingers)

  • it sends voltage, locks that clutch,

  • and can slip the clutch as well

  • to send power to these rear wheels

  • to balance out the power split front to rear.

  • Now this is not any different than all the other systems

  • from Toyota, Hyundai, Honda, all of that, it's the same.

  • Now where Mazda differentiates

  • where they talk about this all the time

  • is their use of sensor data.

  • They wanna make this as proactive as possible,

  • which means it looks at ambient temperature.

  • It looks at steering angle sensors.

  • It looks at g-force, yaw rate,

  • so it knows if you're on a hill.

  • If you're on a hill, obviously,

  • it wants to send the power differently.

  • It knows when it's super cold out, potential snow,

  • when your windshield wipers are on, it knows when it's wet,

  • so it can always adjust the power before you get slippage.

  • It can react faster than you can.

  • So that's their big thing.

  • They spent a ton of time with that.

  • Now in terms of the actual drive train,

  • from talking to Dave, or I've emailed Dave some questions,

  • this is almost identical to the CX-5.

  • The differential is identical.

  • They haven't really up-sized it here.

  • Most everything is shared from the CX-5,

  • and actually in the CX-5 during the planning

  • they knew they were gonna build this,

  • so a lot of it is very similar.

  • (sighs)

  • This is the way of the future, bro.

  • - The big wheels and big grilles.

  • - Yep.

  • How much are these?

  • - 200 bucks.

  • What's the tread life?

  • - I didn't even look at that.

  • I was afraid to look at that.

  • - Pertinent information, 300.

  • - God.

  • Okay, so you're gonna pay,

  • for a really crumby set of tires on here,

  • about 165 is gonna be about the lowest you're gonna find.

  • These are 200 and you can go all the way up to about 289.

  • Winter tires are about 180 for this.

  • So it's something to note in terms of consumables,

  • and you'll probably get what,

  • two years out of these, three years?

  • - Depends on who's driving.

  • You're driving it, a year.

  • - Yeah, with all the torque in the front,

  • at least you can rotate 'em, 'cause I think

  • you're gonna be tearing up the fronts

  • if you're driving hard.

  • You said this hood is almost as long as that, what?

  • - 1963 Bonneville.

  • This is, what did I say?

  • 48 inches from the metal to here.

  • That's 52.

  • - [Mark] The Bonneville is 52 and this is 48?

  • - [Scott] Yeah, and that has a proper engine

  • and a proper layout.

  • - What's not proper about this?

  • - Just look at it.

  • My God.

  • - Okay, so let's talk about this,

  • because this is a big deal.

  • A lot of people that are

  • huge Mazda fanatics or fans in general

  • have been waiting a long time for this 2.5 liter,

  • to have a car that makes some horsepower and torque,

  • so here it is.

  • - They should've built a V6

  • instead of did this to a four cylinder.

  • - They didn't want a V6.

  • That's why they built this,

  • is to avoid having to do V6s and V8s,

  • because they feel they can get

  • the same effect out of a turbo four as a V6,

  • have it more powerful and more efficient--

  • - And 10 times more complicated.

  • - It is complicated, I'll give you that.

  • I would not wanna work on this car.

  • We looked at it front to back,

  • and compared to the regular two liter and 2.5,

  • this is vastly more complicated.

  • So let's talk about what makes this special

  • and why they did it the way they did,

  • because this is much different

  • than a lot of the other turbo applications

  • that are out there.

  • For one, it still has a high compression ratio.

  • - Why didn't they just do a diesel?

  • - That's what this feels like driving it.

  • Because diesel has more problems with emissions,

  • and they do have a diesel in Europe,

  • but they can't bring it over here

  • because they can't get it certified

  • to pass California emissions, all the emissions nonsense,

  • so that's why they're doing this.

  • So the first thing that they attempted to do

  • was create a turbocharged motor

  • that has almost no turbo lag.

  • And to do that, they've had to custom make or custom design

  • a head with three exhaust ports instead of four.

  • So your outside cylinders have their two exhaust ports.

  • Your middle two cylinders share one exhaust port.

  • And they've done trickery

  • with the way they get the exhaust gas out

  • to help pull the exhaust gas

  • out of those middle two cylinders

  • so all the exhaust gas is coming out efficiently.

  • So one of the ways they've done it

  • is to build a exhaust manifold connected to the head,

  • and the turbo is right after it.

  • So you have head, exhaust manifold and butterfly valve,

  • and your turbo sandwiched together.

  • And that middle butterfly valve

  • allows the actual valve to close

  • on those three exhaust ports,

  • and what it does is it routes exhaust gas upward

  • to three smaller exhaust ports,

  • which it creates a highly more compressed air flow

  • to spool up that turbo almost from idle.

  • So they're using a trickery through the head design,

  • through this exhaust manifold with a butterfly valve,

  • to reroute the gas, to spin up the turbo fast,

  • and when that turbo gets going, they open up that flap,

  • all the exhaust gases flow out at full speed

  • for higher RPM action.

  • So what it gives 'em is the ability to have no turbo lag

  • at the lower RPM, provide consistent, linear power.

  • That's what this is all about.

  • The next, so we've got a couple other things to talk about.

  • The EGR system is cooled, well that's what this has,

  • an EGR cooler, and the whole idea is

  • to cool that exhaust gas that's going back

  • into the intake or into the engine

  • to reduce cylinder high temperature,

  • high compression, higher risk of knock,

  • they wanna reduce the risk of knock.

  • Really, there is so many tricks in this engine.

  • In terms of head design, they've taken measures.

  • I asked about carbon buildup.

  • That was the big thing.

  • Now that they have a turbo on this,

  • how are they gonna deal with intake valve carbon buildup

  • from the direct injection?

  • And Dave--

  • - It won't have it.

  • - Yeah, that's what Dave's answer was.

  • They're not gonna have to deal with it on here because--

  • - 'Cause the air blows too fast past intake valves

  • it can't ever stick.

  • - Right, well no, it wasn't so much

  • about the speed of the air.

  • - I know.

  • - It was about the temperature, that they're able to control

  • the combustion and the ignition temperatures

  • and all of that in the cylinder head

  • to prevent the carbon from building up.

  • If you can keep the temperatures in there

  • at the proper range, you don't get as much carbon buildup,

  • and the way that they've designed

  • their actual cylinder walls, their ring design, all of that,

  • there's very minimal blow by,

  • including the way they've done the turbo seals.

  • There's a lot less oil, a lot less blow by.

  • So long story short, Dave is saying

  • that carbon buildup on the intake valves

  • is going to be a non-issue on this motor.

  • So we're just gonna have to take him for his word.

  • - [Scott] We'll see.

  • - Now adding a turbo, which Mazda has not had for a while,

  • you run a heavier weight oil, 5W-30,

  • to handle the heat, the higher temperatures.

  • So I asked Dave, "Do they run an engine oil cooler?"

  • And they do run an oil water-heat exchanger for this car,

  • so technically, oil cooling

  • should not be an issue unless you're in maybe

  • really, really hot climate uphill towing situations,

  • but overall, it should be a non-issue for this car.

  • So now the more real question.

  • We could talk about all the technology in here.

  • That's a more in-depth discussion,

  • and you can find more about it on the Internet.

  • But the biggest thing that people wanna know is,

  • will this fit in the Mazda 3 and the Mazda 6 and the CX-5?

  • - If they put a five foot long front end on it, sure.

  • - Actually that's, they've said

  • that it will fit in those cars, that it will be,

  • this could drop directly into all of those,

  • because it's the same architecture.

  • - There's your market.

  • You can start doing swaps.

  • - And do some swaps.

  • I hadn't driven this car,

  • and I heard about it and I was excited about it,

  • 'cause I thought this would be really good

  • on a Mazda 3 or a 6 or even a CX-5, right?

  • So after driving it,

  • there's no way this is gonna go in a Mazda 3 or a Mazda 6.

  • It would be an absolute nightmare to drive.

  • It would be horrible.

  • There's too much torque at the bottom end

  • to control all of that to front wheels

  • on a lightweight platform.

  • - No, no, no, you turn the engine that right way,

  • send the power to the back.

  • - You're not gonna do that on Mazda 3 and 6.

  • - They should consider it.

  • Base everything off the Miata and just--

  • - Just build it, build that outward?

  • Yeah, that's exactly what I think most people would want.

  • (bang)

  • The CX-9.

  • It's time to take a drive,

  • and I've chosen sub-optimal weather.

  • Parts of pavement are wet, others are dry,

  • which is a good test for the all wheel drive system

  • in the CX-9, including its new power output.

  • So let's take it around the pavement that is broken

  • and see how it does over some chop.

  • The CX-9 is a cruiser,

  • but it's definitely more on the sporty side.

  • The big bumps sometimes unsettle it, but for the most part,

  • 90% of bad pavement feels smooth in here.

  • In terms of road noise isolation, it does a really good job.

  • I mean, these are huge 20 inch wheels,

  • so sometimes you feel a little bit of tramlining,

  • a little bit of pulling when you hit some bumps,

  • but for the most part,

  • I think they've struck a really good balance here

  • without having to use adjustable dampers

  • to get the sport on the smooth pavement

  • and for it to soak up the bumps

  • on just all the bad stuff, too.

  • We got problems.

  • Hey, get in my car!

  • Get in here!

  • They don't wanna get in.

  • They never wanna get in.

  • And the CX-9 is Mazda's quietest vehicle ever.

  • Now part of the trickery is,

  • as Dave Coleman and other engineers have stated is,

  • they were able to reduce so much weight outta here

  • they could add some back,

  • which means they've added sound insulation

  • into the doors and particularly the floorboards,

  • and it helps a lot in the overall quality

  • of the driving experience,

  • specifically on a vehicle like this

  • where it's more of a cruiser.

  • You're gonna buy this for comfort and not sporty driving.

  • Now in terms of fitment and quality,

  • there are some rattles in here,

  • and it's coming from one of the pillars

  • on the front right passenger side,

  • from the plastics around the windows.

  • And I pushed on it, pushed in different areas,

  • and it's a little annoying,

  • but that's exactly what happens

  • when you start to silence everything down.

  • Every little creak, vibration, you start to notice,

  • and that's something that can be very frustrating.

  • Personally, over the life of a car,

  • I'd rather have a little bit more road noise.

  • I'm trying to track down

  • these nagging little creaks and rattles everywhere.

  • The next part about the driving experience

  • is this HUD, and now you no longer have

  • a flip up Plexiglas screen that I wanted to rip off.

  • It's projected onto the glass

  • like cars have been doing since the '80s,

  • and it's a pretty good HUD, but I have to turn it off.

  • Because it's LED backlit, there's some flicker,

  • and when the car has vibration,

  • you start to see the actual projection onto the glass

  • vibrate with the car, and to me it's very distracting.

  • So you can turn it off in the actual infotainment menus

  • by going under Settings and AD Display.

  • And you have to actually scroll down

  • and uncheck Active Driving Display.

  • Done, easy, except when you turn the car back on,

  • it automatically turns back on every time.

  • It doesn't stay off, which is super annoying to me

  • that I have to disable it every time.

  • So then you have to go into the height adjustment,

  • move it all the way up.

  • Whatever.

  • This is technology for ya.

  • Mazda has finally got a turbocharged engine

  • that makes some significant amount of torque and horsepower.

  • So what is it like accelerating in this vehicle?

  • Let's check it out.

  • I'm gonna brake-torque it just a little bit

  • to get the turbo up just so you can see

  • the best case scenario here.

  • (engine revving) (tires screeching)

  • So, first impressions,

  • you feel a lot more torque than horsepower.

  • That initial push back into your seat at the lower RPMs

  • is where you feel everything.

  • As it starts to wind up towards the higher RPM it falls off

  • and you actually have to shift sooner in manual mode

  • to get the most out of it.

  • Let's check out the handling in some of these damp roads,

  • and I have traction control off and I'm in manual mode.

  • Dry pavement now, so we'll get some dry grip.

  • Very well dampened over the tracks.

  • You can feel that all wheel drive system working

  • with initial understeer,

  • and then it starts to neutralize a little bit.

  • It's pretty good.

  • Now we're gonna turn sport mode on

  • and the transmission not manual mode

  • and turn traction control off

  • so all the stability systems are on.

  • There's a little bit of understeer.

  • The steering weight is heavy on this car,

  • and one of the things about it is

  • they've tuned this to give you some steering feedback.

  • For a big car, it communicates really well

  • with what the vehicle is doing at all times.

  • A lot of SUVs or heavier vehicles

  • do this light steering feel to give you the sense

  • that the vehicle is lighter than it is,

  • and then you turn in so quick and it upsets the car.

  • You don't have that problem with the CX-9.

  • Now the thing is, this is still a heavy SUV.

  • It completely hide its weight.

  • The all-wheel drive system can only do so much

  • to neutralize the handling.

  • Now with the turbo in this car

  • and they way that the turbo is tuned

  • to give you all that torque up front,

  • it tends to torque steer the front a lot,

  • especially when that boost comes on.

  • And it's not as natural and not as neutral

  • as the other Mazda cars I've drive.

  • So I'll tell you the first thing I did.

  • When I got this vehicle from the fleet company,

  • I wanted to try out to see what the power delivery was

  • in 87 versus 93, because the ECU on this car will adjust

  • for different types of fuel, and give you more power.

  • It won't pull as much timing using 93 octane.

  • So I burned through that initial tank of fuel,

  • and the one thing I notice about it was

  • definitely you lost horsepower at the higher end.

  • It felt like you fell off a cliff.

  • You'd get all this torque,

  • and at about 4500 to 5000 RPMs, nothing was happening.

  • There was no pull.

  • So I flushed all that out, got 93 octane in here,

  • and after about 100 miles, you can definitely feel

  • there's a lot more pull in the higher RPM.

  • It just, it doesn't fall on its face

  • as fast as it did with the 87,

  • which is really good for somebody who wants to drive this

  • in a more aggressive fashion

  • to have more linear power delivery, and I really like that.

  • You can drive it more like a normal sports car

  • because this is tuned with 87 octane to not do that.

  • It's designed for people

  • that aren't gonna put their foot down.

  • Yeah, so these tires aren't particularly the greatest on wet

  • as you could see there.

  • It washes out a little bit with the stability system off,

  • but usually it'll give you a little bit of slippage

  • with the stability control on,

  • obviously it's set up for safety and it will correct,

  • but this is definitely more understeer prone than anything.

  • That's to be expected, too.

  • I mean, it's an on-demand system.

  • It's gonna favor front wheel drive.

  • Let's take it through the turns in fully automatic here

  • and see how it does.

  • I don't have a lot of confidence in these tires.

  • There is torque steer.

  • You can feel the wheel tugging at you

  • a little bit in this car, of course,

  • because of all the torque delivery.

  • And they don't have the best lateral wet grip.

  • All understeering through there.

  • But what's impressive overall

  • is that you can drive this in an aggressive manner

  • and have a little bit of fun

  • for the size and weight of this.

  • They didn't just wanna sterilize all the sport out of it,

  • which I can really appreciate.

  • There's comfort.

  • There's good steering feel.

  • There's good low end power for daily driving,

  • and that's a huge, huge factor for most people.

  • You don't have to wind the piss out of this 2.5 liter turbo

  • to get it going.

  • Again, you really have to back off on the wet.

  • This thing wants to understeer for sure.

  • Torque steer, see how the brakes do here.

  • Good, brakes are solid.

  • There's no confidence issues.

  • Yeah, this is some of the price you pay

  • for having all that torque, 300 pounds, at such a low end.

  • You start to wash out, you start to lose traction,

  • and that stability control system

  • has to work a little bit more to keep the car in check.

  • Last but not least, the transmission.

  • And I've said this about other Mazda cars.

  • This is one of the best automatics,

  • regardless of price point under like $60,000.

  • It's a torque converted setup

  • that has the torque converter locked up almost all the time.

  • It has almost instantaneous downshifts.

  • It rev matches all your downshifts,

  • so when I go from fourth to third, second,

  • it's never jarring, it's always ready to go.

  • Upshifting and downshifting is a total joy here,

  • and it's one of the best parts

  • about Mazda automatics, I'll be honest,

  • and it's not a drudgery like some of the other vehicles.

  • Like your SUVs from Toyota and Hyundai,

  • they are just so slow.

  • The transmissions are just tuned for one thing,

  • and that is not doing much or having any fun at all.

  • You can at least have some fun in here

  • by manually shifting it, and it's a big pro for me

  • if I was gonna get a hauler like this.

  • Now the transmission does

  • an extremely good job in sport mode

  • of automatically downshifting,

  • keeping you in the power band at all times.

  • So if you're in aggressive driving mode

  • and you don't wanna manually shift this,

  • sport mode will do it for you based on g-force.

  • If it knows you're coming into a turn and there's lateral g,

  • it will downshift, prepare you for the turn

  • so the actual motor in the turbo is on boil,

  • which is really nice.

  • In regular driving mode, not in sport,

  • the transmission just goes into the most efficient state,

  • and you'll notice that it's programming

  • is to always shift about 5500 RPMs,

  • well away from the red line

  • to always keep you in the torque curve

  • where all that torque is coming,

  • because the power falls off at the top end.

  • So at the end, there's some big pros for the CX-9,

  • and the big one is this is the most refined Mazda ever made.

  • It's quiet, it's comfortable.

  • It does well over all pavement types.

  • It's got a super sporty transmission, super smooth,

  • and the motor has finally got some balls

  • for a Mazda vehicle, and it's fuel efficient.

  • My worst tank, and that was just trying

  • to blow through all the fuel as fast as possible,

  • was 18.1 miles per gallon.

  • Now that I've been driving it like a normal person,

  • I'm getting upwards of 25,

  • which is really good for the size of this vehicle.

  • Now the negatives are, it's not as sporty as you'd think.

  • It's not as fast as you would think.

  • If you're running 87 octane regular gas in here,

  • all the fun is had in the first 4,000 RPMs.

  • You can't rev this thing out and make power,

  • and that's a big deal for somebody

  • who's more of a driving enthusiast.

  • If you're somebody that's putting around

  • it's gonna be a total non-issue.

  • You always feel like there's power in the low RPMs,

  • which is how you drive every day,

  • but that's something to note.

  • The other negative is the HUD.

  • I can't turn it off permanently.

  • I have to disable it every time I get in the car.

  • And there's a couple creaks and rattles in here,

  • and just overall some things they need to work out,

  • like the rear view mirror just is always moving.

  • It's always loose.

  • I mean, there's just little quality issues in here

  • that I think that they can improve

  • in the manufacturing process

  • and the quality process over time.

  • But overall, let's take a look

  • at the overall interior experience.

  • (bang)

  • (piano notes)

  • Getting inside the Mazda CX-9.

  • This is the signature edition,

  • which means it's fully loaded, totally tarted out.

  • It's got everything that you'd expect,

  • and this feels like an entry level luxury car.

  • This has gotta be Mazda's best interior yet.

  • You can tell their interior designers

  • have gotten their shit together here.

  • Let me explain what I mean by that.

  • It's the diversity of materials, the choices they've made.

  • If you've ever been into an affordable car

  • with a black interior and all black leather,

  • a lot of 'em look very bland and monochrome,

  • and their attempts to break up all that black

  • seem kind of chintzy or cheap or just half assed.

  • Here you don't have that problem.

  • The upper dash has this soft touch material

  • that almost feels like leather.

  • The whole middle section of the dash,

  • they decided to go with this really dark brown material,

  • or dark brown which also feels like leather

  • that runs across the whole center dash

  • and into the door panels where the actual door handles are.

  • And it's just a really nice touch,

  • and to just top all that off,

  • they've decided to use real aluminum trim

  • across the whole center dash and into the actual door areas,

  • which is so nice after you've seen so many cheap attempts

  • at recreating aluminum with plastic.

  • Now every interior has its quirks,

  • and as much as I like it, there are problems with it.

  • So here they are.

  • And I understand this right off the bat

  • with all these matte textures,

  • from a design standpoint you need some shiny bits

  • to break up all of that, right?

  • So that's what they've done.

  • There is this piano gloss or glossy plastic

  • in high traffic areas, like the window switches

  • and in the entire center console,

  • because this doesn't have the wood option.

  • So what it looks like in here is it looks dull,

  • full of micro scratches, splotches,

  • and there's a gouge on the passenger side,

  • and it just looks bad.

  • It looks like you have to put a lot of work

  • into keeping it clean, or it's just susceptible

  • to develop those problems.

  • The second thing I absolutely hate is the plastic chrome,

  • and they put it, again, on the window switch area

  • and around this whole center console.

  • And when I'm driving in the sun,

  • I feel like I just wanna put my sunglasses on

  • because it's so reflective down here.

  • I just can't get used to it and it's just not my bag,

  • so whether you have a problem with it

  • you're gonna have to get in here and see for yourself.

  • Back to the good stuff, ergonomics and the touch points,

  • the things that you interact with every day.

  • This steering wheel is excellent.

  • No, it's not overtly sporty but it's contoured just right

  • as a daily driver or as a comfortable driver.

  • You're not inundated with a million buttons

  • on the steering wheel, either.

  • You have arrows that tell you

  • what your forward and back is for your track selection.

  • You're not doing any guesswork.

  • Your leather wrapped shift knob here on the automatic,

  • if you're in manual mode it feels really solid,

  • almost like a manual transmission knob.

  • The turn signal stocks,

  • there's no digi turn signals or wiper stocks here.

  • All your buttons are easily accessible.

  • Your HVAC controls are carryover

  • from the Mazda 3 and Mazda 6

  • with the addition of the rear control here.

  • Everything works so well, feels so high quality.

  • The padding is in the right place for your elbows.

  • Your right knee area is padded,

  • but your left is not, which sucks.

  • Overall, this is a very, very high quality,

  • luxury feeling interior.

  • In terms of seats, these are the most comfortable seats

  • Mazda has made in a modern car.

  • They're better than the three by a long stretch

  • and they're better than the Mazda 6.

  • They are pretty comfortable.

  • They are not the industry best because there's a little bit

  • of sportiness and firmness here, but overall I like them.

  • The one thing I don't like is the driver's seat.

  • The electronic control,

  • I can't move the seat forward

  • and recline or decline the seat at the same time.

  • It's one button switch at a time,

  • which is a pain in the ass

  • if I have to move the seats forward or back

  • for somebody in the back seat.

  • Now weird thing is, the passenger seat is not like that.

  • You can do both buttons at a time and it will adjust,

  • so I don't know if that just needs to be fixed

  • or if it's actually a programming problem.

  • Last but not least, is infotainment and the sound system.

  • Now every single Mazda model

  • with this infotainment is identical.

  • There's no variation.

  • There's not 20 different versions of the same thing,

  • which means they've standardized it,

  • and coming from a technical background,

  • I really appreciate what they've done here.

  • Now, using it is nice

  • because it's a touch screen when you're stopped,

  • so it's easy to get around, and it's very responsive.

  • And then you have a central command knob here

  • in the center console when you're moving.

  • Once you master it, stupid simple to use, very little lag.

  • And the steering wheel controls are super intuitive as well.

  • It makes it a very comfortable,

  • non-intimidating user experience.

  • Now the negative part is,

  • this is a Linux-based operating system,

  • and they had an API opened up to developers

  • to come up with applications for this car,

  • and they have not done anything with it

  • in two and a half years.

  • There's still no Android integration,

  • there's still no Apple integration,

  • and it's falling behind in that regard.

  • As much as it's quick and easy,

  • there needs to be some ability for users

  • to side load different things to make it more interesting

  • and more powerful to use for power users, really.

  • The infotainment is run off this screen on the dash,

  • which looks like it's stuck up here

  • like a VTech My First Tablet for kids.

  • It does not go down, either physically or electronically.

  • It's always there, and that might be

  • a deal breaker for some, but you're gonna see

  • a lot of manufacturers starting to do this same thing,

  • and it is what it is.

  • This second row is where the CX-9

  • starts to get me real hot real fast,

  • and that's because it makes up

  • for a lot of the problems with the back area.

  • These seats adjust so well, so easily.

  • They're split, obviously, 20, 60, 40, whatever it is.

  • It does recline, it has a recline feature.

  • It's all manual, there's no power seats.

  • And it's very comfortable.

  • The way that this front seat,

  • the actual back of the front seat, is contoured,

  • it's really good for creating knee space,

  • which is pretty important,

  • because the second row is your most usable,

  • but it does look like

  • a five year old from a child labor camp

  • stitched the back of these seats.

  • They look horrible.

  • There is HVAC in the back.

  • It's not dual zone, but it obviously,

  • at least you get some vents and some control back here.

  • There is no heated or cooled seats in the back,

  • so don't get too worked up about that.

  • Compared to some of the other

  • three row vehicles I've been in recently,

  • this gives you a ton of ingress and egress

  • outside into the back seat,

  • namely if you're a shorter driver in the front

  • or short passenger.

  • These seats are up in the front a lot.

  • It's like ridiculous.

  • It's so easy to get in and outta here.

  • It's like two feet, two legs, easily,

  • well almost two legs, and I'm skinny,

  • but if those front seats are back too much,

  • you're gonna have to be like an evolved chimpanzee

  • to get back there, but I like the amount of space

  • and I like the amount of room,

  • and the third row is pretty usable.

  • Now the negative part is, this seat, the bigger one,

  • it takes a lot of upper body strength

  • to move it down and up,

  • and that's one thing, it's really heavy,

  • and I'm struggling to lift it one armed with my left arm,

  • and if you're a female and you're petite

  • and you're struggling, this is gonna be a pain in the ass.

  • And dare I say it,

  • this is exactly why if you need three rows

  • I would always buy a minivan over this

  • because you don't have to fight with all this shit.

  • But I know I just said a dirty word

  • for a lot of people out there

  • that can't even fathom owning a minivan.

  • (bang)

  • So what's the conclusion?

  • Well that's pretty simple.

  • This is the best mainstream vehicle Mazda has ever produced

  • in terms of refinement, quality, comfort,

  • driving dynamics, interior space, attention to detail,

  • and you can tell with it,

  • it's a big cruiser without feeling like a big cruiser.

  • Now that's where some of the problem comes in,

  • because this still has some of the Mazda DNA,

  • and what that means is, trying to strip out weight

  • where they didn't need it and complexity.

  • Like, you don't have the panoramic sunroof

  • or seat coolers or seat heaters in the back seats.

  • And those are things that people

  • are going to be looking for and cross shopping for

  • in more of a luxury level SUV,

  • things that Hyundai and Kia have in their vehicles

  • that this doesn't.

  • And I don't know if they're gonna steer people

  • away from some of those other brands

  • to sacrifice just for better driving dynamics,

  • I just don't know.

  • That's one of the reasons

  • why it's a confusing vehicle to me.

  • (quiet piano music)

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    Ken Lee に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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