Raiderspy1
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- 2013 CX-5 Touring AWD
I recently purchased a touring cx-5. I thought the engine looked familiar. My job is a field service tech, and i drive a 2012 ford transit connect van. I pulled up to my cx-5 and did a side by side comparison. Once you take the blue skyactiv cover off the engines are identicle. Now the insides may be different, but it looks like you could take the engine out of the van and put it in the cx-5. Now, they say that the cx-5 is the first all mazda vehicle without any help from ford, so maybe the engine in the van maybe a mazda... Im not sure. The engine in the van is 10:1 and is a high reving engine with no balls. To bad they couldn't have used the mazda3 2.5 engine to use. The cx-5 engine design is ok, but would have been more fun with the 2.5. I tried to find some pics on the net, but could not find any good ones. I'll try to get a couple in a day or so.