At last do we have the CX-9 Premiere!
Ok, at first glance I saw no major differences -exterior wise- with the current facelifted model. But of course, now they begin to crop up and also the styling to grow on you.
I still do not like that much the rear bumper design.
The car looks pretty good, inside and out.
Things I love are:
LED Headlights -low and high beams-
Nappa Leather -Oh yeah!!!!!!-
310 lb-ft of torque . Love love that number, and so much oh so, that all of it is available at such a low 2000 rpms. That is certainly a huge improvement in daily driving. I read in their program that they found out that the majority of drivers never go beyond 3K. I dont doubt it. And yeah, looking forward to get that pull of acceleration from down low.
I mean, yeah, I come from the school of thought that likes a lot of horsepower, but in the real world all those extra horses really up top, they are left mostly unused. Still, I would not expect that it gets slower to 60 mph than the current model. Looking forward for the acceleration results of the test drives.
Less weight. A lot of it. The AWD model especially seems to really take back what it lost in peak horsepower.
The interior, a huge step up, design and materials wise.
Fuel economy! Really needed. And by Mazda*s thinking, it will be a major improvement in the real world. Hopefully city wise it gets really better. Highway wise, I have taken trips and yeah, even fully loaded in terms of people and luggage, full AC on, I have seen it register between 22 up to 28 mpg.
I do not see the front parking sensors? Tell me it has front parking sensors.
Also, where are the cooled seats? Paddle shifters? (not that you really use them frequently anyway, but you gotta ask). At least I see a sport mode! Great! Hopefully it really awakens the car up.
No self parking assistant?
Has the power tailgate system improved?