Not really in the correct forum but it does show that Mazda isn't new to fast turbo cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1OBqrfIQOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1OBqrfIQOM
Not really in the correct forum but it does show that Mazda isn't new to fast turbo cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1OBqrfIQOM
This video actually proves that they are. That car is a total turd on the "speed spectrum". 0-60 in 6.6 seconds? So...it's almost as fast as a Toyota Sequoia of the same year (2008)?
Some fact checking here. The video was published by the BBC in Feb 2008 but the cars featured have 55 in the number plate which means they were registered in the second half of 2005, so we are looking at 2005 cars and not 2008.
You're right. It's more like a 1989 Ford taurus SHO. Groundbreaking for 2005, no doubt.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/1989-ford-taurus-sho-road-test-review
Keep moving the goalposts... You can prove that ANY car in ANY part of the world at ANY given time is faster than the others at ANY price point. Xtrailmans example was for the UK market anyway as only UK market cars were compared in the review. Very few UK market cars would have V8 engines etc. Even if available in the UK market that Ford Taurus in 1989 would have been more like 80,000 rather than $50,000 due to the exchange rate, personal import fees, VAT and modifications for UK regulations.
Sluggish. LOL
Your bar is set to high bro.
They're talking about normal cars.
Not Corvettes...
I'm not trying to 'move' you. Personally I don't consider a BMW 330i "slow" by any means at 6.0.
I remain unmoved by your stats, as well.
https://jalopnik.com/5790781/the-ten-quickest-cars-under-30000
4.8 considered 'fastest'?
2 MAZDA'S ON THAT LIST?!?! What? What!
Keep moving the goalposts... You can prove that ANY car in ANY part of the world at ANY given time is faster than the others at ANY price point. Xtrailmans example was for the UK market anyway as only UK market cars were compared in the review. Very few UK market cars would have V8 engines etc. Even if available in the UK market that Ford Taurus in 1989 would have been more like 80,000 rather than $50,000 due to the exchange rate, personal import fees, VAT and modifications for UK regulations.
Unob was of the opinion speed does not matter in CUV segment. Its a practical soccer mom car.
Then the news that 17 was a second slower than 16 and unob went
ROFL slowpoke CX5 - lolololololol (nana)(nana)(nana)(nana)(breakn)(breakn)(breakn)(breakn)
So take his comments with a grain of salt. Like his 20 mpg and then finally revealing he drove on 2 miles one way (boom03)
*Puts on bulletproof suit*
He's got a point though. That Pacifica minivan absolutely smokes a CX-5, which should never happen to any Mazda. I don't think Unobtanium is hating on Mazda, I think he might be discouraged by how slow they've become.
Unob was of the opinion speed does not matter in CUV segment. Its a practical soccer mom car.
Then the news that 17 was a second slower than 16 and unob went
ROFL slowpoke CX5 - lolololololol (nana)(nana)(nana)(nana)(breakn)(breakn)(breakn)(breakn)
So take his comments with a grain of salt. Like his 20 mpg and then finally revealing he drove on 2 miles one way (boom03)
*Puts on bulletproof suit*
He's got a point though. That Pacifica minivan absolutely smokes a CX-5, which should never happen to any Mazda. I don't think Unobtanium is hating on Mazda, I think he might be discouraged by how slow they've become.
The FD was almost as fast as a Viper and cornered way better. The Mazdaspeed Protege was the quickest FWD car Road and Track ever tested (at the time) through the slalom...the MS3 was a cool little sleeper among giant EVO spoilers and STi scoops, the Miata brought back a complete segment of automobiles.
Now all we get is 3 nearly identical CUVs that look great but don't really do anything that well.
Fair enough.
But at the end of the day, it's still a minivan that I doubt has the same "fun to drive" dynamics and certainly lacks the good looks of a CX-5.
A Miata is technically slow, but everything I read says it doesn't feel slow driving.
I don't know, I see the point, but at the same time don't. Raw HP 0-60 numbers aren't the end all be all.