Recent content by mtnbob

A little background: I'm considering mazda again as I look for a new car (in spite of my RX-3 experience (pissed)) Looked at the 3 hatch - too low for getting the grandkids in and out of the carseats, back seat room is pitiful, gas mileage is mediocre at best (I ave. right at 30mpg overall in my...

Yeah, I'm more interested in power down where I drive - 2-3,000 rpm.

Yeah, just grasping at straws, I guess, but desperate for any info since Mazda isn't giving us any. Like I said, why say "Hey, we're going to build this great car! Oh, wait it's not coming for a long time and we're not going to say anything else."

Not sure how these guys know so much more than anyone else, but they seem pretty sure www.reedmantollmazda.com/2011-mazda-cx5.htm (BTW, I'm in Texas, they're in Philly, so no commercial) Sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. I have read, though, that they're not coming out until "late 2011"...

Good point, but where might one find the comparative torque graphs? Company sites (any one) are notoriously bad about giving out any really useful info. Mazda site doesn't even acknowledge the existence of the cx-5, for example.

The 2.5 in the CX-7 is the same engine as in the 3 hatch and the 6, right? If so why 3 different hp ratings? And why detune it when put in a heavier vehicle? In the 6, it has 3 more hp than the 3, in the cx-7, 6 less than the 3. Not huge differences, but I'm betting that nearly all cx-7 owners...