It does look nice although its wheelbase is shorter than the sedan hence less rear leg room
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It does look nice although its wheelbase is shorter than the sedan hence less rear leg room
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- Denver, CO
You do realize 40 years has passed and wagons don't look like that anymore, right?
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- '17 CX-5 GT AWD; '18 BMW X3
You do realize 40 years has passed and wagons don't look like that anymore, right?
Is still don’t have baby seats...not interested
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- Denver, CO
Yet you already own a tall wagon...
You guys sure do some impressive mental gymnastics to suit your own little internal narratives lol
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- Denver, CO
Really...a CX-5 doesn't at all look like a rectangular box on wheels wagon...
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- 2014 QX70 AWD
The CX5 is an "aero-dynamic rectangular box" on stilts.
Generally, I think the line between a wagon and a hatchback is blurred these days.
Generally, I think the line between a wagon and a hatchback is blurred these days.
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Exactly. People are diluting themselves (rlaugh)
Which is 'boxier' anyway?
To be fair, I don't care for 2017 CX-5's.
Maybe the higher off the ground base and proportions just work better in my mind for a CX-5.
Same reason I am not much of a fan of a 3 hatchback.
That 6 wagon looks like a wiener dog...Long body, stubby legs, LOL!
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Eh to each their own, but they don't look exactly the same. I mean they don't look the same at all to me. Again probably has to do with proportions. Now an actual side profile instead of angled pics:
Wagon looks like a wiener dog to me. Long, but short. Modern family truckster to me...
CX-5 looks more sleek, and the length works with the height.
Less of a long box on wheels.
To each their own.
Edit: Sorry, fixed image sizing.
Wagon looks like a wiener dog to me. Long, but short. Modern family truckster to me...
CX-5 looks more sleek, and the length works with the height.
Less of a long box on wheels.
To each their own.
Edit: Sorry, fixed image sizing.
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To me the shorter relative to length actually makes it look *more* boxy. Anyway the main thing in my opinion that differentiates a cuv/suv from a wagon or hatch is ride height/ground clearance. Not boxyness vs sleek as we can show examples of boxy wagons or sleek suv/cuv and vice versa all day long.
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Yeah, probably true, but the wagon is clearly longer and thus has a more straight back look to it (even if not an actual straight line).
So I'd agree, ground clearance, but also the length of the vehicle. The wagon is just not my style, the CX-5 on the other hand...Love it!
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You're right. It's like a bigger and higher off the ground 3 hatchback. I don't like the 3 hatchback for the same reason as the wagon, too low and too long. Proportions don't work for my brain.
CX-5 on the other hand...love it!
That's just me though
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Agreed. I always stated the CR-V has a wide behind! Butt ugly!
Escape too, now that you mention it, though in a different way than the CR-V.
