How do you know it was an 18?
Based from pics vs my 2017 it looked like chrome accents were added to the front and rear bumpers to appear as "skid plates"
How do you know it was an 18?
I debated Highlander vs CX-9 for a while, but after driving both, CX-9 was clearly the car I wanted for a daily driver and met my needs/wants.
I've had lots of Toyotas, and they are good cars, but this time around I went Mazda. Resale is not a concern, as I keep cars a long time.
Reliability I think is a wash, although I get a feeling Toyota has gone toward cheaper parts (esp shocks/struts) that are "engineered for short life span"
Time will tell...in the meantime, zoom zoom.
The Signature cannot be getting "No Change" if this list is accurate. If this is correct, at a minimum, the Signature has to be getting all the upgrades that each of the lower trim levels got that the Signature doesn't already have. Like power seat tilt, heated steering wheel, heated rear seats, etc. Same for each trim level below that.I have been on the fence between pulling the trigger on a 17 cx9 or waiting for a 18 cx9. This morning my salesperson called me with the reported changes for the 18 model.
Here is the breakdown. Unfortunately no mention of Android Auto or Apple Carplay
New for Sport
SCBS
BSM
RCTA
GVC
Sport Package
Auto On-off H/L
High Beam Control
LKA / LDW
MRCC
Rain Sensing Wipers
Smart Brake Support
New for Touring
Front Driver seat adds tilt function
Power Passenger seats (Lift and lumbar)
Touring Premium Package
Adds Front Parking Sensor
GT
Traffic Sign Recognition
2nd Row Heated Seats
Heated Steering Wheel
Windshield De-Icer.
Signature
No Change
Look at Mazda pickup.
Yikes! Why, Mazda? Why?!
Based from pics vs my 2017 it looked like chrome accents were added to the front and rear bumpers to appear as "skid plates"
Agreed, There were just two there with distributor plates. Could have been added accessories, but not aftermarket.Those chrome accents don't mean it's a 2018. It could have been accessories added
A snap of the VIN would be the tell all.
I'm sorry, but that's not proof of an 18 model.
Can someone explain what all the acronyms in the first post mean?
Don't see that many around in MA either.. most I see are Gray Metallic. My local dealership says they can't keep enough in stock - and they are a high volume dealer.. so where are the CX9s???
I really want the front parking sensors and the heated windshield.
I have been on the fence between pulling the trigger on a 17 cx9 or waiting for a 18 cx9. This morning my salesperson called me with the reported changes for the 18 model.
Here is the breakdown. Unfortunately no mention of Android Auto or Apple Carplay
New for Sport
SCBS
BSM
RCTA
GVC
Sport Package
Auto On-off H/L
High Beam Control
LKA / LDW
MRCC
Rain Sensing Wipers
Smart Brake Support
New for Touring
Front Driver seat adds tilt function
Power Passenger seats (Lift and lumbar)
Touring Premium Package
Adds Front Parking Sensor
GT
Traffic Sign Recognition
2nd Row Heated Seats
Heated Steering Wheel
Windshield De-Icer.
Signature
No Change
Why can we not get shift paddles? I'm not asking because I want to flog the car like a sports car, but I live in Colorado and head up and down the mountains a lot and am always downshifting for engine braking on long downhills and so I flip up and down the gears far more than flatlanders. A car with sporty pretensions really should have them, and I would like them as a convenience factor.
Any word on whether they might show up?
Short of redesigning the body style for more cargo space, the improvements I'd like to see would be:
• A rack system that allows the cross bars to be further apart (just in case I ever want to carry something on the roof that's more than five feet long)
• More intuitive automatic headlight and wiper switches
• Radar Cruise Control that works in stop and go freeway traffic (as Mazda offers in other countries)
• Radar Cruise Control that defaults to the posted speed limit (or a set amount over)
•*Lane Keep Assist that helps keep the car in the center of the lane (as opposed to caroming off the sides of the lane)
• A logical place to put a cell phone or tablet with full-power USB chargers
• Seamless phone integration (including choice to use Waze or Google Maps for navigation)
• Overhead camera view
• Automatic parking (if not too expensive to implement)
• Non-defeatable four wheel drive
I saw a CX-7 yesterday that had smoke light covers and some of the trim blacked out. Looked really good and it took me a moment to figure out whether it was a new Audi or a new Porsche.
The Audi Q7 has all of the features above, standard on most trim levels, heck the 4 cyl Q7 performance is even better. Just sayin.