Panoramic Roof...who wants it as an option?
- Thread starter Young-nyc
- Start date
Having such a stand alone option is almost never going to happen on a mainstream brand. Possibly on a German luxury brand at great expense but these types of stand alone features are very difficult to offer from an economic standpoint. This is why the large majority of automakers simply include it as standard on only the top trim or top 2 trims. If you're buying a base model, the cost is proportionally too high for most buyers to add as a standalone option. Then there's the problem of inventory. Most people don't like to wait for special orders so a dealer would have to stock both with or without pano's across the whole lineup of trims. My Mazda dealer only stocks about 4-7 CX-9s in total.
It's certainly likely Mazda will fall to having one on the next gen due to customer pressure. Just read through social media posts (Youtube, forums, etc) and you'll see lots of people say they passed on the CX-9 for this one reason. That's not a reason Mazda wants to continue losing sales over.
It's not like Mazda didn't think about it for this gen, they carefully considered it and ruled against it because it goes against Mazda's mission: optimal driving dynamics. But going forward, they won't be able to be the only vehicle in class without the option. So we'll get a more top heavy feel in future CX-9's.
Next gen will be no earlier than 2022.
- :
- 2019 cx-5 signature. 2019 cx-3 awd touring
Correct. I heard that as well.
Its all part of the skyactiv packaging. But if they want to save more weight, lets add a CF roof. I kid I kid. Unfortunately Mazda needs to offer pano in the next gen cars as they are late to the game if they want to stay competitive. Sure there are many negatives to having a pano roof. But some drivers, like myself really like them despite this. And honestly how much of a performance hit will you get? This isnt a race car. Its a family hauler.
Its all part of the skyactiv packaging. But if they want to save more weight, lets add a CF roof. I kid I kid. Unfortunately Mazda needs to offer pano in the next gen cars as they are late to the game if they want to stay competitive. Sure there are many negatives to having a pano roof. But some drivers, like myself really like them despite this. And honestly how much of a performance hit will you get? This isnt a race car. Its a family hauler.
singlemalt_18
My Way IS the Highway
- :
- 18Sig9/07GT7AWD
I'm not sure this is in line with Mazda philosophy? They certainly didn't make that the priority in CX-9 when it came to the size and access to the 3rd row seating.
That seems it could likely be more of a fad or novelty, but certainly not driver-centric.
I think the same was said about Tailfins ;-)
