I find it odd that the rating is from 2018....
Yeah, those ratings are moot in my opinion. Since we never saw the 2018 for sale, something clearly was amiss and Mazda went back to address it.
I find it odd that the rating is from 2018....
Personally I wish Mazda would focus their efforts on further refining what IS working (the 2.5t, for example. The cx-5 gets better and better with each model, no?). The way they're listening to customer response and improving the cx-5 again and again so exciting. Is there even any demand for a diesel csuv in the U.S.?
I read this Motortrend magazine article while in a store recently. The answer might lie in this article consisting of an interview with Mazdas N.A. CEO:
https://www.motortrend.com/news/maz...lks-diesels-evs-and-the-future-of-the-rotary/
Also, Mazdas U.S. vehicle line up lacks pick up trucks, vans, and other large vehicles that commercial buyers want. Maybe the announcement will be to include one of these types of vehicles to sell here?
For those that have done the Mazda Insider surveys, did you noticed how they were heavily focused on diesel and its "premium" appeal.
I*ve heard from *someone* that this diesel model is focused on premium and performance.
Mazda has officially stated in at least one article that they have no plans to abandon the ICE.
Unfortunately its looking more and more like electric vehicles will be the future, it's just a matter of time.
I think it is a huge mistake on Mazda's part to delay the incorporation of hybrid and electric vehicles into their development plan. They are already getting penalized in europe because of this. As you have stated, electric vehicles will be the future, it's just a matter of time.
I thought they said the 6 sedan cannot be equipped with awd unlike the wagon? Bunch of liers, realmad.So the diesel model is coming on July. 170 horsepower, 290 torque.
The bigger news for me in that reveal was that the same engine was coming to an AWD Mazda6 soon. Which means, the Mazda6 will get AWD, which means 2.5T engine + AWD on a Mazda6 is a possibility? That has got me excited.
I think there is a lot of resentment as I know of at least a few who were ready to buy a CX-5 diesel when it was announced all the way back in 2017 and then it just never came. Many I'm sure moved on and bought other things. Now the turbo also exists in the CX-5, which didn't in 2017, so many still not seeing the value of the diesel anymore for this market. Not to mentioned those supposed EPA numbers further diminishes any value add from an MPG perspective if true. Who knows what all they had to do to the diesel to bring it to this market.Curious. People here seem to resent the introduction of the promised diesel. I wonder why.