Best Alternative to CX-5
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No, the soccer mom vehicle of choice is the CUV.
Everybody has different tastes, but I don't really understand why someone who likes the look of the current CX-5 would dislike the look of the new 6 wagon, or vice versa, given the strong family resemblance.
Everybody has different tastes, but I don't really understand why someone who likes the look of the current CX-5 would dislike the look of the new 6 wagon, or vice versa, given the strong family resemblance.
Exactly!!!
I find the CX5 to be a very stylish vehicle but I think wagons of all kinds are just meh to look at. However, the 6 wagon does look good for what it is but I just can't get into wagons. Also not a fan of hatchbacks either and I think they are similar in some ways looks wise.
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- Denver, CO
I've seen this argument before. I don't agree.
I would never in a million years think a wagon resembles a CUV like the CX-5. Where I see the CX-5 as sleek and sophisticated, the wagon just looks like a car version of a van to me honestly.
That's not to say there aren't CUV's that fit in that category too. But overall their dimensions just make way more sense to me visually. I see a wagon and I see the Clark Griswald Family Truckster. It's low and long. Now that's driving a damn boat.
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boandlkramer
US Specs in Europe
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- '17 CX-5 GT AWD; '18 BMW X3
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- Denver, CO
^ Exactly! (lol)
boandlkramer
US Specs in Europe
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- '17 CX-5 GT AWD; '18 BMW X3
I remember that as a kid. [emoji23]
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- Denver, CO
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- Denver, CO
Yeah you're right, we're just poking fun.
But the point still stands they look nothing alike.
Wagon looks like a wiener dog. Low and too long.
CX-5 on the other hand...a bigger Mazda3 hatchback? Dimensions don't feel exaggerated? A normal proportioned dog? Check.
Anyway, different strokes for different folks. To each their own.
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boandlkramer
US Specs in Europe
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- '17 CX-5 GT AWD; '18 BMW X3
Best Alternative to Cx-5
Sorry, there’s no panache in owning a station wagon...even if they call it a “sport wagon”
Full disclosure, Compared to my previous M4, my ‘18 X3 does little for me in the “curbside appeal” department. Sometimes I really miss my M4
Sorry, there’s no panache in owning a station wagon...even if they call it a “sport wagon”
Full disclosure, Compared to my previous M4, my ‘18 X3 does little for me in the “curbside appeal” department. Sometimes I really miss my M4
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- Denver, CO
Same. Like I said, it's the car version of a van.
Or my mom's stories of roadtrips in the station wagon as a kid (my grandparents had 9 kids). Don't forget the puke container!
Obviously we are not going to agree. But I think really the CX-5 while good looking is just a pumped up hatch. The 3 for example to me looks more sexy. And a lot of other CUV with a longer rear window, escape or CRV, are just pumped up wagons. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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- Denver, CO
Agreed, friend (to the bolded)! (drinks)
I like the CX-5 looks over the 3 myself, but I always grew up with high off the ground vehicles. So, probably why I am not into low to the ground anything (except a Miata RF. I want one).
To each their own. Or as Xeler8 says, "Each to their own".
boandlkramer
US Specs in Europe
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- '17 CX-5 GT AWD; '18 BMW X3
Best Alternative to Cx-5
I don’t disagree. I just like the room, and the artificial sense of having the “higher end” vehicle of the two
I don’t disagree. I just like the room, and the artificial sense of having the “higher end” vehicle of the two
