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Fair enough.
Mazda Appoints New CEO, Prioritises USA - Wonder If Any Immediate Impact On CX-5
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Fair enough.
7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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- Land of Cleve
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- 2016.5 CX5
That's the whole spirit of Zoom Zoom, though. Not: is fast. But: feels fast, feels tight, feels good...
Feel.... Alive...
Yea...I said it. [emoji16]
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(rofl)
Yeah, yeah. I'll give you that. I never considered my Gen 1 CX-5 a fast car. But it always felt fast to me. That's why I'm concerned that that actually went down with Gen 2.
Mazdas inspire confidence while in motion on a back road or twisty mountain. Not stoplight drag races.
Right, if you’re into stoplight drag races go
get a challenger hellcat or something lol
Zoom zoom should be there but don't expect it to be Mazdaspeed way
(iagree)
That is because they tweaked the throttle response to make it "more instantenous"
Zoom zoom is different things to different people. The fun of a great handling vehicle to one person, more oomph to another
Zoom zoom is different things to different people. The fun of a great handling vehicle to one person, more oomph to another
I agree outright accelerating was never its thing. It’s confident and predictable handling. And in that gen 2 is better while also being quieter and more comfortable.
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Zoom zoom is different things to different people. The fun of a great handling vehicle to one person, more oomph to another
Pretend I inserted the why not both meme.
Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not an only oomph straight line person. I love the twisties in my CX-5. That's definitely one of the times I have the most fun with it, and I've expressed that on this forum.
But it's also at stop lights when they turn green. Both scenarios never fail to put a smile on my face.
EDIT: Sure back in 2013, I might have been better getting a Speed3 for my likes, but I wanted something with AWD and higher off the ground and with some practicality to it, but still fun as a 1 car person/household. CX-5 fit that category. And truth be told, I love the shape and styling of the CX-5 way more than hatch 3's of most gens. So to me it just seems disappointing when I see very noticeably and visibly that one aspect of the Zoom-Zoom factor I like in my Gen 1 appears to be worse off in the Gen 2. I guess responsiveness of the throttle would help the feel as a driver, but nothing is helping the styling (subjective, I know I am in the minority of folks with my dislike of Gen 2 external styling) and the very obviously worse throttling performance side by side with a Gen 1.
But hey, as you always say Xeler8, to each their own.
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Pretend I inserted the why not both meme.
Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not an only oomph person straight line person. I love the twisties in my CX-5. That's definitely one of the times I have the most fun with it, and I've expressed that on this forum.
But it's also at stop lights when they turn green. Both scenarios never fail to put a smile on my face.
No arguements from me there
(iagree)
Zoom zoom is different things to different people. The fun of a great handling vehicle to one person, more oomph to another
All I wanna do is zoom zoom zoom and a boom boom!!
(lol2)
7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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- Land of Cleve
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- 2016.5 CX5
More Zoom Zoom incoming: https://www.carscoops.com/2018/06/next-gen-mazda3-premiere-la-auto-show/
Not bad outputs for 2.0L X engine!
Only thing that concerns me is the move away from multi-link suspension to torsion beam as apparently that's better for NVH:
2019 Mazda 3 to adopt torsion beam rear suspension for refinement
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
"Refinement"... refinement of dollar spending lol. You find that on small cars like Mirage, Mz2 etc. Total end result is less performance. So up the engine engine output and then make the suspension less capable (uhm)
