The trunk room is HUGE!!! 16.5 cubic feet of space... good for travel...
There now is room for people to sit in the rear with people that are tall in the front seat. I was driving (6'3) and someone who's 5'10 was behind me, and he probably weighs 250 was behind me then we switched and either time there was plenty of leg room, and i was extremly confortable.
Fit and finish is good. NO bid gaps, the body fits together well, overall very well done.
Mazda also addressed a lot of the road noise that the old car had. Maybe the new one isn't quite as quiet as the cx-9 but a major improvement over the old car.
Power....
Lets just say this thing has plenty of power in v6 form. We didn't have a 4cly to drive, but this V6 with 272hp and 269 ft tq gets up and moves. Great power and its quiet to.
They also used the same Aisan Transmission from the Cx-9 so its very smooth in its power.
The car drives very well, espically with what mazda is shooting for with this car. I think the steering feels very good at low speeds, but there is to much assist as you start to go faster, and the stearing feels a little bit light. The car handles very well, which is nothing new for a Mazda, but just a little bit to light in the stearing dept.
This car will turn circles around the old one. Mazda addressed something that really needed to be fixed and got it right as this car Turns very well, almost 5 feet better than the old car.
In person the front end... well... .i doono i just really dont know about it. Silver doesn't do this car justice I dont think. I'll have to wait to see it once I get to see the other colors to really know how i feel about it. I like the back, and the interior styling and finish is what i would expect now of mazda..(since the realase of the cx-9) so its a ton better than the old car.
Anyways, here are some pics I took today, not a lot but hey, something...
overall its a lot better car than the old, and should do very well. Now if i could get a manual in the v6, and awd, or just the speed version....
