Road TestCar reviews - Mazda - CX-9 - TouringMazda modelsOverviewAs the Mazda SUV family expands, does the CX-9 Touring feel the squeeze?29 Aug 2018 OPEN the automotive equivalent of a Babushka doll family, and something like the Mazda SUV breed would emerge. This makes no reference to styling sameness, but these days this CX-9 Touring could swallow the CX-3, CX-5 and CX-8 inside with space to spare.
Growing pains have therefore afflicted this seven-seat petrol-only CX-9, only two years old but already revised last year with reduced noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) measures, a new torque vectoring system for the chassis, plus more equipment all for a higher price. The changes are all there in order to, in particular, make room for the also-seven-seat, diesel-only CX-8.
Perhaps a smaller family looking for ultimate economy wants the latter, which is narrower and more affordable, but should a larger brood still cop the larger dimensions and higher fuel consumption of this larger Mazda SUV, tested here as a CX-9 Touring all-wheel drive middle model grade?
A new addition to the family certainly makes for renewed context and, possibly, a revised answer. Model release date: 1 August 2018 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen |
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