Mazda CX-9 test drive since 2007 SUV

Yokozuna Ogly

The CX-9 crossover in the Mazda line as a pile among karate: the most bulky, the strongest and requires more than the rest. The Russian quarry of the future Yokozuna began in Uzbekistan, where the official premiere of the model was held. In the country with which Mazda connects much more than you could assume
 
Any in more or less able to be surprised at a person will certainly ask the question: what do Mazda Yokozuna do in Uzbekistan? Moreover, only one Mazda dealer and that unofficial answer is buried deep in the history of Uzbekistan: according to ancient legend, the ancient Zoroastrian god Akuro Mazda (apparently, is not a relative of the Yukhiro Matsuda founder Mazda) is. He advised the Persian king Dzhemshid to build the Uzbek city of Samarkand.
Taking this opportunity, the wheels swayed to see what was left of the pearl of the East for 2,700 years of existence.
Samarkand has always been in the center of the cultural and economic life of the whole world, since he stood at the intersection of the roads of the Great Silk Road. Local merchants were amazing for the innate talent of trade, which led to the appearance of many bazaars and caravanseraia.
You won’t drink your talent: along the 300-kilometer highway Tashkent Samarkand, which we overcame on the new SX-9, rows sellers of fruits and vegetables, pilaf, samsa from a tandoor, silk robes and colorful skateworms, signaling the motorists passing by: stop! Look what I have!. Moreover, thanks to the original gestures of sellers, visitors can easily take them for hitchhiker
There were more than a dozen traffic police posts in the way. On one of them, our crew was stopped. The Uzbek traffic cop dumbfounded immediately, opening the door to the car with children's spontaneity while I rummaged in the glove compartment in search of documents.
Also photographers? Apparently, she did not miss the opportunity to get acquainted with the crews of other cars. Why are you going with near light? Do you have a convoy?
Who in such a situation will not reproach the local ministers of the law in an attempt to useless money from uninformed tourists, but in the end, neither a sum was taken from us; In addition, in this amazing country it is really forbidden to ride in the daytime on a high -light highway except traffic in a motorcade
The official car of Uzbekistan Daewoo. Mostly produced in the Nexia Ferghana Valley. Meet a foreign car on the streets a reason to make a desire. To support the domestic manufacturer, the Government of Uzbekistan established 110 percent duties on imported foreign cars. The exception is only Kalina and Priora, apparently imported on preferential conditions. In this regard, it is not surprisingly close attention of the taxi drivers who surrounded our CX-9 in the parking lot.
Do we also assemble this car? One asked with a poorly hidden hope for such an expressive progress of his native Uzdaewoo. Then he drew attention to Moscow numbers. Not? And what, they collect in Russia?
Having received a negative answer again, Uzbek asked the control question: is it custom -made? We did not dare to answer: we preferred to close the window and, without looking around, go along the route. Kechirasiz! Like, sorry, we are late!
However, the brief dictionary of Uzbek, politely invested by Mazda in a pressing company, was practically not useful: the local population speaks well in Russian. Even better than many who left for work in the Russian Federation
Mazda CX-9 3.7 automatic transmission
Specifications:
(manufacturer data)
Dimensions, mm (d x w x c) 5 089 x1 936 x 1 728
Road clearance, mm 204
Equipped mass, kg 2 115
Trunk volume, l 267/1 911
Engine volume and power, l (l. P./Rpm) 3.7 (277/6 250)
Maximum torque, NM at rpm 366 (4 250)
Acceleration to 100 km/h, from 10.1
Maximum speed, km/h 181
Fuel consumption (city/highway), l/100 km 18.4/9.1
 
Now about the case. Mazda CX-9 sales started at the beginning of 2007. The residents of North America, then the countries of South America, Australia and Saudi Arabia were the first to receive their crossovers. In Russia, CX-9 are sold in the most equipped version of the performance: with a 3.7-liter gasoline engine MZI V6 and a six-speed automatic gearbox.
Cars can be painted in one of seven colors such as mother -in -law or metallic. Our Mazda color Arctic White looks in Uzbekistan, against the background of Nexi and Vazovo classics, a white sheep. And the color has nothing to do with it.
In Russia, she is unlikely to surprise anyone. If only because not everyone is given to distinguish the CX-9 from the CX-9 from the previous CX-7. The same sports design and streamlined forms; massive front bumper and now a chrome transverse bar of a radiator grill; headlights with silver frames, enveloping corners of the body and setting on the wings; Highly inclined windshield and 20-inch aluminum wheels.
Inside the SX-9 spacious, like Uzbek steppes. Firstly, the car accommodates six people located on three rows according to the formula 2+2+2. Each passenger has its own place, about wilds like three people in a row in Mazda CX-9, the front seats do not have electrical controls, and the driver's memory function is also in three positions (plus one more position can be stored in each of the two maps) .
The interior of the nine is trimmed with wooden and silver decorative elements. The instrument panel is hidden under the visor, and each of the black dials-collars is framed by a silver frame. The raised floor console contains a highly located lever of the gearbox. Thanks to this decision, the hand easily operates the selector: on mountain passes, switch gearboxes manually more efficiently good, the Japanese gearbox Aisin allows this.
Prices
The CX-9 purse is sold in Russia with the most top engine and in a well-packed Sport configuration. Two options: Sport with or without electric loud.
So, in the standard configuration, the Mazda CX-9 consists of a 3.7-liter 277-horsepower gasoline engine with a six-speed automatic, front and lateral pillows, safety curtains for the driver and passenger, a whole arsenal of active safety systems (ABS, EBA, EBD, TCS, DSC ), climate control, cruise control, full electric packet, Bose radio with 10 speakers, alloy wheels 245/50 R20, leather interior, on-board computer, rain and light sensors.
The rest of the Mazda models often get from journalists for soundproofing. Such claims should not arise to SX-9: a minimum of noise from the road penetrates the salon; In addition, the motor whispers up to 4,000 rpm. And all because the engineers placed a foamed soundproof material in 22 body zones is more than on any other model of the company.
At first, the CX-9 did not surprise anything special. Everything is like in the rest of Mazda: an acute informative steering wheel, poured by weight; powerful effective brakes, fast automatic; Small rolls and good maneuverability. A powerful engine that is soundly pulled from below and up to 6,000 rpm, an excellent sedan controllability and suddenly a lot became clear. A large car from a large Mazda is different: the dimensions are large, and it goes like a sedan or even a hatchback. Reusably and, as a rule, aggressively, raising the suspension of the throttle and quick response of the suspension to the slightest turn of the steering wheel.

Text: Alexander Korobchenko
Photo: author

   
 

Source: Wheel magazine [December 2008]