Test drive Mazda CX-7 2007-2009 SUV

Mazda CX-7 car review: General rating: 5 points, 2007

The debut of this car took place in December 2006, and in the first month, such a number of applications were accepted from buyers that this exceeded the initial implementation plan by 5 times! You can’t say anything, the Mazda CX-7 car drove into the automobile world with very good results. What became the main reason for such an unusually high interest in this machine? Its developers insist that the CX-7 machine is a sample of a purely sports approach to creating a car from the SUV category. Our expert has already made a trial trip behind the wheel of this car and is ready to share his impressions of its explosive and running virtues and disadvantages.
 
A machine with a sports character, although outwardly an ordinary SUV
The body holds evenly, the suspension does not allow itself the slightest unnecessary movement, the design is hard and reliable. From here, you understand, and ease of management. So, the appearance is like that of the SUV car, and he behaves like a real athlete. The engine is also matching: high -speed, squeezes everything that is possible sharply and powerfully, so in terms of traction capabilities the car does not cause any complaints.
True, I failed to find out how this SUV behaves on the off -road. However, when driving along a regular road, all -wheel drive acted so that it did not remind of its existence at all. I repeatedly tried to sharply put pressure on the gas to make the wheels cream idle, and, oddly enough and could not achieve this. The road under the wheels went the upper hand, reached the pass, then again down and even with turns, and confidence in this machine grew with each turn. I, of course, did not need to rush anywhere, I steamed for my pleasure, and did not get tired at all. Moreover, the longer I sat behind the wheel, the more I began to like it. In a word, the CX-7 is a machine that you quickly get used to.
I’m just not able to learn how to determine the dimensions of the car when I had to maneuver. In fact, it seems that it seems that the car will pass through a narrow place easily, but in fact it always happened, as they say, in a plig. In other words, the car seems less from the inside than it really is. Moreover, due to the design features, the left side of the car, as well as the zone located right under the machine, is very poorly visible, so the driver (in this case, I) can cause some uncertainty. Probably, the car should be equipped as the developers of the Audi Q7 model did, that is, put the appropriate monitor, or at least the mirrors of the lower lateral appearance. Well, at least there is a rear review monitor, with its help it will not be very difficult to get back into the business garage gate.
General information about the machine
(Seriality)
The debit of the car took place on December 19, 2006. The machine is a mixed type of car with a 5-seater body. The main market that this car is aimed at is the North America market, where it turned out to be a little earlier in the spring of 2006. Why was the car attributed to the mixed class? Because, being a typical SUV car, it has at the same time a sports beaming, and besides, it uses some components that are borrowed from the MPV minivan car.
The car is equipped with the same engine as the Japanese version of the MPV L3-VDT car. It is distinguished by the presence of 4 x of a number of located cylinders with a total working volume of 2.3 liters, the gas distribution mechanism - DOHC. In addition, it is equipped with a turbine and direct injection. Only one type transmission: a 6-speed assault rifle type Active Matic, which provides for manual switching mode. The 4WD system is just an addition to the front -wheel drive, controlled by electronics (Active Torque Control Coupling).
The lineup includes the car of the basic configuration of the CX-7, and the CX-7 CRUSING PACKAGE CRIS-7 machine (in its salon, in particular, there are automatically adjustable front seats)-only two models. Each of them can be produced with all -wheel drive and with the drive only on the front wheels.
(Categories)
The CX-7 CRUSING PACKAGE model is necessarily equipped with a leather steering wheel and the same handle of the transmission control lever, it has xenon headlights in front, and a duplicate LED stop-signal, the on-board navigation system has a built-in hard drive. In addition, if you transfer safety tools, you should name a collision prevention system + locator cruise control. The driver's seat has 8 types of adjustment, which, as has already been noted, acts automatically. The seats themselves are covered with skin, and the front ones are also equipped with electric heaters.
 
Salon volume and the capacity of the luggage compartment
Interior equipment and front panel (4 points)
The design of the front panel of a simplified type, looks organically, makes a good impression. The instrument shield has a edging, the lower edge is decorated in the form of a broken line. The arrow and the numbers are made clear, so it is quite easy to take readings. The steering wheel differs with a relatively small diameter, it is easy to operate on it. All air conditioning control handles and audio equipment are collected around the navigation system panel. That is, it is the monitor screen that acts as a kind of command center. The blinds of the air slots open in Europeanly wide, which is very convenient when you have to clean them of accumulated dust. The hand brake is on the side, but to turn it off, you need to press the pedal twice. The decision is controversial, it is possible that in this regard a refinement will be required.
Front seats (3 points)
When you sit at the driver's place, the chair is not as spacious as you can imagine in its appearance. Comfort is at an average level, but since it is not as spacious as we would like, there is a feeling that the massive console located between the front seats could have been a little smaller to occupy so much space, it would be better to make a searches. The full width of the car is 1.87 m, with such and such width it was possible to seize three in a number of three. Well, well, three do not need, but then, perhaps, make a person easily switch from front sitting to the back and vice versa, in a word, make some changes. Of course, the discharge of the SUV machine does not imply a particularly spacious salon, but if you seriously count on the interest from the youth, you still need to think about how to create a relaxed atmosphere in an active communication in the cabin, and not so that everything is in its places, And more - nowhere.
Rear seat (3 points)
Since the interior is located high above the ground, sitting back, as well as to leave the back is not so easy. However, there is nothing to be done here. Sitting is laid out, so there is no need to expect too much comfort from it. However, the fact that it turned out to be as cramped as the front seats is a minus. There are not so many places under your feet, so you have to sit, my knees are exactly. This drawback could be compensated if the seat were slightly raised above the floor, but, unfortunately, this is not: when you sit from behind, it seems that the body is too low. The equipment of the cabin, as already mentioned, went according to a simplified scheme, so it is clearly not possible to feel yourself in a comfortable atmosphere. Especially if the machine begins to move at high speed, since then the slightest defect in the road surface is immediately transmitted to the seat, and it is not so springy. Although, if the speed is small, then such tremors are not at all noticeable. In short, if young and childless spouses use the machine, then it's okay, but when they have children, or if you need to carry the elderly family members then, perhaps, this type of rear seat is unlikely to be suitable.
Trunk (3 points)
The trunk is not as voluminous as it might seem outside, but if you fill up the rear seat, then there is enough space in it. The gender of the trunk, of course, is raised above the ground too high, so to load heavy objects will have to be pretty good, it can even use the stand. The luggage of the trunk is easy to remove, so that there will be no problems in terms of washing, especially since it is partially made of plastic. Under the floor there is a small cavity for smaller things.
What is the car on the go?
Engine and transmission (5 points)
The engine has a powerful torque and a good reaction. As expected, the motor with a powerful boost, despite the small operating volume, the engine accelerates, as they say, in one breath. Of course, at the same time, the power does not grow as smoothly as that of the engine with 6 cylinders, there is nothing to object to. The 6-speed automatic transmission switches exactly at the right time, there are a lot of programs, therefore, you also get a lot of pleasure from switching. The dynamics is high, explosive, as it should be for a car for an active driving manner. A car with all -wheel drive weighs 1740 kg, but its traction characteristics are such that sometimes it seems as if under the hood of a motor with a working volume of 3.5 liters, no less. The car only with the front-wheel drive in general, probably, flies like a feather, it has 100 kg less!
Comfort and steering (4 points)
Management at the level of a sports car. The car turns so easily and quickly that you sometimes forget about its considerable weight and dimensions. If we talk about comfort in general, then it can be characterized as comfort on a hard suspension. The suspension was tightened quite strongly, but at the same time I did not feel that an exorbitantly heavy burden pressed on top of it, which she could not cope with. At high speed, when you control the machine energetically, such pressure is good in your own way. But if you then want to relax and switch to a calm ride, it is possible that the suspension will work somewhat chaotic, as if not knowing how to react to a particular attack that goes from below.
In general, the new Mazda CX-7 car should be recognized as a very noticeable phenomenon, after meeting with which he was tempting to say: who would have thought that the car from the SUV category can be forced to move so actively!.
The results of the test trip:
The purpose of the tests: obtaining a general idea of \u200b\u200bthe behavior of the machine on the go
Test route: city line (70%), high -speed highway (10%), mountain road (20%)
Mileage during tests: 421.9 km
Actual fuel consumption: 65.7 liter
Average fuel consumption: one liter for every 6.42 km of run
Technical characteristics of the Mazda CX-7 car:
Length 4680 mm x width 1870 mm x height 1645 mm.
Wheel base: 2750 mm.
Machine weight: 1740 kg.
Drive: all -wheel drive
Engine: 2.3-liter, 4-cylinder with in-line cylinders, DOHC gas distribution mechanism with 16 valves and turbocharged, developed power of 238 hp. at 5000 rpm, the largest torque is 35.7 kg/m at 2500 rpm.
The basic price of the car: 3 million 320 thousand yen
 
 

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