Test Drive Mazda CX-9 since 2007 SUV
Mazda CX-9 Six Fleece Crossover
The Mazda CX-9 crossover will be released on the Russian market. It is very similar to the model CX-7, but differs from it not only in size. The Mazda team particularly emphasizes that CX-9 is not simply grown by 40 cm in the CX-7 length. This is a completely different car. 99% otherwise, as his designer said. In addition to another body, new engine, transmission, suspension details. And the main thing is laid in the ideology of the model of a large car for people who have been able to count money. He does not provoke on an aggressive ride, but if I want, it allows you to light. It behaves as a prestigious crossover. Dynamically accelerates and perfectly managed. Probably, together with a stylish appearance, this totality is the fact that Mazda calls Zoom-Zoom. And immediately, I will immediately note that this is the first representative of the brand, which received decent noise insulation. The motor is not audible in the limit modes.
Hot horses Motor at CX-9 one, but what. The new gasoline MZI V6 is 3.7 liters and a capacity of 277 liters. with. S-VT gas distribution phases control system provides traction over the entire revolutions range. A hundred with this V6 is recruited for 10.1 p. At first glance, nothing special, but we must remember that this is a full-size crossover with a curb weight of two tons. Nevertheless, I really wanted to know how much you can get to the second hundred, but alas. The maximum speed is limited by the electronics and is equal to 181 km / h. Fuel consumption, claimed for the city, 18.4 l, which is probably close to reality. But the data for the route from the realm of fantasy 9.9 liters.
With engine combines unique six-speed automatic gearbox with manual control. The box set is excellent. In automatic mode, it understands very quickly, and in the manual gives a complete sense of mechanics including during engine braking.
Traditional rack and pinion steering with hydraulic booster. Let the number of turns steering from lock to lock is considered boring, but I just point out that their jobs wheel performs as it should you know the car, she understands you. SOLID PRIVATE PROPERTY
McPherson front suspension is mounted on a subframe with vibrational supports. The rear is applied a multi-dimensional scheme in which each wheel accounts for three massive lever. I can't say anything about the stiffness of the suspension, the shame and catching the breakdowns. As well as about the all-wheel drive transmission with an electronic-controlled coupling of the rear axle connection. The fact is that the presentation was conducted in Sweden, and there they would not eat any smooth asphalt there. Everywhere plates with the inscription Private property.
Well, let's at least explore the salon. Separate seats of the second row ride their own sleds in a very wide range, allowing you to make the third row quite suitable not only for preschoolers. Simple, but a good solution. Under the polite of the tiny (with the unfolded third row) the trunk is a niche with cells. And the spare wheel of the dye size is fixed outside in the rear skeleton. The set of complete sets is not foreseen, the only additional option is a hatch with an electric drive. What is included in the basic set? Leather interior with three rows of seats, full electrically accommodation, including drives of both seats, Bose Music system with 10 columns, Map key, customized with steering wheel Cruise control, three-zone climate control,
allowing passengers of the second row to independently set the desired temperature and the intensity of the supplied air. There is also a number of pleasant little things like a rain and light sensor, a trunk electric drive, headlight washer. Well, other components of comfort that have already become familiar to modern cars. Here in general, and all: there is no monitor for DVD, nor Parktronic. Modestly. And no Europe!
No matter how much the size spoke about the size, the price tag for such goods is still more important. A big Mazda cost in Russia will be 1,570,000 rubles. In Europe, the CX-9 will not be sold, and in the show figures of domestic official dealers it will appear from the fall. At about the same time, the competitors of Hyundai Veracruz will be pulled out (see Article Give Diesel!) And Honda Pilot.
Author: Evgenia Lyubimova, photo of the author and Mazda Motor
A source: 4x4 magazine [August / 2008]
