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Zach Gale
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August 29 2011 5:30 PM
Last week, Nick was the only one to correctly identify our Mystery Vehicle: the GMC All Terrain HD Concept. Head here to learn more about the Detroit show concept, which has a five-foot, eight-inch box from a GMC Sierra 1500.
2011 Mazda CX-7 GT. Click picture to enlarge
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Review and photos by Haney Louka
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2011 Mazda CX-7
It looks like a hunt usually competence be over.
Even nonetheless a 2004 Mazda6 car is still in good shape, it’s time for us to start meditative about replacing it. I’ve lamented on these pages before about how Mazda – and usually about each other non-luxury code – has deserted a North American mid-sized car market, since in their perspective there is no marketplace to pronounce of. As a result, we’ve mislaid a Subaru Legacy car and VW Passat wagon; and no, we could not demeanour during a Honda Accord Crosstour in my expostulate each day, so don’t even ask. They contend it’s all about crossovers now, so crossover selling we go.
But first, a brief summary: we started essay articles about replacing a car progressing in 2011. First there was a Toyota Venza, that looks like a grown-up car and has sporty styling, though an uninspiring pushing experience. As well, a few deal-killing annoyances prevented us from holding it seriously.
2011 Mazda CX-7 GT. Click picture to enlarge
Then came a Mazda5, a car that tender us with how good it did what we asked of it and did it in an fit nonetheless interesting manner. The problem with that one? we can’t get past a shabby looks. Call me superficial, though we have to demeanour during it each day and that ain’t gonna happen.
Granted, with those twin models we’ve frequency scratched a aspect of what’s accessible on a market, though let’s slight it down: given that what we unequivocally wish is a wagon, if we are to buy a crossover it needs to be as car-like as possible. It should also be no thirstier than a car (which has published city/highway total of 12.0 and 7.9 L/100 km) and it needs to keep physique hurl in check while delivering gratifying steering response. We wish a accessible load space to come tighten to that accessible in a surprisingly easy car (953 litres behind a back chair and 1,713 with a chair folded), though that’s a tough thing to accomplish while gripping outward measure comparatively tidy.
2011 Mazda CX-7 GT. Click picture to enlarge
We were advantageous adequate to get a hands on a 2011 Mazda CX-7 press car for a summer getaway this year. The track consisted of about 2,500 km of mostly highway driving, holding us southeast of Winnipeg to Minneapolis, afterwards true north past Duluth, Minnesota. We continued north by a Minnesota limit city of International Falls and opposite into Fort Frances, Ontario. We spent a week in scenic north-western Ontario before returning home to Winnipeg.
The CX-7 starts during $26,495 for a front-drive GX with a 161-horse 2.5-litre four-banger and five-speed involuntary transmission. Standard apparatus includes 17-inch alloys, four-wheel vented discs and entirely eccentric suspension, fortitude control, side-curtain airbags, A/C, four-speaker audio, wheel-mounted journey and audio controls, a split-folding back seat, involuntary headlights, lean and telescoping wheel, a outing computer, and rain-sensing wipers. The usually thing I’d like to see combined to a customary apparatus list is a retractable load cover, that usually comes on top-trim models.
Those wanting all-wheel expostulate will need to step adult to a $29,995 GS, and in a routine will get Mazda’s turbocharged 2.3-litre direct-injected four-cylinder that produces a strong 244 hp and 258 lb.-ft. of torque. They also get a six-speed involuntary to assistance keep a engine in a energy rope when desired. GS models also advantage from 18-inch alloys and twin exhaust. Optional on a GS is a $2,995 oppulance package, adding energy exhilarated leather seats, a energy moonroof, and involuntary meridian control.
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