turbobrick240
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- Joined
- Nov 18, 2014
- Location
- maine
- TDI
- 2011 vw golf tdi(gone to greener pastures), 2001 ford f250 powerstroke
It’s not $50k it’s $41k equipped with every option on Mazda’s list. You can’t find a way to pay more even if you try. So, you overestimate by a lot.
While I also predict lack of success for the vehicle, due to a lack of enthusiasm for it among Mazda’s normal clientele and their dealer network, it is truly aimed at Audi Q5 drivers like myself or perhaps more accurately, the Tiguan level buyer. Like many of the current crop of Asian cars (Hyundai and Kia notably), the interior is an almost minute knock off of Audi’s interiors from the current and previous generations.
If my Q5 was not going great and still warranted through 2024 I’d be very interested to drive it with a serious thought of purchasing. I’d also drive their turbogasser. But numbers on the Monroney sticker are very misleading. In particular, the smaller turbocharged gasoline engines seem to have torque curves that are pointy, not smooth, unlike diesel powered engines.
I guess I was reading Canadian articles- the diesel cx-5 starts at $46k before freight and delivery in Canada.
You'll find many enthusiasts who feel it's the small diesels that have a peaky torque curve. The torque curves I've seen from the modern DIT gassers look very diesel-like, except that the torque hangs around longer, giving them better power figures.
As far as Monroney figures go, it's pretty easy to beat those numbers in both gassers and diesels in my experience. I'm glad mazda finally is bringing the diesels, I just wish they had better fuel efficiency.