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- San Antonio, Texas
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- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
That's because 4th gear is top speed. If you top the car out, it'll be in 4th gear. There is no power to above 4th.
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Uhh, I don't think that's what Mazda engineers had in mind when they developed the feature.
Yep... normal. Sport Mode worked that way on my 2014 Mazda3 and still works that way (holding RPMs near the peak torque point of 3600 RPM) on my 2016 CX-5 GT. Also, as I recall from the 3 (where I used it more often) it will not let you engage Sport Mode unless you're stopped or going in a straight line and will disengage Sport Mode if you set the cruise control.
Sport Mode can be used with the manual mode on the gearshift where you can force an upshift, but that begs the question why you just wouldn't use manual mode in the first place.
Overall, i'll take this Sport Mode that actually changes something over one that doesn't change anything perceptible. Sport Mode and the kickdown switch on the bottom of the gas pedal can come in handy every once in awhile.
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Mine has always reved higher on sport mode. It definitely has weird shift points and revs much higher. I tend to not use it because of this.
That is interesting, and it makes sense. Thanks for sharingI believe sport mode actually uses a slightly different ecu map. On sport mode cars you can actually have an aftermarket tune for normal and sport for that reason.
Yep... normal. Sport Mode worked that way on my 2014 Mazda3 and still works that way (holding RPMs near the peak torque point of 3600 RPM) on my 2016 CX-5 GT. Also, as I recall from the 3 (where I used it more often) it will not let you engage Sport Mode unless you're stopped or going in a straight line and will disengage Sport Mode if you set the cruise control.
Sport Mode can be used with the manual mode on the gearshift where you can force an upshift, but that begs the question why you just wouldn't use manual mode in the first place.
Overall, i'll take this Sport Mode that actually changes something over one that doesn't change anything perceptible. Sport Mode and the kickdown switch on the bottom of the gas pedal can come in handy every once in awhile.
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I was rather worried when first driving my 2016.5 CX-5 in sport mode on the highway. But after further testing on the surface streets, figured it was designed to stay in a high rev state for better response.
I now always drive manual while using the sport function. This helps by allowing me to control the gears as I drive. I have found 4th to be a great gear for most "low speed" highway driving and 3rd to be a great surface street gear for zipping around.