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- Plano, Texas, USA
You're correct on this! Actually several people, including me, have been complaining the lack of amenities on Mazda CX-5. But some of them, such as front fog light indicator and memory driver's seat, are Mazda's decision not to let US customers having those features but available in other regions. The reason? Save money! To me, it's penny wise、pound foolish decision for Mazda North American Operations and it only hurts CX-5's sales more than the money saved!We've only had our CX-5 for a couple of weeks or so...
I'm really enjoying our new Mazda so far but in comparing it with the 2012 VW Jetta Sportwagan TDI that I just sold back to VW under the DieselGate emissions scandal I'm finding some the 'amenities' lacking.
Mainly it's small things like indicator lights. The Mazda doesn't even have an indicator to let you know if the fog lights are on. Or the indicator lights to let you know if the doors are locked or not.
I think that VW was more thoughtful with small things such as this. For instance, if you have the windshield wipers on in the VW and you put the car in reverse, the rear window wiper comes on automatically. Or if you've used the rear window washer it gives you a couple of delayed wipes after you shut the wiper off, just to catch the dribbles.
There are more examples but I'm sure you catch my drift. All those small things add up.