Y'all can argue about looks til the cows come home, but for me, that's the LEAST important factor in choosing a car.
Sounds about right for a Oregonian. Their women still have hairy pits. ;-)
Y'all can argue about looks til the cows come home, but for me, that's the LEAST important factor in choosing a car.
Y'all can argue about looks til the cows come home, but for me, that's the LEAST important factor in choosing a car.
#1 for me. Seriously.
#Shallow
(uhm)
Last time I checked, the statistic is still showing Mazda CX-5's US sales figures are at the bottom batch of compact CUV sales. In fact, Toyota RAV4 is still outselling Mazda CX-5 at least twice as many with older model. The only good news is Mazda CX-5 finally passed Subaru Forester on sales volume so far this year.
Compact CUVs
US Sales2017 2018
(to February)February
2018Toyota RAV4 407,594 56,522 29,867 Nissan Rogue 403,465 74,303 38,119 Honda CR-V 377,895 50,178 25,852 Ford Escape 308,296 38,980 21,033 Chevrolet Equinox 290,458 50,458 24,053 Subaru Outback 188,886 27,300 14,021 Subaru Forester 177,563 22,488 11,640 Jeep Cherokee 169,882 26,846 12,225 Mazda CX-5 127,563 26,679 13,216 Hyundai Tucson 114,735 16,076 8,438 Kia Sportage 72,824 11,579 5,867
Y'all can argue about looks til the cows come home, but for me, that's the LEAST important factor in choosing a car.
I'll give classier/sophisticated to gen 2. They did do that and deserve applause on a job well done. If I am going to have a nice night on the town the upscale luxury of the gen 2 wins hands down. It is the good looking girl who got some mods.
+1, and I like the new Rav looks. Also claims true off road capabilities.Yep, like you and OP, I really prefer gen-1 CX-5 than gen-2 on design! And after driving 12 days on a 2017 CX-5 Touring as a loaner, I firmly believe all the added "improvements" on gen-2 CX-5 are not that much significant to me. Cylinder deactivation is a total downer and a major step backward on 2018 MY!
Remote start can be installed by dealer it’s just not standard. It has auto high beams which senses lights and turns off appropriate leds to not blind anyone. I personally don’t use it though. Also does have live traffic and nav
It's just too tacky though. "Bouji" is the term that comes to mind. It's like a girl with a Coach purse (nice interior, seriously) and JC Penny lingerie and PayLess heels (NAV system, electronic features, entertainment system, lack of pano, etc. etc.). It basically has stuff that was standard in 2005 for many other companies (radar cruise, HUD), still lacks many late 90's/early 2000's features (remote start, auto-dimming staged headlights and side mirrors, live traffic NAV, etc), and everyone is all "She so fine!" while people who are used to the real deal are laughing up their sleeves at these "new exciting features".
i want mazda to succeed of course but I like not seeing a ton of other CX5s on the road to be honest, make us more unique compared to the s*** ton of rav4s and rogues you see everywhere
As a Subaru fan, I'm pretty disappointed in the Forester losing the turbo. They seem to be cutting more and more enthusiast options despite pulling in more cash than ever before - what's up with that?
The RAV4 is a definite improvement over the previous gen, but the design is too much of a hodgepodge of current design trends for me.
The 2019 CX-3 update brings some much-needed refinements, especially the reconfigured center console, but it remains to be seen if these changes will help jump-start slow sales.
I’m surprised you didn’t mention the elimination of the manual transmission.