Hi All,
New to the forum - but have been reading these threads for years....I'm from NZ and waiting on delivery of my new car (as above) it has a 3 month leadtime for delivery. This is the first time i have ever purchased a car with a leadtime? - An interesting experence to say the least!
I had a Mazda6 MPS (or Mazdaspeed6 as you know it by). Had it for 7+ years and loved it, but felt like it was time for a change. I test drove the new Mazda6 Wagon Diesel and really, really liked it, but it's a huge car (approx +8cm bigger) than my MPS and I wasn't looking for a bigger car. I knew the new Mazda3 was on it's way but couldn't wait another year till that became available out here in 2014. So, after a weekend of test driving the Mazda6 2.2 Diesel Wagon and the CX5 2.2 Diesel AWD, I decided to go with the CX5 2.2 Diesel AWD GSX in Soul Red (basically the mid-level version without the moonroof, bose package and other techy stuff I felt i didn't need)
I sold my MPS privately and got 20% more than if I had done a trade-in on the CX5. Glad I didn't accept the trade offer...
So life is pretty good - It's been a couple of months now, I have been driving around in a couple of loan cars from Mazda (Mazda2 and recently a Mazda6 Wagon) ETA for my car is @ the end of August.
The Leadtime - I could justifiy waiting 3 months because I knew the diesel engine made a big difference for me (Tourque is addicitive) I could have driven a 2.5L off the car lot but having driven the 2.2 diesel, I would have had post purchase regrets after 3 months!
They said to me at the time of order that Mazda just can't make the CX5 and diesel version engines fast enough and demand was outstriping supply with Japan/Europe is taking up a lot of the orders. Good things come to those who wait....Huh
I've read your plight in the US about the diesel and all I can say is get your orders in ASAP otherwise you could be in for a long leadtime like me if not longer...(unless your lucky and can drive one off the lot)
Cheers,
JustMazda
New to the forum - but have been reading these threads for years....I'm from NZ and waiting on delivery of my new car (as above) it has a 3 month leadtime for delivery. This is the first time i have ever purchased a car with a leadtime? - An interesting experence to say the least!
I had a Mazda6 MPS (or Mazdaspeed6 as you know it by). Had it for 7+ years and loved it, but felt like it was time for a change. I test drove the new Mazda6 Wagon Diesel and really, really liked it, but it's a huge car (approx +8cm bigger) than my MPS and I wasn't looking for a bigger car. I knew the new Mazda3 was on it's way but couldn't wait another year till that became available out here in 2014. So, after a weekend of test driving the Mazda6 2.2 Diesel Wagon and the CX5 2.2 Diesel AWD, I decided to go with the CX5 2.2 Diesel AWD GSX in Soul Red (basically the mid-level version without the moonroof, bose package and other techy stuff I felt i didn't need)
I sold my MPS privately and got 20% more than if I had done a trade-in on the CX5. Glad I didn't accept the trade offer...
So life is pretty good - It's been a couple of months now, I have been driving around in a couple of loan cars from Mazda (Mazda2 and recently a Mazda6 Wagon) ETA for my car is @ the end of August.
The Leadtime - I could justifiy waiting 3 months because I knew the diesel engine made a big difference for me (Tourque is addicitive) I could have driven a 2.5L off the car lot but having driven the 2.2 diesel, I would have had post purchase regrets after 3 months!
They said to me at the time of order that Mazda just can't make the CX5 and diesel version engines fast enough and demand was outstriping supply with Japan/Europe is taking up a lot of the orders. Good things come to those who wait....Huh
I've read your plight in the US about the diesel and all I can say is get your orders in ASAP otherwise you could be in for a long leadtime like me if not longer...(unless your lucky and can drive one off the lot)
Cheers,
JustMazda
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