Love how you always keep it real with your reviews! I bought my first Mazda yesterday, the CX-9 Grand Touring and absolutely love it! You are the man Joe!! Keep doing your thing!
I've had my Grand Touring for about a month and I love it. It handles great, is fun to drive and I just filled up and averaged 27.4 mpg with regular unleaded gas. You have to love that.
@@JJ-ez3zs .....It's good. I'll admit that that wasn't high on my list and I love my music but I believe it's very good. I'm not distracted, so that says something.
You gotta love corporate history. So Mazda started off in 1921 making corks. Did you know that Meguiars detailing products started in 1901 making furniture polishes? Almost without exception, I really like back stories and Raiti's Rides is no exception! I just came back from the future a few minutes ago and you have no idea what surprises are in store for you. ;-) Save the Wave.
@@michaels7984 Just doin' my job. :) Facts are facts. Added a new wrinkle in this thread though. Though the CX-9 receives widespread praise for its handling, it turns out not to be especially noteworthy on handling metrics. Not surprisingly it has a larger turning radius than a KIA Sorento. More surprising though is that Motor Trends's skidpad test results indicate the KIA has better grip and its figure eight handling test was quicker with better hold than the CX-9. In short, the CX-9 may well have a great handling "feel" for its size but that doesn't show up in actual results.
Nice review Joe! I am new to your channel and am liking what i see.! What a handsome looking SUV!! This will definitely be added to my short list of possibilities.
That double door center console is genius. I hate lifting my arm so my wife can get into the center console. This way, you don't get bothered to move your arm. 😆
Don't hold your breath. Mazda is (in)famous for early announcements followed by delay after delay in actual deployment of features. (e.g. the diesel version of the CX-5).
CX-9 is a big SUV. The third row looks pretty crowded, maybe only for small children. At that point, you might as well get a minivan like the Odyssey or Sienna.
good review.that cx9 is really nice only complaint I found were the brakes are very soft.you really have to puch the peddle down.brand new vehicle! wonder once it gets to 20 thousand k will it need new brakes.seen a used one for sale with 36000kms said new brakes.scared....
Hey Joe, I like the little history lesson at the beginning of your videos. Keep it up, man! Keep ‘em coming! By the way, I think you’re so on point with the fake grill comment.
The engine seems like it would be underpowered on paper, but it actually works really well. Plenty of passing power and so much torque it feels really good to drive
That’s a good looking SUV. Mazda’s have pretty nice interiors. Does the rearview mirror switch to camera view? I think they keep the thickness of the steering wheel to a size that is comfortable for the soccer moms with smaller hands. Nice review Joe! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Active safety systems are common now, including autonomous emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic warning and emergency braking, lane-departure warning, lane-keeping assist and so on. However I haven’t seen any review yet that comments on the effectiveness of these systems. Same with adaptive cruise control. Are all systems equal or are some better than others? I would like to see testers do more than just tick the boxes.
Point well taken. I have two vehicles with such systems, a Kia Sorento and a VW GTI. The differences are significant in these systems, especially in terms of adaptive cruise control.
@@stephenhendricks103 Adaptive cruise control is one of the most important decision points for me, along with lane keep assist. I'll use these many times every day. Next is blind spot monitoring - something else that gets used every day. Then there are the reversing safety features - important every visit to the mall. Other safety features like autonomous braking are critical also, but we hope we never need them. For the average buyer on a test drive these are all but impossible to evaluate. That's where people like Raiti can make a difference.
@@SirGregory Before I owned a vehicle with Adaptive Cruise Control I thought it was a largely unnecessary enhancement to standard cruise control systems. I found out how wrong I was on my first extended trip. I'd estimate that it extends a comfortable distance between stops on a trip by about 25% and makes a huge difference in reducing fatigue on a long trip. Blind spot monitoring is a feature that I think should be required on every car sold, especially in vehicles like Camaros and (to a lesser extent) Mustangs where a driver is sitting in what resembles a large bathtub with high sides and in gigantic 17 ft long SUV's that constitute a moving hazard in crowded traffic. Then there's California where "lane sharing" between motorcycles and cars is legal and a rider can be traveling at 20-30 mph faster than the traffic in a lane he/she is occupying. Even a driver who is accustomed to the practice can be shaken by a motorcycle passing their vehicle at 20-30 mph faster than they're traveling mere inches from their mirrors. (Technically line splitting above 50 mph or traveling 15 mph faster than the overall traffic flow is illegal but those rules are frequently ignored.) I would differ a bit with your recommendation that reviewers attempt to assess these features. I'd much rather see the NHTSA and the IIHS make comprehensive testing of features such as these along with more critical accident avoidance features be part of their certification procedures. That simply because valid tests and comparisons require rigorous standards are expensive to conduct. I doubt the current administration in Washington would show any inclination to expand safety testing and certification for automobiles but IIHS as a creature of the insurance industry should definitely do so.
@@stephenhendricks103 Very interesting comments, thanks. Your last paragraph in particular set me to thinking. Autonomous braking (forward and reverse) and lane departure warnings (not lane keep assist) are probably best left to agencies who have the money and resources to set up standards for these features, and to carry out the testing. However I’m not convinced this will happen in time for buyers to use the results over the next few years. I’ve just done a quick search of NHTSA for “autonomous braking tests” and found nothing obvious. For IIHS I found a table of cars that only showed whether the feature was standard or optional. In an ideal world the IIHS testing of these features would feed back into car insurance prices, but maybe I shouldn’t hold my breath. A couple of CZcamsrs have created less formal tests, but these certainly take more effort to conduct than just listing whether the features exist or not. Of the other safety features (lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control, blind spot warning) I think the serious CZcams testers could dip into these and do some subjective tests. Sure it would take more than a trip around the block. It would need a standard test circuit such as the one Alex on Autos does on his longer tests, but covering a wider variety of traffic and road types. One other feature that I forgot to mention in my earlier comment is adaptive headlights. The effectiveness of driving lights has been overlooked by all road testers, even though few things are more important at night. Again, more time needed for road tests, but perhaps occasional videos dedicated to testing the lights of groups of competing vehicles? In summary, I would like road testers to spend more time on the things I, as a buyer, can't easily asses, and less time on the things I can check on the manufacture's web site. I can do without all comments on style and appearance.
Great video. Am debating this vs the grand Cherokee limited. What do you think? This one has a 360 camera and heads up display, but the gd doesn’t. Idk.
Tyvm for the reply. It does seem like I’m getting so much more bang for my $ w options etc., the gc charges thousand more for. Guess the look and appeal of the exterior of the gc limited are what gas my doubts. The gc is only 2” taller than the cx9
I think the AC control is a bit too dented. Looks hard to reach and distinguish. The exterior and interior is very luxurious, but the space seems to fall short to exterior size of the vehicle.
More than "fall(ing) short." In terms of efficient allocation of space (interior space divided by vehicle length) the CX-9 trails every other midsize 3 row crossover by a significant margin.
Sometimes after I hit my crack pipe things get blurry. I did three hits 2 weeks ago and bought a new fiat 500 pop. Can I put camaro 1le sway bars on this fiat. I already have the sti wing and painted the calipers red.
Never owned an RX7 but I did own an RX8. It was a much loved but significantly flawed sports car with a rotary engine that made driving resemble riding a 650cc Japanese motorcycle. Had a redline of 9000 RPM but the torque curve that resembled Mt. Everest.
Want a very large midsize crossover? Longer than the Pilot, Ascent, Telluride, and even the VW Atlas. In fact only the Traverse and Durango are longer. But with less overall cargo space than a Honda CR-V or the Subaru Forester. (That''s right not only much less than a Pilot or an Ascent but less overall cargo space than Honda's and Subaru's compact SUV's.) In fact, the CX-9 has the least cargo space of any midsize 3 row crossover. And it doesn't stop there. The CX-9 has less passenger space than any other midsize three row SUV. (19 cubic feet less than the KIA Sorento, the smallest midsize 3 row SUV that's 10 inches shorter.) And speaking of passenger room the third row has less than an inch more legroom than a Mustang. Ever tried to sit in the back seat of a Mustang? Thankfully, the second row isn't as bad. But if your backseat passengers need a USB connection, forget about putting three folks in the second row. It's available only with the center console folded down. So in terms of "utility" in a SUV, the CX-9 can seat four passengers comfortably in the first two rows or five if the second row passengers don't need a USB connection in a vehicle with less cargo capacity less than a compact SUV. Want to use the third row? Hopefully not for more than a few miles since the cargo capacity is reduced to less than a compact sedan (14 cubic feet.) How about the engine? Of all the three row crossovers only the CX-9 and the Subaru Ascent doesn't provide the option of a V6. The 2.5L turbo in the Mazda is impressive in some applications (Mazda6 and CX-5) but its already limited HP (252) comes only with premium fuel. With regular grade dinosaur juice it drops to 227. That's adequate and to some extent compensated by the 310 ft lbs of torque but in a vehicle weighing well over two tons a V6 is delivers smoother, more linear, and arguably more durable performance than a turbo4. There's a reason that Mazda recently announced development of a new in-line six engine. The CX-9 needs it given the competition in the 3 row crossover segment. But what about the vaunted Mazda handling? The CX-9 does handle well on secondary roads though its advantage is negligible in urban/suburban traffic, on the freeway, and in maneuvering in parking lots where midsize 3 row crossovers typically live. If canyon carving or backroad blasting is a priority, get another type of vehicle, altogether. Furthermore, though handling "feel" may be impressive, handling performance is not. Compared to a Sorento, for example, Motor Trend found the turning radius to be better in the KIA (18.6' vs 19.4'). Not surprising given the sizes of the CX-9 and the Sorento. But skidpad performance in the Sorento was also better (.83g vs .80g) and time on the standard figure 8 course was quicker (26.9 seconds @.64g vs 27.7 seconds @ .62g) The differences are small but considering the hype the CX-9 receives in terms of handling and the consistently better performance in the KIA, they're instructive. I like the Mazda brand. I've owned four Mazdas over the years. But there's a reason that CX-9 sales have been dropping month after month in year over year comparisons since June, 2018. The competition in the midsize crossover segment is tough and getting tougher and the CX-9 trails the competition in a number of ways.
A 3 row SUV should have a V6 engine regardless of HP/TQ ratings. A N/A V6 engine just has a certain smoothness, torque and feel especially in the low RPM range.
Yes and also dont have A/C vents for 3rd row, on a hot days it will be not habitable, Mazda is still thinking that 3rd row if for cargo, not for passenger.
Rattle issues city. Test drove 3. Every one of them rattled. Chose the CX5 which happens to have the worst seats I’ve ever set in. I’ll skip Mazda next time.
Why do people talk about esthetics? The only things that matter are reliability, power, and fit. You can customize everything else. Why spend a bunch of money for a shit stock stereo when you can buy a better aftermarket one? Who buys a 4cyl full-size suv? Idiot posh customers ruining vehicles for everyone
Love how you always keep it real with your reviews! I bought my first Mazda yesterday, the CX-9 Grand Touring and absolutely love it! You are the man Joe!! Keep doing your thing!
Thanks Angel for saying that! I really appreciate your support!
I'm interested in this vehicle rn tryna do sum research. congrats
Since the cx 5 cargo space is so small. I would buy the cx 9 and fold down the third row seats just for extra cargo room. Great review. Thank you
the split armrest is so passengers can access it without interrupting the divers position.
This is the best review I've ever seen! This man is awesome!
I've had my Grand Touring for about a month and I love it. It handles great, is fun to drive and I just filled up and averaged 27.4 mpg with regular unleaded gas. You have to love that.
Thank you Kenneth for sharing your great ownership input! I totally agree with you!
Nice!!! With AWD or FWD?
@@m11sanmanable .....FWD
How is the noise insulation?
@@JJ-ez3zs .....It's good. I'll admit that that wasn't high on my list and I love my music but I believe it's very good. I'm not distracted, so that says something.
My wife drives a 2019 Mazda CX-9 and it’s been amazing so far. About 50k miles on it and it runs like new! Oil changes so far and that’s it
You gotta love corporate history. So Mazda started off in 1921 making corks. Did you know that Meguiars detailing products started in 1901 making furniture polishes? Almost without exception, I really like back stories and Raiti's Rides is no exception! I just came back from the future a few minutes ago and you have no idea what surprises are in store for you. ;-) Save the Wave.
I am the same as you Peter! The back stories are always the best! Meguiar's is some of my favorite detailing products!
Love it love it raiti pure craftsmanship from Mazda thanks raiti😆😆
I am so glad that I could share this great CX-9 with you!
@@RaitisRides no problem Joe
I love this suv it has everything
I am so glad that I could share it with you!
Except interior space and a V6 engine.
@@stephenhendricks103 wouldn't be a Mazda video without you complaining about it. 😁
@@michaels7984 Just doin' my job. :) Facts are facts. Added a new wrinkle in this thread though. Though the CX-9 receives widespread praise for its handling, it turns out not to be especially noteworthy on handling metrics. Not surprisingly it has a larger turning radius than a KIA Sorento. More surprising though is that Motor Trends's skidpad test results indicate the KIA has better grip and its figure eight handling test was quicker with better hold than the CX-9. In short, the CX-9 may well have a great handling "feel" for its size but that doesn't show up in actual results.
Nice review Joe! I am new to your channel and am liking what i see.! What a handsome looking SUV!! This will definitely be added to my short list of possibilities.
I really appreciate the compliment and I am so glad that I could share this one with you!
That double door center console is genius. I hate lifting my arm so my wife can get into the center console. This way, you don't get bothered to move your arm. 😆
two cups holder on the engine that's pretty cool 😂
one of my fave suv out there. thanks! maybe a review of new supra? Lol! looking forward to it. thanks and good job!! 👊👊
I am working on making my way into a Toyota dealership! Fingers crossed!
Raiti's Rides goodluck and thanks! i know theres some reviews now but i still wanna hear your opinion Lol! 👊
I have the touring one and I love this Mazda, great SUV. Thanks for the video.
I have the white pearl touring. I traded my subaru forester 2018 for it. Big upgrade! Cx 9 sexy and drives great
Speaking of Mazda . News article that I was reading said that Mazda is working on a 6 cylinder engine . Zoom Zoom
I saw that as well! It should be interesting to see what happens!
Don't hold your breath. Mazda is (in)famous for early announcements followed by delay after delay in actual deployment of features. (e.g. the diesel version of the CX-5).
@Bish Bish Truth hurts?
Joe literally has the best impromptu humor😂
That is so awesome of you to say! I am glad I can make you laugh!
No vitamin D for people in the back, they gonna have to stick their heads out the window😂😂😂
My favorite Mazda SUV! Nice review Joe.
Great review, best I have ever seen! Loved the history in the beginning. Thanks so much in helping me decide about a new car for my family!😊
CX-9 is a big SUV. The third row looks pretty crowded, maybe only for small children. At that point, you might as well get a minivan like the Odyssey or Sienna.
That is a very good point that you bring up!
Or any other midsize 3 row crossover. Every one offers more third row space than the CX-9.
Minivan really. Seriously they are way more practical but people don’t want them.
Yes, get the minivan if you want to float down the road and have extremely soft steering. Love my CX-9.
CX-90 is a big van basically.
good review.that cx9 is really nice only complaint I found were the brakes are very soft.you really have to puch the peddle down.brand new vehicle! wonder once it gets to 20 thousand k will it need new brakes.seen a used one for sale with 36000kms said new brakes.scared....
I really like all your reviews about cars... you’re really experts
Thanks for saying that and letting me share this one with you!
Hey Joe, I like the little history lesson at the beginning of your videos. Keep it up, man! Keep ‘em coming!
By the way, I think you’re so on point with the fake grill comment.
Hi Bill! That really means a lot of you to say that! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch!
I'm still unsure about the 4 cylinder turbo engine but I like everything else about the CX-9! 😎👍
The engine seems like it would be underpowered on paper, but it actually works really well. Plenty of passing power and so much torque it feels really good to drive
I can totally see where you are coming from Mark!
@luvluca toni I see what yo are doing there!
@@michaels7984 The driving experience is really great!
That’s a good looking SUV. Mazda’s have pretty nice interiors. Does the rearview mirror switch to camera view? I think they keep the thickness of the steering wheel to a size that is comfortable for the soccer moms with smaller hands. Nice review Joe! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Very good points Larry! Yes you can change the camera view!
Active safety systems are common now, including autonomous emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic warning and emergency braking, lane-departure warning, lane-keeping assist and so on. However I haven’t seen any review yet that comments on the effectiveness of these systems. Same with adaptive cruise control. Are all systems equal or are some better than others? I would like to see testers do more than just tick the boxes.
Tat is a great question once again! I should do a review on those safety features!
Point well taken. I have two vehicles with such systems, a Kia Sorento and a VW GTI. The differences are significant in these systems, especially in terms of adaptive cruise control.
@@stephenhendricks103 Adaptive cruise control is one of the most important decision points for me, along with lane keep assist. I'll use these many times every day. Next is blind spot monitoring - something else that gets used every day. Then there are the reversing safety features - important every visit to the mall. Other safety features like autonomous braking are critical also, but we hope we never need them. For the average buyer on a test drive these are all but impossible to evaluate. That's where people like Raiti can make a difference.
@@SirGregory Before I owned a vehicle with Adaptive Cruise Control I thought it was a largely unnecessary enhancement to standard cruise control systems. I found out how wrong I was on my first extended trip. I'd estimate that it extends a comfortable distance between stops on a trip by about 25% and makes a huge difference in reducing fatigue on a long trip.
Blind spot monitoring is a feature that I think should be required on every car sold, especially in vehicles like Camaros and (to a lesser extent) Mustangs where a driver is sitting in what resembles a large bathtub with high sides and in gigantic 17 ft long SUV's that constitute a moving hazard in crowded traffic. Then there's California where "lane sharing" between motorcycles and cars is legal and a rider can be traveling at 20-30 mph faster than the traffic in a lane he/she is occupying. Even a driver who is accustomed to the practice can be shaken by a motorcycle passing their vehicle at 20-30 mph faster than they're traveling mere inches from their mirrors. (Technically line splitting above 50 mph or traveling 15 mph faster than the overall traffic flow is illegal but those rules are frequently ignored.)
I would differ a bit with your recommendation that reviewers attempt to assess these features. I'd much rather see the NHTSA and the IIHS make comprehensive testing of features such as these along with more critical accident avoidance features be part of their certification procedures. That simply because valid tests and comparisons require rigorous standards are expensive to conduct. I doubt the current administration in Washington would show any inclination to expand safety testing and certification for automobiles but IIHS as a creature of the insurance industry should definitely do so.
@@stephenhendricks103 Very interesting comments, thanks. Your last paragraph in particular set me to thinking. Autonomous braking (forward and reverse) and lane departure warnings (not lane keep assist) are probably best left to agencies who have the money and resources to set up standards for these features, and to carry out the testing. However I’m not convinced this will happen in time for buyers to use the results over the next few years. I’ve just done a quick search of NHTSA for “autonomous braking tests” and found nothing obvious. For IIHS I found a table of cars that only showed whether the feature was standard or optional. In an ideal world the IIHS testing of these features would feed back into car insurance prices, but maybe I shouldn’t hold my breath.
A couple of CZcamsrs have created less formal tests, but these certainly take more effort to conduct than just listing whether the features exist or not.
Of the other safety features (lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control, blind spot warning) I think the serious CZcams testers could dip into these and do some subjective tests. Sure it would take more than a trip around the block. It would need a standard test circuit such as the one Alex on Autos does on his longer tests, but covering a wider variety of traffic and road types.
One other feature that I forgot to mention in my earlier comment is adaptive headlights. The effectiveness of driving lights has been overlooked by all road testers, even though few things are more important at night. Again, more time needed for road tests, but perhaps occasional videos dedicated to testing the lights of groups of competing vehicles?
In summary, I would like road testers to spend more time on the things I, as a buyer, can't easily asses, and less time on the things I can check on the manufacture's web site. I can do without all comments on style and appearance.
Looks pretty nice. Wish they had a higher performance version.
I totally agree with that!
Good review. Hopefully the future facelift CX9 will address 2 issues: 3rd row air vents and tonneau cover.
Great video. Am debating this vs the grand Cherokee limited. What do you think? This one has a 360 camera and heads up display, but the gd doesn’t. Idk.
Thanks for the compliment! I would go Mazda all day long,
Tyvm for the reply. It does seem like I’m getting so much more bang for my $ w options etc., the gc charges thousand more for. Guess the look and appeal of the exterior of the gc limited are what gas my doubts. The gc is only 2” taller than the cx9
Love Mazda 😍
They really are a great brand!
I’m sorry I love my Cx9 but it should have never had cheap plastic along the lower held it should haves been colour Coated
I think the AC control is a bit too dented. Looks hard to reach and distinguish. The exterior and interior is very luxurious, but the space seems to fall short to exterior size of the vehicle.
I think you bring up some very good points! It will be interesting to see how Mazda takes the design from here!
More than "fall(ing) short." In terms of efficient allocation of space (interior space divided by vehicle length) the CX-9 trails every other midsize 3 row crossover by a significant margin.
@@stephenhendricks103 Yes Stephen we get it, you hate the hype.
However, some people do enjoy driving / riding in something other than a plastic box.
@@canuckereh5646 Don't hate the type at all. I just take seriously the "U" in CUV to actually mean something. And on that score it fails miserably.
Thumbs up Raiti
Thanks man! I always appreciate your support!
@@RaitisRides it will be always there my friend.
We're looking for a nice SUV not to expensive but with bells and whistles and everyone ik who has/had a Mazda Them shits go over 200k easy 😀
Joe have you done a video on Charger SRT Hellcat top speed 204 Heavy car but has a cool line
Tom's camera keeps losing focus. It's distracting. Or maybe it's just me.
Stay tuned because we have a new camera now. Things will get better!
Sometimes after I hit my crack pipe things get blurry. I did three hits 2 weeks ago and bought a new fiat 500 pop. Can I put camaro 1le sway bars on this fiat. I already have the sti wing and painted the calipers red.
greg black say what now 😂😂😂💀💀
Will the turbocharged four last as long as a lazy six?
That is always the biggest debate! The turbocharged engine is under more stress.
In a vehicle weighing over 2 tons? Not likely. And that's why every competitor but Subaru offers a V6 in this category.
The 2 best Mazda’s in my opinion are the Rx7 and the 787B
Never owned an RX7 but I did own an RX8. It was a much loved but significantly flawed sports car with a rotary engine that made driving resemble riding a 650cc Japanese motorcycle. Had a redline of 9000 RPM but the torque curve that resembled Mt. Everest.
Want a very large midsize crossover? Longer than the Pilot, Ascent, Telluride, and even the VW Atlas. In fact only the Traverse and Durango are longer. But with less overall cargo space than a Honda CR-V or the Subaru Forester. (That''s right not only much less than a Pilot or an Ascent but less overall cargo space than Honda's and Subaru's compact SUV's.) In fact, the CX-9 has the least cargo space of any midsize 3 row crossover.
And it doesn't stop there. The CX-9 has less passenger space than any other midsize three row SUV. (19 cubic feet less than the KIA Sorento, the smallest midsize 3 row SUV that's 10 inches shorter.) And speaking of passenger room the third row has less than an inch more legroom than a Mustang. Ever tried to sit in the back seat of a Mustang? Thankfully, the second row isn't as bad. But if your backseat passengers need a USB connection, forget about putting three folks in the second row. It's available only with the center console folded down. So in terms of "utility" in a SUV, the CX-9 can seat four passengers comfortably in the first two rows or five if the second row passengers don't need a USB connection in a vehicle with less cargo capacity less than a compact SUV. Want to use the third row? Hopefully not for more than a few miles since the cargo capacity is reduced to less than a compact sedan (14 cubic feet.)
How about the engine? Of all the three row crossovers only the CX-9 and the Subaru Ascent doesn't provide the option of a V6. The 2.5L turbo in the Mazda is impressive in some applications (Mazda6 and CX-5) but its already limited HP (252) comes only with premium fuel. With regular grade dinosaur juice it drops to 227. That's adequate and to some extent compensated by the 310 ft lbs of torque but in a vehicle weighing well over two tons a V6 is delivers smoother, more linear, and arguably more durable performance than a turbo4. There's a reason that Mazda recently announced development of a new in-line six engine. The CX-9 needs it given the competition in the 3 row crossover segment.
But what about the vaunted Mazda handling? The CX-9 does handle well on secondary roads though its advantage is negligible in urban/suburban traffic, on the freeway, and in maneuvering in parking lots where midsize 3 row crossovers typically live. If canyon carving or backroad blasting is a priority, get another type of vehicle, altogether. Furthermore, though handling "feel" may be impressive, handling performance is not. Compared to a Sorento, for example, Motor Trend found the turning radius to be better in the KIA (18.6' vs 19.4'). Not surprising given the sizes of the CX-9 and the Sorento. But skidpad performance in the Sorento was also better (.83g vs .80g) and time on the standard figure 8 course was quicker (26.9 seconds @.64g vs 27.7 seconds @ .62g) The differences are small but considering the hype the CX-9 receives in terms of handling and the consistently better performance in the KIA, they're instructive.
I like the Mazda brand. I've owned four Mazdas over the years. But there's a reason that CX-9 sales have been dropping month after month in year over year comparisons since June, 2018. The competition in the midsize crossover segment is tough and getting tougher and the CX-9 trails the competition in a number of ways.
I guess that's why it won a spot on Car&Drivers 10 Best List....again.
Wow its 10k more that its price in Saudi Arabia why is it so expensive and with tax only 1k dollars so it is 9 thousand more
Now that is really interesting!
I’m gonna buy this vehicle
Congrats Chris!
When will they resign it
I'm thinking 2021.
No vitamin D for the people in the back...lol
This is true!
It sounds like a blow dryer
Or a leaf blower.
Yeah they need to work on that!
@@SirGregory I think you are spot on!
Lol.
No way man
Ok
Doc Will Joe Blue
It isn't for everyone!
@@urbanscarecrow great reply!
This or a telluride?
I am going Telluride!
A 3 row SUV should have a V6 engine regardless of HP/TQ ratings. A N/A V6 engine just has a certain smoothness, torque and feel especially in the low RPM range.
No V6....NO SALE!
Price 2029 Mazda’s cx9
Second
I appreciate your support!
3rd row its just for kids don't think a 6.2 feet guy will feel comfortable in there come on use your logic
Not at all!
Yes and also dont have A/C vents for 3rd row, on a hot days it will be not habitable, Mazda is still thinking that 3rd row if for cargo, not for passenger.
That's why I get a Sienna ac everywhere
Rev up your engine!
Let's race! ;-)
First
Thanks for your awesome dedication!
Rattle issues city. Test drove 3. Every one of them rattled. Chose the CX5 which happens to have the worst seats I’ve ever set in. I’ll skip Mazda next time.
Mazda is garbage. Telluride absolutely SMOKES this piece of crap in every way.
Why do people talk about esthetics? The only things that matter are reliability, power, and fit. You can customize everything else. Why spend a bunch of money for a shit stock stereo when you can buy a better aftermarket one? Who buys a 4cyl full-size suv? Idiot posh customers ruining vehicles for everyone