I have not heard of this...and when did this section start?

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/images/mazda-cx7-06.jpg
New SUV just came out in Japan. We get it in ,I think, September. I'm guessing the site is just getting prepaired for it. I was so tempted to start the first thread here but it would've been irrelivant to the Cx-7 and it would've gotten moved. Probably by myself haha. I don't know too much about the Cx-7 other than Japan has it, we don't, and it looks really good for an SUV. I normally hate SUVs but that thing has style.

ORIGINAL: 87 turbo II
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/images/mazda-cx7-06.jpg
I can't wait to see one in person, although I'm hoping my next car will be an RX-8! Getting into one for a few minutes might change my mind, though... never know. LOL

That is one cool looking SUV!! I would not mind having one of these.

ORIGINAL: Caprice

ORIGINAL: 87 turbo II
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/images/mazda-cx7-06.jpg
I can't wait to see one in person, although I'm hoping my next car will be an RX-8! Getting into one for a few minutes might change my mind, though... never know. LOL
I've rode in an 8. It drives EXACTLY like my car. The 8 owner even drove my car, and said he feels at home. You will lvoe it to death, one of my favorite modern built cars. Warning: drinks gas and oil.

ORIGINAL: 87 turbo II
I've rode in an 8. It drives EXACTLY like my car. The 8 owner even drove my car, and said he feels at home. You will lvoe it to death, one of my favorite modern built cars. Warning: drinks gas and oil.

Well, I can deal with drinking gas (my Caprice has averaged barely over 10 MPG over the last two years) but oil? What is the story with that?

I'll probably be looking for economy cars by the time I'm in the market again. Having spent all our capital on the 5 we just got kinda puts a crimp on other spending projects.

http://www.motorpasion.com/images/mazda-cx7.jpg
http://www.automotriz.net/images/modelos/mazda-mx/mazda-crossport-casifrontal_2.jpg
http://www.hispanianews.com/archive/2006/02/17/cx7-interior.jpg

Ignore the concept images saying MX Crosssport. That was just the concept version (don't worry the final product looks like that, only interrior changed). Google CX-7 and this is what you see. I had a picture of it with a CX-7 Front liscense plate from the Japan assembly line but the site I saw it on is switching servers and is down for matenance.

ORIGINAL: Caprice

ORIGINAL: 87 turbo II
I've rode in an 8. It drives EXACTLY like my car. The 8 owner even drove my car, and said he feels at home. You will lvoe it to death, one of my favorite modern built cars. Warning: drinks gas and oil.

Well, I can deal with drinking gas (my Caprice has averaged barely over 10 MPG over the last two years) but oil? What is the story with that?

I'll probably be looking for economy cars by the time I'm in the market again. Having spent all our capital on the 5 we just got kinda puts a crimp on other spending projects.
Oil? Rotary engines have what is called an Oil Metering Pump or OMP. The OMP actually injects oil into the rotor housing to lubricate the rotors and keep the apex seals fresh. You want to check oil everytime you fill up on gas, but you only need to change/fill it every 1,000 miles rather than an average car's 3kmiles. The OMP is the reason so many rx-7s need engine rebuilds, because it is hard to care for a rotary engine, the matenance is high. They aren't as unreliable as people say, just overabused. At an autocross event you need to fil lthe oil after every run, heavy driving like that can get you down to 3/4s tank in a matter of 30 minutes or so. everyday driving should last you between 1/2 a month to 2 months depending on how you drive. If you can deal with it, the 8 is a killer car. If not, rotary isn't right for everyone. I'm happy to give you the answers to any more questions you may need answered before your expensive investment.

Have any stats on the car?

I happen to have some spes on it, here you go:

CX-7 Sports Model
244-hp 2.3L DISI turbo engine
Estimated mileage: 19 / 24
Vehicle Features
6-spd automatic transmission with Sport Shift
4-wheel ventilated disc brakes with ABS
Stability and traction control systems
18" alloy wheels
Keyless entry
Side air bags and side air curta

And here is a link to the website for the CX-7, it will be available in the US in Spring of this year, so probably September, at that time it might actually be a 2007 model year.

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=upcomingCX7§ionP arameter=featuresSpec\

Very nice looking indeed, and priced pretty good to comparable SUV's on the market now. i would check into it, maybe in a couple years when my wife needs a car. And it is actually not available in Japan yet, I went to the Mazda site for Japan and it is not shown there. it actually may be a little to large for that market, it is replacing the Mazda Tribute and will be the only Mazda SUV until 2008, when Mazda has 2 more SUV's coming. and it is a 2007 model.

Maybe when its here ill take for a test drive, the specs on it are nice, not surprising that the gas milage is not that great but then again it is SUV, this might be the ONLY SUV id buy.

i dunno, that suv just isn't doing anything for me...

I've seen a few of them in person and they are VERY nice. When we sell my wife's Mazda6 wagon, that will probably be the replacement. (Take a close look at the specs...it basically has the Speed6 drivetrain, just slightly detuned.)

True, it is actually built on a totally different platform, the mazda6 is built on a shared platform used by Ford/Mazda. The fronst suspension comes from the Mazda MPV, and the reas suspension comes from the Mazda 5, and the engine/drivetrain all come from the MazdaSpeed6. This SUV is all Mazda, it seems nothing is shared with Ford and will be built totally in Japan, nothing is coming from ths US going into this SUV. It seems like this is Mazda's attempt to pull away from Ford, hopefully if it does well enough more of the auto's will be stricly Mazda and not built on a shared platform with Ford.

I agree. As owner of both a 100% Ford (mom's 2004 slushstang [v6]) and a 100% Mazda (From the good ole 100% Mazda times 1987) I can say the Mazda is WAY better in every aspect.

everyone knows that Mazda makes some of the best handling cars on the road, Ford was smart to get a piece of Mazda when they did before the last 5 years, when hit the market with the "6" and the "3". With Ford sales declining, they are making money off of Mazda, with sales going up. I think a good partnership is Mazda and Volvo, if they were not owned by Ford as well.

My understanding is that the CX7 will replace the Tribute in the Mazda lineup as a Mazda based product. No need for 2 SUV's in the same carline. Nothing against the Tribute as there are much less problems now than when they first came out. Not bashing ford but they are a pain in my arse. Mazda needs badly to get out of the ford partership. I was working as a tech when the Navajo came out in 91? and thought, OH MY GOD, everything under the hood says ford on it (notice I do not capitilize ford). I just today replaced a rear main crank seal in a 2006B3000 truck, has been my 34th this year on B-truck with leaking crank seal. ford has been building cars since when, the 30's, and they can not output a product that does not leak oil off of the assembly line!!!!!!! Mazda product has never had this kind of problems. Am very much looking forward to the CX7 with Mazda based technology. The Direct Injection is a definite pulloff from the Speed 6 technology. Still do not have any info yet on who is building the turbo system.

true, there is no need to have 2 SUV's in one model year at the same time, but Mazda will have 2 more suv's coming in 2008. They have some very nice concept cars as well, hopefully they will get released within the next 3-5yrs and be able to get out of the ford partnership. This a little snipet from AutoWeek:

Other shared parts in the CX-7 include the front suspension design from the Japan-market MPV and the rear suspension from the Mazda5 minivan. The rear differential, active torque coupling, and prop-shaft components are similar to those from the MazdaSpeed6, although they are not the exact same design, said CX-7 program manager Shunsuke Kawasaki.

It took 17 months from program approval until Job 1, which Kawasaki says is a record development time for a Mazda vehicle done from scratch.

As for the turbo, it is all Mazda, they even have it on the MPV in Japan, producing 244hp. and it is also the only turbo engine to be designated as an SU LEV emission vehicle, meaning it produces 75% less emission than what is required (in Japan). Mazda is really making a push it seems to break away from ford

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... it will be available in the US in Spring of this year, so probably September, at that time it might actually be a 2007 model year.


Our Mazda dealer (who, btw, we actually trust - imagine that) expects them May/June. If you look at the Web site, go to "search inventory" and you'll see that vehicles have already been allocated to dealers. And yes ... it is being released as an early 2007.

Larry

If some dealers have enough interest in them from customers then, I would think Mazda would release them to specific dealers only. toyota did that with t he Scion last year, they released some to afew dealers for a kind of show and tell type thing, and it worked cause i see a lot of Scion's in my part of town. i think the actual mass-release is going to be in spring like they say.

I think it also depends on where you live. I am in MA and I loved my grand cherokee, but I had to sell it cause of the price of gas. Id def. get another SUV. So much nicer to have in t he NE.