Ten years is an important milestone for life, and it is also for cars. Ten years ago, the Mazda CX-5 was officially launched, and ten years later, the new CX-5 followed, can this Mazda classic model continue its classic, and does the CX-5 still have a world war?
Mazda's model attracted the attention of this young family with the "soul" design concept, the CX-5 can be described as one of the leaders, the new model continues to uphold this Mazda classic design concept, and it is improved. The whole vehicle adopts a new air intake grille, which adopts an imitation mechanical mesh, the structure is more complex, and the overall visual effect is very hierarchical. With the new LED headlight group design, more flexible and moving, it seems that a domestic manufacturer known as British descent has copied it.
At the same time, the smooth waistline and the new design trapezoidal tailgate decoration introduce simplicity into Mazda's design concept, and the soul style is no longer so ghostly, but replaced by a subtractive aesthetic, and the clean and neat body brings a different sports posture.
The interior part of the new Mazda CX-5 also adopts the mainstream design style, 10.25-inch high-definition touchable central display, 7-inch TFT multi-function LCD dashboard, simple and rough outline of the simple design style, combined with the sport steering wheel, the overall style still shows mazda's sporty posture.
In terms of intelligence, Mazda is equipped with the MZD Yuelian system as standard, this system is relatively more focused on use, there is no whole those bells and whistles, support wireless Carplay and Carlife, that is, pay more attention to mobile phone interconnection, the degree of self-intelligence is actually not so strong, but as a model that pays attention to driving, we do not seem to have too much need for intelligence.
The Mazda CX-5 is in its powertrain, or we are familiar with the Chuangchi Blue Sky engine, the new model will be equipped with 2.0L and 2.5L two displacements, matching the 6-speed manual transmission. Among them, the maximum power of the 2.0L model reached 114 kW and the maximum torque reached 200 N·m, while the maximum power of the 2.5 L model was 144 kW and the maximum torque was 252 N·m.
Of course, the driving experience of "human-horse integration" advocated by Mazda will still appear on the new Mazda CX-5, such as the GVC PLUS, an upgraded version of the acceleration vector control system that can improve the handling performance of the whole vehicle, and also appear on this new car, making the new model have a better stable state at high speed or cornering. At the same time, the i-ACTIV AWD intelligent four-wheel drive system equipped with the new Mazda CX-5 also added the Off-Road Traction Assist off-road traction assistance system, which further improved the off-road ability and ability to get out of trouble, and the overall performance is still worth looking forward to.
In terms of practical configuration, the new Mazda CX-5 series is equipped with reversing image + reversing radar as standard, and is equipped with i-ACTIVSENSE intelligent safety assistance system, integrated MRCC full-speed domain adaptive cruise system, CTS cruise mode intelligent driving assistance system, 360-degree panoramic image, LAS lane keeping assistance system and other safety configurations, the overall configuration has been greatly improved compared with the general Japanese models.
The listing price of this car today is 17.58-23.68 million yuan, a total of six models, of which 2.0L and 2.5L each have three, basically meet the consumer's choice needs, and from this price point of view, as a joint venture SUV to see the new Mazda CX-5 cost performance is not low, for fans who love sports style Japanese SUV, this car is indeed worth a try.