2011 Mazda CX9 Review

Mazda CX9 offers a roominess and comfort for six SUVs in the interior, with a softness that has a high emotional appeal. This effect is created by a silhouette with a flat windshield angle and thin tapered windows, large wings and a rising beltline. At the front, the new CX9 emphasizes the power and quality of construction a new front bumper with big headlights look elegant with silver edges, which are placed on the fenders and sculpted hood. The rear design features a rear window of five points and a rear bumper for stability and strength. This adds a sporty touch as a roof spoiler, dual exhaust tip trapezoid 10-spoke wheels, 20 inch aluminum alloy (depending on market). Insightful details as moldings, silver, search lights, chrome used for the bar and grill areas of admission and available before the turn signals in mirrors, all a touch of prestige to own a new Mazda CX9.

 

Interior Design - livability and quality

Despite the search for more than a sports car and outside the SUV, the interior of the Mazda CX9 to use its size - a length of 5,089 mm, width 1936 mm, height 1728 mm - to provide the volume of high quality craftsmanship SUV and materials. Residents greeted by decorative, wood embellishments on both sides of the center console, and at both ends of the dashboard. The driver is a group of black-out meters, indirect lighting and silver rings. Its leather seats (depending on market and grade) is a sportier appearance, are stable and durable, the stitching and quality materials are suitable for cutting the feeling of high quality silver accents around the world. Two interior color packages are available in black or sand.

Comfort, practicality and equipment - Fun to be in use and

The new Mazda CX9 offers a long list of standard features. This includes a new 3.7-liter V6 engine mated to a 6-speed automatic with manual mode and Active Torque-Split all-wheel drive. Also available (depending on the market) is an alarm system, privacy windows, and rear windows, electrically adjustable front seats, heated and function of the driver's seat memory (up to five parameters). Other available features include three-zone heating and air conditioning, a premium BOSE ®, 10-speaker audio system with 277 W Centerpoint ® surround system and AudioPilot ®, rain sensor and lighting and an entry point without key and lock system startup the four automatic doors from the outside of the car. The key card also works the power tailgate. Combined with the high level of expertise and build quality of Mazda's flagship SUV, and you have a package that stands out in the non-premium SUV segment.

 

Superior NVH a quiet cabin

All these features can be enjoyed in full, because the cab CX9 is designed for quiet and relaxing, even up to speed on the highway. The new V6 engine and automatic transmission are smooth and quiet (see Powertrain below). It will add to this acoustic foam applied to 22 locations in homes - most of all Mazda vehicles ever - and structural technologies which effectively dampen road noise and wind noise entering the passenger compartment.

 

Variability space, comfort and safety

The exterior of the Mazda CX9 momentum is not achieved by sacrificing SUV comfort and flexibility of space. With one of the segments longer wheelbase (2875 mm) Mazda CX9 offers up to six people. The cockpit is designed to support this by being easy to use and practice. The steering wheel is tilt and telescopic adjustable both. The leather driver's seat is power adjustable for slide and height, electrically adjustable lumbar and seat position memory that can store up to three different driving positions and two additional positions using the two maps, key - and the front passenger seat is power adjustable as well. The gear lever of the six-speed automatic transmission is positioned high on the front floor console, where it can easily be used either in automatic or manual mode and steering wheel audio controls and cruise control (depending on market).

 

This is combined with spacious and comfortable rear seats can be folded individually to create a vast cargo space. There's even a convenient belt at the rear of the two third row seats folded into allowing the soil and allows you to make the save again. And, of course, practical storage compartments are found throughout the cabin. This is a great floor front console that comes with an auxiliary input (AUX) to connect and play an MP3 player with premium audio system for cars and an output of 12 volts that can be used to recharge your computer laptop, cell phone and other electronic devices.

Powertrain - smooth and powerful

 

The drive unit of the Mazda CX9 was chosen specifically to support high quality of the car, look and driving experience with a sophisticated yet exciting. Under the hood is a new MZI 3.7-liter V6 that produces 204 kW/273 essence hp (SAE net) of maximum power at 6250 rpm and a robust 366 Nm of torque at 4250 rpm - the engine is doing the most powerful of the Mazda range.

 

The short-stroke 60 ° V6 has a cast aluminum block with the lines of cast iron cylinder and aluminum cylinder head - for minimum weight and durability - and adds advanced engine technologies to combine optimal performance with acceptable fuel consumption. These include the sequential distribution (S-VT) Optimized torque at all speeds. It also has a high compression ratio of 10.3:1 and electronic throttle control, which helps provide an immediate response to pedal input for a lot of fun to drive. Two catalytic converters to ensure that the Mazda CX9 meets Euro IV emission standards.

Yet despite its fun to drive, the 3.7-liter V6 MZI has low levels of NVH for a crossover SUV. To accomplish this, a cylinder block, high rigidity is used to reduce engine vibration, the mountains next to the motor housing are reinforced to reduce transmission of vibrations, and forged steel crankshaft has a dual-mass damper for smooth operation. Camshaft vibration is kept to a minimum the use of gears with a rubber ring pad, and the intake manifold is designed to reduce input ripple and air resistance.

 

Automatic six-speed manual transmission mode Shift

These engine technologies are combined with a six-speed automatic transmission with manual shift mode as standard equipment. This transmission provides an optimum balance between ride comfort of acceleration, and quiet. Relationships across gear to ensure strong acceleration and speed without problems, cruise powerful, while the last two reports are organized as overdrive, which saves fuel while driving on the road. In automatic mode, which offers a sense of movement and quick response to pedal input sports, and about manual shift modes similar functions travel guide to the best of both worlds.

Chassis and Safety - Secure and responsive

Mazda CX9 surrounding the rigid body and chassis systems - combined with smooth power and cultivated its V6 engine - how exciting driving experience that is not in an SUV this size. And these superior dynamic attributes play an important role in making the thing-in-class special CX9.

 

Zoom-Zoom handling

Mazda CX9 body has a very rigid structure in the lower body with members of the Cross of multiple under the floor, a reinforced upper torso region of the C-pillar, a high-strength steel B pillars and roof reinforcements special. This structure is made more robust by integrating the seat frames between the cross beam of the floor and using as many points as laser welding and weld bonds than most of its competitors. All this results in torsional rigidity and bending high, which provides superior stability and Zoom-Zoom handling - without Mazda's flagship SUV too heavy.

 

McPherson front suspension uses a 6-point frame mounting rubber perimeter. This provides strong support and a sharp, linear feel to its welfare system hydraulic steering rack and pinion. The multilink rear suspension uses a trailing arm and two lateral members place on each side and a rear frame with two rubber feet on each side. It connects the points later in the arms are positioned higher than normal, which further improves stability while braking. The link layout is optimized to provide consistent wheel alignment when the external forces acting on the rear suspension for handling predictable.

Superior Traction - Mazda Active Torque-Split All-Wheel Drive

A major factor for the foreseeable handling Mazda CX9 system is its Active Torque-Split all wheel drive provides traction in all road situations. Based on the system used by the Mazda CX-7, which monitors road conditions, operating conditions of the ABS / DSC, wheel speed and engine operation to optimize the torque between the front and rear wheels (100 : 0 to 50:50). Based on these factors, the system automatically selects the snow or normal mode, and torque is distributed to the front and rear wheels of the coupling unit optimized for traction.

High level of security

Mazda CX9 is also one of the safest SUVs. Active safety systems include a high seating position of great visibility at all, compared to large and rear ventilated disc brakes (320 mm and 325 mm respectively) in combination with Roll Stability Control (RSC), ABS, emergency braking ( EBA), Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD) and DSC (depending on market and grade). The foundation for system security is Mazda CX9 passive helmet. Using high-tensile steel and large members only part of the body, it disperses impact energy in the custody of the passengers and the deformation of the body to a minimum during a collision. Also on board is a sub-frame extension designed to help prevent before the front of the Mazda CX9 up to the front of a vehicle coming in a frontal collision.

 

Passengers are further protected by front, side and curtain airbags for all three rows (depending on market and grade), the three-point seat belts with pretensioners and force limiters for front seats, a collapsible brake pedal and specially designed support headroom to help reduce neck injuries during a rear impact. No wonder the Mazda CX9 received the highest rating possible five stars in the test center front and side impact crash by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and a rating of four stars resistance rollover.