Free Breather: Sans Turbo, Does This Crossover Retain Its Charm? When Mazda gave the CX-7 its midlife makeover for 2010, it threw in a naturally aspirated inline-four to the CX-7's lineup in an effort to broaden its appeal.
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The Ultimate Guide to All the Newest 2010-2011 Commercial vans, work vans, and minivans!
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Flirting With Perfection
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16 months and 36,291 miles - The CX-9 is a great winter SUV for all but the absolute worst conditions.
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14 months and 32,868 miles - "The CX-9's combo of strong power and positive handling combine to betray its real size and weight."
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12 Months & 29,696 Miles - The entire driving experience in the Mazda CX-9 is graceful
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As the saying goes, it's all in the details, and that's where the 2008 Mazda CX-9's sporty personality shines. Slide behind the leather-wrapped steering wheel and into the nicely bolstered bucket, and you're treated to one of the most comfortable, driver-focused seating positions available, not just
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The 2008 Mazda5 gets some fresh new looks to update the 2006 design and more modern creature comforts
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10 months and 22,833 miles: People-hauler is no minivan
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Turbochargers: Three compact crossovers, all with force-fed fours, vie for peak performance.
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8 months and 19,412 miles - With nearly 20,000 miles in only eight months of service, our long-term CX-9 is racking up the amount of mileage we're accustomed to seeing from ultra-utilitarian minivans. Why?
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5 months and 13,208 miles - The CX-9 continues to impress our staff and reaffirm our decision to name it Motor Trend's 2008 Sport/Utility of the Year.
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AWD Crossover -- This growing segment should get even bigger in the next few years. For manufacturers, the trick is to make sure these crossovers don't look too much like cars, even though they're typically based off some kind of car platform.
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Mazda's little Tribute hybrid gives big-mpg benefits with little zoom-zoom
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3 Months and 9,928 miles - Managing editor Rusty Kurtz took our long-term CX-9 home for the weekend to cart around a gaggle of out-of-town friends.
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Hot on the heels of winning Motor Trend's 2008 Sport/Utility of the Year title, the Mazda CX-9 has joined our long-term fleet, poised to prove it can remain a staff favorite following a year of grueling service.
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MAZDA 6 is available in three body styles: Sports Sedan, Sport Wagon and 5-Door.
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The 2008 Mazda CX-9, the CX-7's big brother, is the latest member of the crossover-SUV juggernaut. It has a full three rows of seats and room for seven passengers.
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At the heart of the 2007 Mazda CX-9 crossover is the 3.5-liter V-6 used in the Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX; however, Mazda has tweaked the intake manifold and reduced the backpressure to produce a more responsive feel on the low end.
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Here in North America, Mazda sells the B-Series pickup, and to anyone with half the sense of a chipmunk it's obviously a disguised version of the Ford Ranger.
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Brothers from Different Mothers, 2007 Mazda CX-7 and 2007 Acura RDX Troll the Same Part of the Sea for Success
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When we named Lexus' RX 300 as our Sport/Utility of the Year for 1999, we praised it as an acknowledgement that many, indeed most, SUV buyers don't do heavy-duty off-roading-if any off-roading. The RX capitalized on this fact, offering sport/utility attributes and all-wheel drive, along with a more
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The sports car of SUVs?
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The sports car of SUVs?
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One-Year Test Update: Though the new Tribute shares its platform and powertrains with the Ford Escape, most of its body panels are different.
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