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2022 Mazda CX 9 Review.. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW #Mazdapakistan #CX9fullsizeSUV
We have here the 2022 mazda cx-9 and this is going to be everything that you need to know about this vehicle so let's get started what's new for 2022 well they've added all-wheel drive across the board even in the base model and however the price did go up by 350 dollars for the the new 2022 cx-9s but honestly that's not bad especially since they're offering.
All-wheel drive as standard they also added a new trim level known as the touring plus which i don't really recommend getting i think just getting a touring model with the touring premium package is the way to go however i'll talk more about that later on in the blog after the interior segment where i break down all the trim levels and the pricing so let's transition over into the exterior now the exterior remains unchanged we have the same headlights the taillights and that's fine i really like the way the cx-9 looks i think mazda's design language is pretty great overall it's very elegant very sleek no problems but you can leave your thoughts below in the comment section regarding that but this vehicle is 200 inches long and the wheelbase is 115 inches total we also have your 20 inch wheels because this model that i'm testing it's a 48 thousand dollar signature model which again i don't recommend getting the signature it's not really necessary but yeah these 20 inch wheels that are bespoke to this model however in my opinion getting the 18-inch wheels is going to make this vehicle ride like butter so that's kind of my recommendation and another reason.
Why i recommend getting the lower trim levels it's not just to save money but it's also to get those 18 inch wheels which still look fine on this vehicle by the way also another thing because this is the signature model it gets slightly larger exhaust tips which if you care well there you go now let's uh transition over into this driving segment now because i just came to a stop and that's going to be my first con with this vehicle the braking performance in the cx-9 for whatever reason it could be because this the brakes on this vehicle it's totally shot because we have 6 600 miles on here uh it just requires a little bit more brake travel to get this vehicle to come to a stop just something i noticed but it's not a big deal right it's just something i wanted to note now more importantly we have here the two and a half liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine you get that standard here because this is a massive vehicle weighs 4 400 pounds and this produces 250 horsepower and 320 pounds feet of torque i mean that's more torque than an e92 bmw m3 right and it's potent it's more than enough but i will say this this is kind of the most lethargic and the slowest you know iteration of this engine mainly because well this is the largest vehicle where this engine resides in the mazel lineup right this is the biggest and the heaviest mazda product that uses this engine obviously in the cx-5 and the cx-30 the mazda 3 right those are much smaller vehicles it feels much quicker in those particular models and the power output goes down a little bit if you use regular fuel so if you use 87 octane the power goes down to horsepower and 310 pounds feet of torque still not bad however i would still recommend putting premium fuel in this vehicle like if i owned this car i would put premium in it because turbo engines just like that it's a little bit more optimized for premium fuel i think it'll help with the longevity if you're just gonna be dumping this car in three to five years i guess it doesn't matter if you want to use regular fuel you certainly can this car you know mazda says you can use regular fuel if you need to also this vehicle is rated to do 20 mpg in the city and 26 on the highway does this vehicle do that actually it does it pretty much meets those numbers exactly and that's when you're driving a little bit more normally obviously when you drive it aggressively that mpg goes down i've gotten it as low as 15 mpg in the city right so that's something to note if you're aggressive with these vehicles then it's not going to treat you well in terms of mpg also if you're braking really hard that's going to detract from your mpg as well so just don't do that again drive it like how maza intends you to drive and you'll be fine with the mpgs but you know this car definitely gets up and goes that's not an issue.
I think 0 to 60 is around 7.1 seconds that's what car and driver tested this particular vehicle at and it's around 130 miles an hour top speed which i feel like no cx-9 owner is going to get up there and you don't need to especially in the united states that's crazy illegal and also this vehicle is not at its happiest doing crazy adrenaline type driving that's not necessary you know just cruising at the speed limit that's where this vehicle is at it's happiest that's why i don't care that this vehicle feels a little bit slower compared to a cx-5 because that's not what these maza products that's not its happy place right for these moss cars however i will say this the transmission the six-speed automatic no problems there because you can put this vehicle into its sport mode and the manual mode and you have these paddle shifters here this vehicle responds so well to your downshifts your up shifts it's really well calibrated now ride quality i kind of mentioned it when i spoke about the 20-inch wheel so over certain bumps it can feel a tad bit firm but for the most part 98 of the time this ride's so smooth you shouldn't really have any complaints with it and again that's with the 20 so that's what i'm saying if you've got the 18s it can iron out some of those smaller bumps even even more now the larger bumps it does a great job absorbing that we have the this mcpherson strut suspension up front and a multi-link in the rear the handling is definitely decent however i think honda products handle better than mazda's but this is up there this is definitely very good the body control is excellent for a vehicle of this of this size i really like the steering it's pretty direct it's got the correct weight to it doesn't really change when you put in the sport mode but regardless i like driving in the comfort mode anyway because one of the things you have to note about the sport mode is it puts you into that higher rpm band so when you're doing 45 miles an hour you're now cruising at like 2000 rpm so you're using more fuel than you need to just to do regular cruising but if you want to play with the paddle shifters definitely enjoy that sport mode it's there for you yeah uh comfort handling everything is definitely fine i mean the one thing i'd worry about is when you're turning in this vehicle right if you're driving aggressively you're gonna be disappointed because it's gonna under steer a little bit more and this is a lot of power so it can kind of overwhelm the front end of this vehicle because even though it's all-wheel drive it's predominantly front-wheel drive based right so you can notice a slight bit of torque steer if you want to call it that just a little bit of resistance coming from that front end when you turn it in a little bit harder but again this car doesn't promote that type of driving anyway it's just something i noticed again doesn't really matter in your day-to-day commute uh what matters is just how quiet this vehicle is because it utilizes double pane glass.
IN the front at least not in the rear but it's a very quiet machine even at the highway speeds very quiet also we have here the falcon tires yeah i forgot to mention that they are quiet but they do lack a bit of grip so if you went with like a continental setup there would be no compromises in grip and quietness and also this vehicle would feel a little bit less nervous in the rain as well if you had continental tires on here as opposed to these falcons because it was pouring rain like crazy and the car felt a little bit nervous in the rain again i think that's mostly due to the tires i think that's a pretty good overview of driving this vehicle let's transition over into the interior segment now give you a quick look around this is a signature model as i've already stated so that's why you have these very nice nappa leather seats with the diamond quilted stitch going on these are a brown seed by the way if you can't tell by the color and the steering wheel is black this is the door panel right here we do have the 12 speaker bose audio system which i definitely do recommend and the kind of wood inserts a bit of gloss black plastic one touch up and down windows for all four windows these are double pane glass up here in the front at least not in the rear just kind of step inside so steering wheel leather wrapped but again you get a leather wrapped steering wheel in the base model as well same thing with the shifter you have some buttons here on the left side so to open and close your trunk you have a view button that you can press so you have a 360 view because this is the signature kind of turn this down for you here this is a signature but in the grand touring model you can also get this 360 camera so you really have to go up in trim level to get that little feature but the regular backup camera as you can see is crisp enough and is really all you need and it will turn with the steering input okay so that's the view button and if you're in like a drive-through type situation you have the parking sensor button which you can turn on and off you have automatic headlights and you also have automatic windshield wipers you do have paddle shifters here as well and you know what they do react extremely well as i already stated in the driving segments so they're not a waste they this is great in terms of the way they have tuned the six-speed automatic really responsive way that you wanted to you have your volume controls you have your track selection right here radar cruise control and your regular cruise control buttons here as well on the right side i shall just turn the vehicle off and i'll turn it back on obviously push button start that as standard so you see that you have those physical bezels but everything inside of it is actually digital now it might be a little bit difficult to see with the with the sun but we'll do my best here so you press this info button and that's essentially how you kind of uh go through these menus here pretty easy not a big deal basically just shows you some trip information that's about it moving on to this center stack right here you have this 10.25 inch display none of this has changed this is all just a carryover and that's totally fine because this infotainment is one of my most favorite in the business because it is so quick so easy to use it is so.
Non-distracting everything is black and white again to reduce your distractions that you're going to be experiencing with the vehicle so you can access your safety features right here and you do have apple carplay and android auto it's not wireless but whatever you just have to uh plug it in and you have to go up and trim i believe you have to get the grand touring model at least to get the navigation button or at least uh to have access to moz's navigation but you might be able to upgrade it through the dealerships i'm not really sure but regardless really easy to use not really a big deal you have your heated steering wheel button you have your hvac controls right here along with your heated and cooled seats below in the center that's where you have your your sport button control just sporting normal that's all you have i don't really use a sport mode i like the way that this vehicle behaves in the regular mode but in sport mode with the paddle shifters this vehicle responds extremely well you have physical volume control and this is your your dial pad if you will this is what you use to control the infotainment screen again super easy i like how everything is ergonomically placed very simple so this is your gear lever knob physical gear lever and once you put into the manual mode you have true manual control over the vehicle but again you can use the paddle shifters you don't have to use this little feature you know i am five foot eleven i will say this it is a bit cramped in here like it's not super wide as you can see that's probably my biggest con with the interior space of this mazda cx-9 i have plenty of headroom that's not an issue and there's a lot of adjustability in this seating put it all the way down uh lumbar support that's another thing that they could improve upon i wish they had offered a little bit more lower back support so the lumbar support could have been a little bit better but overall this is a very comfortable seat i'm not too concerned about that they look excellent as well i really appreciate their piping their stitch work they put a lot of effort into the quality of the seat and the quality of the interior as a whole there's no real creeks and rattles in here very solid space but yeah the lumbar and the overall width of the vehicle is what this is lacking however when you drive the vehicle out on the road it's super easy to keep it in its lane you have a kind of a manual tilting telescoping steering wheel it's not an electronic button but i i forgive it i don't really care in this vehicle every glove box right here decent amount of space two cup holders you're not gonna be putting like a like a canister in there but you know it's a decent sized cup holder same thing with this not really gonna fit a canister but you can put a decently large bottle in there it's not a worthless amount of space in the door pockets now coming here to the center armrest you have two usb ports decent amount of storage space not bad and once you get the touring premium or the touring plus packages you will get a little sunroof like this but it's not going to be a panora roof and that's fine i really do appreciate this i think the cx-50 mazda is the first mazda product to get a panoramic sunroof but yeah one other thing regarding the infotainment so mazda will give you i believe three months of in-car wi-fi hotspot so i think it's either two gigabytes of internet or three months whichever comes first so you have that and you can pay for it i believe afterwards if you really want that but that is something that is on offer with these mazda products in case you want wi-fi hotspot inside of your vehicle now let's go ahead and let's move on to the back seats and the third row.
You have plenty of leg room here mainly because these seats do adjust you can actually push them forward and back so you can really limit your legroom space if you want and you know what even this is a great amount of legroom space because well as you can see you can actually dig your knees into the back of the seat here so you have plenty of leg room that way that gives you a few inches and there's plenty of space for your feet to stow under the the front seats if you will if that makes sense so that's not a problem in here this is one of the more spacious mazda products because you have these adjustable second row seats now these are the captains chairs uh this is something that you get as an option with the touring premium and the touring plus models in those vehicles you can get the uh the bench seats which are also able to you know move forward and back just like these captains chairs just so you know but with the signature and the grand touring i don't think you have a choice you have to get these captain shears in my opinion this is another reason why i don't really recommend getting one of the higher trim levels because i feel like for most families you're better off getting a bench seat here instead of these captains chairs although they are cool they do look nice and you have your own kind of center console if you will with your own usb ports cupholders and heated seats not cold seats in the back and you have your own hvac back here as well so you can play with that in your own vents you also have these manual sun shades which is fantastic if you have kids or babies if you will in the back very helpful and you have the same thing on that side as well so yeah space up here is not bad and of course you still have the bose audio system speakers which i totally forgot to mention that when i was in the front seats yeah the 12 speaker bozarti system definitely get it it sounds wholesome sounds good plenty of bass clarity that's not a problem uh definitely worth getting the the bose audio system that's one of the reasons why i recommend getting the touring with the touring premium package on it that way it's only two grand more than the touring and you get the 12 speaker bose audio system i think it's worth it over the six speaker if you can get it if you can afford uh that particular package with the touring model so that's everything you need to know for the second row seats let's go ahead and let's talk about that third row now currently i have the third row seats set to the down position because you get the most amount of trunk space that way so now that we're back here let's go ahead let's talk about this trunk space as you can see it's plentiful with the third row seats down right.
BUT i'll show you what it's like with the third row seats up i mean you kind of see it there's a line here and that's plenty of space even with the third row seats up but you have some storage right here right kind of uh that's really nice actually plenty of storage space in the back of this vehicle it's one of the reasons why you might want to consider the cx-9 over the cx-5 just to get the storage space but let's pull this up very easy of course as you can see even though it's manually adjusted it's i mean it takes like a second to put them back up and let's go ahead and let's climb in that back but before i do you can electronically open and close this uh this tailgate with the key fob or like i just did with the button or from up there from the driver's seat so let's close that all you got to do is flip this little handle right here and you can actually push the seat out of the way like so don't don't press this button right here i'll actually show you what that one does that lever sorry all right a little bit difficult doing this with one hand but this basically just folds it out of the way if you will but that's not what we want we actually want to slide it out of the way now the the floor is a bit high so if you're an adult getting back here a little bit undignified but anyway let's uh push this back now okay so i'm in the third row there's not that much space up there for the second row passenger so this is a bit tight if i push the seat back any further i could not really sit back here so it's a bit tight i'll actually scoot over there so that gives you a better example because there's plenty of space right here for this particular passenger in the second row and yeah this is uh not going to work so yeah that's pretty useless i mean even for children i feel like this could be a bit tight because there's there's just no room for your feet or your legs right so you have these cup holders you have a little usb port right here all in vain honestly this is uh really only for an emergency i feel like this is not that practical.
Yeah this is pretty worthless back here that's why i recommend just folding it down because once you fold the the third row seats down you have so much space in the trunk way more space than what you get in the cx-5 so that's why i feel like you know and you have these third row seats as you know versatility right you use them if you need to but for the most part just folding this down is the way to go now i have a little print out here this is the the press sheet for the mazda cx-9 for 2022 official from mazda so i want to flip through this real quick so you can see exactly what comes with this vehicle so this is everything that comes standard with the car we already talked a lot about this you know 250 horses 320 pound-feet of torque on the premium fuel you know and it goes down a little bit once you put the 87 in all-wheel drive is standard you have your little g vector and control plus with the off-road traction assist and as standard you get all the safety features so rear cross traffic alert lane departure warning lane keep assist blind spot monitoring that's what i'm saying i really appreciate that you get all these features with the base model mazda cx-9 so it comes as a seven seater as standard with the bench seats in the in the second row which is what i like and you have access to the my mazda app which i was referring to with the wi-fi hotspot and you get that for three months or a or up to two gigabytes so whichever comes first and this 10.25 inch display comes as standard with apple carplay and android auto but it's not wireless or anything like that you have the push button start you have the leather wrap shifter the steering wheel and the bluetooth that's all standard you have dual front usb inputs and you get that six speaker sound system which i don't really recommend i don't think it sounds terrible but it's nothing like this 12 speaker bose like this is worth the money and you have electronic parking brake the rear view camera and the privacy window glass for the rear it'll come with 18 inch wheels which is definitely what i recommend and you still get the led lights in the front the rear all that good stuff uh the turn signals all that is going to be led and you even get rain sensing window wipers so you get all that stuff as standard so if you want to get a base model cx9 or really all the base model mazdas are worth it in actuality so that's something to really keep in mind but in this instance with the cx9 i'm definitely going to recommend the touring model because you get a few other upgrades like that's where you get the kind of leather seats for the first and the second row apparently not in the third row all right you also get that second row slide and tilt function that i just displayed to you there uh so it makes it easier to get in and out of that third row.
But again just keep the third row down but it's nice that they made it a little bit easier to get in and out of that that third row by just sliding that second row out of the way it is nice to have the power liftgate especially in a vehicle like this which is a flagship mazda product and this is where you get the advanced keyless entry and the auto dimming rear view mirrors with the home links so you get that garage home link which is definitely a convenience to have i wouldn't just stop with the touring i would definitely get this touring premium package because that's where you can get the 12 speaker bose premium audio system with a wireless charger as you can see right here you have the wireless charging pad even though it doesn't do a great job charging your phone it is a good place to store your phone and if you can give your phone a little bit extra juice then i think that's a positive definitely a good thing to have at least and you'll also start getting led fog lights with that particular package and you also get the the sun shades in the rear which i think is a must so you get all that stuff in the premium touring package for the touring model so definitely get that it's an extra two grand i would recommend i'm gonna go over pricing here in a little bit but the touring plus that's not really necessary because that's when you start getting the 20 inch wheels and that's going to firm up the ride a little bit not too much because obviously the cx-9 signature rides just fine but that 18-inch wheel setup is definitely what i want because it's going to be a little bit of a smoother ride quality but you will be getting ventilated front seats so if that's important to you then you do have to get the touring plus otherwise even the heated seats that's standard even on the base model so that's great now the carbon edition you know get that if you really like that poly metal gray design with the kind of red interior if you like that then go ahead you also get a bunch of led lights throughout the interior so that's mainly what you get there the grand touring the main thing you have to know about this that's where you get the 360 view camera but again that's not super necessary in my opinion i can get away with the regular backup camera that i already showed you and the signature i mean that's where you get the kind of quilted seats like you see here and bespoke 20-inch wheels right slightly larger exhaust pipes in the back not super necessary things that you get in the signature but more importantly here's the pricing down the board for all of these trim levels i just mentioned to you here so it starts at 35280 so the touring with the premium package that's what i recommend so add about 2 grand to this 37,000 price tag and you're out around 39,500 that's what i would pay personally for this vehicle and then you add on your destination taxes title whatever um so you'd probably gonna be around like 40 to 43 grand out the door for a cx-9 touring with the premium package so that's that let's kind of keep going here show you some more information you can just screenshot this and look at it later so it's kind of your additional fees and charges and these particular colors they cost a little bit more money just so you know okay so conclusions on this 2022 mazda cx-9 so this is a vehicle that i continue to recommend to people is a great car for its segment in my opinion i do also really like the kia telluride but the problem with the telluride in this particular market is the fact that a lot of dealerships are charging like 75 grand for it so there's a huge demand for the telluride mainly because it's so it has like that boss like look to it and demeanor almost like a range rover if you will and a lot of people really appreciate that it by far has the most amount of swagger the kia telluride in this three row suv space and the cx-9 mazda kind of lacks that again this is a lot of um this is basically stealth wealth if you will really nice premium vehicle minus the douche baggery that comes with owning a big fancy beamer benzer rowdy right but you get 95 of what those vehicles have to offer like 90 to 95 of what those cars have to offer uh in this mazda so you can park this in your neighborhood nobody's going to look at you cross-eyed or anything right so it's a nice humble mazda but the inside and all the features that you get it's really truly fantastic so you get that touring package with i'm sorry that touring trim with the touring premium package on it you're going to be super satisfied with what this vehicle has to offer i think that's going to be the sweet spot for this particular product it's quiet it's comfortable and it can ride even better with the 18-inch wheels it's the safety of it as well it's an iihs top safety pick right and continues to be that even with the upgraded side crash testing this vehicle still prevails in all those crash tests so you can be confident that you can put a family in here.
And not really have to worry and you know it's something to consider even over the cx-5 mazda so with the cx-5 mazda a little bit more constricted space i mean it's not bad you can definitely get it in my opinion just getting a base model version of that car with the you know regular four-cylinder engine around 27 grand that's what i recommend uh but if you're looking at getting a turbo cx-5 you might want to step up to even the cx-9 because as you can see you have a lot of space with a third row down a lot of other cubby spaces as well and yes it's going to be a little bit slower a little bit more lethargic compared to the cx-5 but i think the comfort and the uh the space might persuade you otherwise but as far as refinement goes i mean this and the cx-5 they're pretty much identical now pretty much the same build quality interior infotainment everything it's pretty much all the same so it's really up to you what you want me personally if i had a family i might consider getting the cx-9 over the cx-5 i really would um but really up to you if you value driving the most and you only need to seat five people and you don't really care about space too much the cx-30 is the best handling suv in the mazda lineup it's also the quickest it also reacts the quickest the way they have that drive train set up so that's something else to keep in mind so yeah continues to be a vehicle that is uh pretty much class leading you know it's it's up there it's one of my more favorite options so i think i saw on mazda's website they're offering like 1.9 apr for 36 months financing so if you want to pay the vehicle off quickly that's a good option.
I guess and i think there's like 500 of loyalty cash if you already have a mazda and you're trading it in or something so that's something to take advantage of if you will so yeah get this vehicle i don't think you'll be disappointed and if you want to see my full review on the mazda cx-5 then check out the end screen here. #Mazdapakistan #CX9fullsizeSUV
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