Choosing a compact suv - need your help

[timrev]

Sir niky that is correct. When my wife test drove the forester, she mentioned mahina daw humatak. Told her, why??? Are you going to gun it ba everytime you're at a stop light. Ganun din sabi niya sa crv when she drove it. Matter of weighing talaga the nitty gritty features to get the best value. Im doing my best to educate her pero i think im doing a bad job since shes not that receptive....in other words pasaway hahaha

so cx5 or xv premium na ang gusto...alin nalang sa dalawa yun pagpipilian nya...kung yun xv na natupad din gusto mo sir

[jut703]

If you want a compact SUV that feels powerful, has a fair amount of space, and has a respectable image, I'd suggest the Mazda CX-5.

Looks good in red, too.



Among the gas-fed SUVs, I actually like the CX-5 the most.

[allenjo]

If you want a compact SUV that feels powerful, has a fair amount of space, and has a respectable image, I'd suggest the Mazda CX-5.

Looks good in red, too.





Among the gas-fed SUVs, I actually like the CX-5 the most.

Hi jut...it does look good in red. Just have to get over the hedge with some questions about mazda, sky activ as a whole. Need to research some more.

[jut703]

Hi jut...it does look good in red. Just have to get over the hedge with some questions about mazda, sky activ as a whole. Need to research some more.

Basically SkyActiv is Mazda's monicker for a new breed of engines, transmissions and chassis.

Don't lose sleep over it - it's still a gasoline-fed engine that produces 166 horsepower from 2,000cc of displacement. Nothing spectacular there. Nothing game-changing about the 6-speed AT either, though I must say it's a very responsive one. Even the body's supposedly improved with SkyActiv, but truth is, it's just as heavy as the other compact SUVs.

Looking at the overall package and how it drives though, I find the CX-5 to be better than a lot of its competitors.

[allenjo]

Basically SkyActiv is Mazda's monicker for a new breed of engines, transmissions and chassis.

Don't lose sleep over it - it's still a gasoline-fed engine that produces 166 horsepower from 2,000cc of displacement. Nothing spectacular there. Nothing game-changing about the 6-speed AT either, though I must say it's a very responsive one. Even the body's supposedly improved with SkyActiv, but truth is, it's just as heavy as the other compact SUVs.

Looking at the overall package and how it drives though, I find the CX-5 to be better than a lot of its competitors.

Yup that was the information i jave been reading. Was looking for more information from a structural standpoint. Andun questions ko. Puro marketing info lang kasi nababasa ko.

[yebo]

you mentioned earlier that your wife wants a roomier suv, but you don't see the need as you only have 2 kids. have you considered that maybe she really wants a bigger car because she is, umm, want one more?

[niky]

SkyActiv is not just marketing.

The SkyActiv D is unique for diesels in that it has an ultra low 14:1 compression ratio... but we're not getting that... let's focus on the gasoline engine...

The SkyActiv G engine has an extremely high 14:1 (13:1 in some markets) compression ratio. This is unheard of for a mass market non-performance car engine running on pump gas. Mazda manages to do it through a combination of direct injection, efficient exhaust scavenging (via the 4-2-1 exhaust manifold) and cooled EGR. Direct injection and the 4-2-1 exhaust manifold, I wouldn't worry about any more than any other system, but if the cooled EGR is necessary to prevent knock, I wonder about how it'd deal with crappy gas. The SkyActiv will need to burn very cleanly to prevent carbon build up or coking on the cooled EGR valve.

Or, I'm wondering, does the cooling prevent coking on the EGR valve, similar to the benefits of running coolant through the throttle-body? There's no indication in the press material I've read for the SkyActiv so far.

[allenjo]

so cx5 or xv premium na ang gusto...alin nalang sa dalawa yun pagpipilian nya...kung yun xv na natupad din gusto mo sir

Not really my gusto sir but weighing everything, it seems like the logical choice given our scenario. Feature value wise, it seems to offer more. And yun nga, i do have my reservations with mazda that im trying to research some more pa.