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When i first heard about it I was thinking "what are they doing slipping another model below cx-5?" But now after seeing it I get it. I tested CX-3 and CX-5 recently and found the CX-3 perhaps a little small buuuut the CX-5 just a little too tall for my tastes. I think this CX-4 could sit in that sweet spot and I think they ought to give it a chance here and in other countries. It's really just a more wagon-ish version and without a Mazda 6 wagon here it might do well. It looks to have more cargo space behind the rear seats than the CX-5.
just read through the specs linked to in the autoblog story about cx-4. CX-4 is actually shorter in height than the CX-3 by just overa quarter inch. 60.7 inches/1541 for the CX-3 60.4 inches/1535 mm for CX-4. Minimum Ground clearance is 6.1" for CX-3 and 7.5ish" for the CX-4
It's nearly 2 inches wider, 3 inches taller, 7 inches longer and is 1.5" greater in ground clearance than the Mazda 3 hatch. It's a Mazda 3 wagon. bring it )
Mazda is taking a page out of BMW's model offering book by offering a model for every digit.
This CX-4 is far from being a Honda Xtour. Not as bulky and frumpy looking. I don't know any Mazda is actually. It reminds me of the Infiniti EX35 or Q-whatever it is called nowadays. Sporty looking but lacking cargo functionality. With the absence of the Mazda6 wagon here, I don't mind settling in one of these. I say bring it!
i noticed some new pictures of the CX-4 floating about and starting looking around for more. a Bing or Google image search will show lots of newer pics in various colors. this one was the really interesting one - the first I've seen of the CX-4 and CX-5 together
I also found this video from china. it's long and I havent watched it all myself yet