![]() We seated 3 adults and 3 kids under 14 in a 2-2-2 arrangement given we used a roof pod. Now to the roadtrip and some finer aspects of living with the car: On the negative side, the rear-view camera is poor, the new digital display doesn’t really offer any better functionality, and for what is a family car, the oddment space in the front and centre console is too small – the lowly placed air vents and climate controls are definitely a case of form over function. Inside, it is really spacious and I reckon the dash and materials are better than the Merc C-Class. You can still tell it’s a 4 cylinder turbo lugging around 2 tonnes, but it goes well enough in the city and the freeway. On the positive side: The car is indeed very refined, in fact surprisingly so given it’s been a Mazda bug-bear over the last decade, and I’ve come from a Lexus. There have been lots of professional car reviews on the CX-9, and not surprisingly, what they say is what I’ve experienced in the first 6 months of ownership. And I think what better way to review a large SUV than in the context of a 6 person, 3 state 4,000 kilometre road trip! Plus a planned road trip to Tasmania with extended family seemed like a perfect trigger to upgrade. ![]() Some context: A house move last year that meant the kids could no longer walk or ride to their friends’ houses has necessitated transporting more than 5 people on an occasional basis. Well fast-forward a year and here I am writing about my first SUV, a Mazda CX-9 Azami AWD which ended up replacing my trusty Lexus IS250, whilst we kept the Merc. 2 years ago I wrote an owner review of my 2015 Mercedes C250d here, ending by saying “Maybe when it's time for an SUV (I think we all need to admit it's inevitable.), I'd be very happy for the updated C-Class sedan to replace my Lexus". ![]()
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