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Mazda CX-5 to get petrol power boost

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By Jez Spinks |
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The Mazda CX-5 SUV will gain a more powerful petrol engine option in 2013 when the 2.5-litre four-cylinder from the new Mazda6 medium car is slipped under the bonnet.

Mazda Europe’s vice-president of R&D and general manager, Ichiro Hirose, confirmed the new petrol addition at the launch of the new Mazda6 wagon at the 2012 Paris motor show.

“That will come soon. 2013,” said Hirose-san when asked by Australian media when the CX-5 would receive the 2.5-litre engine.

Mazda Australia wouldn’t commit to the engine officially but the expectation is that it will expand the CX-5′s engine line-up from the current 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol and 2.2-litre turbo diesel.

“If something is offered, it’s something we’ll look at. There is no firm plan [for the 2.5L],” said Mazda Australia spokesman Steve Maciver.

The 2.5-litre would provide a useful petrol alternative for Australian customers who might find the 2.0-litre’s throttle response tardier than ideal. The engine can feel underpowered for the CX-5′s size and weight.

The 2.5-litre produces 141kW and 256Nm in the Mazda6, an extra 27kW of power and 56Nm of torque compared with the 2.0-litre in the front-wheel-drive CX-5. The 2.0-litre produces marginally lower outputs in the AWD version – 113kW/198Nm.

Fuel consumption for the 2.5-litre is officially rated at 6.3L/100km in the lighter Mazda6. The 2.0-litre CX-5′s figure ranges between 6.4 and 6.9L/100km.

It’s unknown whether the 2.5 would be offered in both front-drive and all-wheel drive guises.

The Mazda CX-5 launched in Australia in early 2012 and has fast become one of the country’s best-selling SUVs.

 


 

  • Marcuspetraska

    yup – thats the ticket.

  • Waggaclint

    Something Mazda should have done from the get go IMO, when we where looking for a SUV for my wife we opted for the runout CX7 Turbo as the CX-5 was two sluggish for our liking..

    • Dominique Vøn Hütch

      Good op on the CX-7 turbo it guns, but loves a drink.  RX-8 and CX-7 T the were the heaviest drinker in Mazda’s lineup and had to be discontinued.

      • Waggaclint

        Yeah my wife got it in March and she luvs its, goes pretty good too and its not too thirsty she gets 550km per tank every week hey overall glad we bought it hey…

  • Valet Dabess

    lol how is the 2.5 more fuel efficient then the 2 litre

    • Bass

       Read it again, it’s more efficient in the lighter Mazda 6, there are no figures for the 2.5 in the CX5 yet.

    • Dominique Vøn Hütch

      lol it doesn’t have to work as hard.

  • Zaccy16

    Great idea Mazda! people can’t complain about the petrol engine now! 140 kw and 250 nm should be very good for the cx5!

    • Dominique Vøn Hütch

      Don’t count your chickens though Zaccy it might not come…prob will, but might not.  Or it might come with an update.

  • Henry Toussaint

    Bring back the CX-7, better looking IMO, and faster engines!!

  • Dave W

    Why don’t they just turbocharge the 2L?

    • Jerrycan

      I’m not sure how easy it is to turbo an engine with 13:1 compression ratio.
      I wonder how much driveability (low end torque and overall power) was lost by the decision to give Australia the 13:1 for unleaded fuel compared to the overseas markets 14:1 (and 95 octane)?
      The pre-release test drives of the SP20 Mzda 3 were more complimentary than the post release versions over here.?

      • Dave W

        They’ll probably need to lower the compression ratio if they were to put a turbo.

        • Baji

          They most likely would have to lower the compression ratio, but i think that can be easily achieved without any physical changes using the valvetrain. Mazda’s done it before using the miller cycle to achieve a lower compression ratio by leaving the intake valves open during the compression stroke. The Sky-ActivG 1.3L engine in the japanese mazda2 uses this technique.

  • MisterZed

    I can’t even comprehend driving a 2.0L 4WD.  My first CR-V back in 2000 was a 2.0L and you could push the accelerator right down to the floor and the thing took about 5 seconds just to get moving.

    • Noddy of Toyland

      Yeah technology has evolved in 12 years, believe it or not.

  • Stumpy

    I went for a test drive a little while ago in a FWD Maxx Sport. Very nice car to drive, but with only two people in it there wasn’t a lot of grunt available, unless you want to rev the guts out of it. I can only imagine what it would be like with a full load and the extra weight of the AWD version. When the 2.5L version comes out, I’ll have another look, because apart from the 2L petrol, it is way better than anything else in its class.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004248727579 Seen You

    Yep, they’ll slip this in when the diesel is slipped out after they finally realise that the rising oil issue in the diesel cannot be fixed

  • call me a convert

    to you bashing morons in there i test drove the the Maxx Sport auto AWD 2.0 this weekend and we are picking it up on wednesday.  The gear changes were impresively smooth, it does have good pick up shoving the boot in (not that I care with an 18 month old in the back seat, but its a guy thing) and i found it quite responsive off the lights (even with the iStop).  If you want to clock the Nurburgring in 7min 27 sec, go move to Germany with your Porsche or your Skyline – as stated im happy enough to buy one.

    presently enjoying the tete a tete as they try to con me on paint and fabric protection for the $2000 i got off the car :)