2008 Mazda CX-7/ Quick Drive

Cars.com's Dave Thomas walks you through the new 2008 Mazda CX-7.

Shot and produced by: Eric Rossi
Edited by: Lindsay Bjerregaard

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[Bichysx]

Beautifull car.

[happyboyy8k]

very nice car Mazda you did a good job on this

[lindaccrowder]

BUT IT DOE NOT TAKE REGULAR GAS. It is a turbo engine and must use premium or you can damage the engine, warns you about this in the manual that comes with the automobile. Only thing that disappointed us as new owners last month .... we would have preferred a car that used lower priced gasoline.

[teknizian]

@christophermok Back seat offers space to 3 average sized people. Trunk is huge to what I'm used to; I could easily fit in it myself. You could easily stack two large suitcases in the trunk.

[christophermok]

@teknizian thanks. and how do u find the rear space? spacious enugh? or not?

[teknizian]

@christophermok Nope, the car barely let's through any of the surrounding or the engine noise.

[christophermok]

is it really noisy inside?

[guntpunch]

For 2011, not much has changed. BOOOOOOORINGGGGGGG

[warren52nz]

@IrisMG Yeah of course, adding Water Injection is an after-market mod.

My wife put a tank of regular (91) in our CX7. I doubt she ever will again. 8^)

[Shazee083]

comparing to top selling is the CX-7 the worst gas gussler the best is the Toyota 4 runner V6 and V8 package damn.

[IrisMG]

@warren52nz Hello Warren. Maybe I should have said, "any car bought STOCK from a dealer or private owner needs premium gas regardless of make." Wow it took a year for someone to respond to this?? LOL

[warren52nz]

@IrisMG "Any car with a turbo needs premium gas"

Unless you put in Water Injection. I have an RX7 that runs 15 psi boost (10 psi is stock) on 91 (regular) gas (96 is minimum for stock). The Water Injection prevents detonation. Got 6% more torque just by switching to regular and another 80 HP by turning up the boost. For those that think high octane has more power, it doesn't. It just burns slower (prevents knock). Using regular is like advancing the timing so more power. WI slows the burn too