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Today finaly made first move toward buying Mazda CX-60 PHEV. Local dealer gave me a car for one hour test drive. Some of my impressions are much different of what is described by lot of people here on the forum. Test car was full spec Takumi version. First, wife changed opinion about Takumi. She at first wanted Homura, but after today's drive - now she wants Takumi 
Lots of things I compare to my current car, Audi A6 quattro 3.0. TDI, 2007.
Suspension - this was a pleasant suprise. So many critic on the internet about suspesion - I was thinking that this will be the weakest point, but it is not. It is much softer compared to my Audi and the ride (deliberatly driving on bad road and lots of bumps) was very smooth.
Gearbox - it is a little rough, especially compared to Audi, but it is not a big deal.
Acceleration - a bit dissapointed - a 100 PS more than Audi, about the same weight, but just a little bit quicker.
Space in cockpit - more than expected, more than enough, but a bit less than Audi. Seats are ok, but not excellent, a bit short and firm.
Driving feel in cockpit - Audi shines here, Mazda can not match, but that was expected.
Sound insulation - very pleasent suprise - much better than Audi, dead silent to 130 km/h, above just a bit wind noise. Of course there is loud engine roar when full gas, but this is not a problem. Was afraid about that reading forum...
Sound quality (Bose) - biggest dissapointment - it is utter rubbish, total crap. My Audi stock sound system is high end hifi compared to this. Can not understand Bose putting its name on so low quality soundsystem. Unfortunately have not stock system to compare with.
Front doors a bit too short.
Tailgate opens too low for my height, have to duck to acces trunk.
All in all it is better than expected. Next week go testing another car from the list (list has only two cars - another car is Volvo XC40 recharge dual pure electric) and then decide.
Lots of things I compare to my current car, Audi A6 quattro 3.0. TDI, 2007.
Suspension - this was a pleasant suprise. So many critic on the internet about suspesion - I was thinking that this will be the weakest point, but it is not. It is much softer compared to my Audi and the ride (deliberatly driving on bad road and lots of bumps) was very smooth.
Gearbox - it is a little rough, especially compared to Audi, but it is not a big deal.
Acceleration - a bit dissapointed - a 100 PS more than Audi, about the same weight, but just a little bit quicker.
Space in cockpit - more than expected, more than enough, but a bit less than Audi. Seats are ok, but not excellent, a bit short and firm.
Driving feel in cockpit - Audi shines here, Mazda can not match, but that was expected.
Sound insulation - very pleasent suprise - much better than Audi, dead silent to 130 km/h, above just a bit wind noise. Of course there is loud engine roar when full gas, but this is not a problem. Was afraid about that reading forum...
Sound quality (Bose) - biggest dissapointment - it is utter rubbish, total crap. My Audi stock sound system is high end hifi compared to this. Can not understand Bose putting its name on so low quality soundsystem. Unfortunately have not stock system to compare with.
Front doors a bit too short.
Tailgate opens too low for my height, have to duck to acces trunk.
All in all it is better than expected. Next week go testing another car from the list (list has only two cars - another car is Volvo XC40 recharge dual pure electric) and then decide.
