How did I miss this? The CX-30 will be able to be optioned with a manual (with the 2.0).

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
11/14/2019 at 15:52 • Filed to: None

Adding to the list of potential future kid-cars for my now 13- and 11-year old.

Hopefully it’s significantly lighter than the CX-5.

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DISCUSSION (35)

HammerheadFistpunch > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/14/2019 at 15:58

front drive only, like the CX5.

Boo.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch
11/14/2019 at 16:00

That’s fine for what we’d buy it for. I had a hell of a lot of fun in my ‘05 3s hatch (it had the 2.3, and only weighed like 2700 lbs...).

I wonder how many manual CX-5s they actually sold.

https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/manual-mazda-cx-5-rare-it-exists-281474979914587

HammerheadFistpunch > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/14/2019 at 16:04

not many, it was only available on the 2.0 for a long time and then when they gave it the 2.5 it was only around for like a year.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch
11/14/2019 at 16:15

Curb weight for the base CX-30 is just over 3000 lbs, so the 2.0 with a manual may be enough. Slow car fast, right?

Chariotoflove > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/14/2019 at 16:22

Now if you could just option it without that shitty plastic cladding.

Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/14/2019 at 16:25

I wonder how the seats are in this thing. The one thing that consistently disappoints me about my wife’s ’18 CX-5 is the seats. The bottom cushions are just too damn small.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Chariotoflove
11/14/2019 at 16:25

Yeah, I know. I’m willing to look past it (like I said, thinking a few years into the future, used, for a kid).

It really is a shame, especially with how nice the body’s design is.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
11/14/2019 at 16:27

Hmm - I’d assume they’d be very similar.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
11/14/2019 at 16:28

Kinja'd!!!

i86hotdogs > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/14/2019 at 16:28

That could be a very fun Stock FWD RallyCross vehicle.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
11/14/2019 at 16:29

Speaking of seats, the engineers spent a considerable amount of time getting them right.

When you adopt the optimal driving position, the CX-30’s seats help ensure that your spine maintains its S curve.

This curve helps maintaining good balance. According to the engineers, they wanted to make driving the CX-30 feel “as natural as walking”.

They have succeeded. Together with the well-tuned suspension, head movements, especially the pitching associated with going over speed bumps, are greatly minimised.

HammerheadFistpunch > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/14/2019 at 16:30

yeah, id bet it will be a lot of fun.

Chariotoflove > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/14/2019 at 16:30

I recently realized that GMC’s Denali trim level defaults to body colored cladding. I wish that were a more common thing.

But yes, it’s a relatively minor concern against the other factors.

Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/14/2019 at 16:31

T he reason I bring this up is because the CX-30 is based on the new 4th gen 3 platform, where Mazda apparently put a lot of work into biomechanics and such when designing the seats. The CX-5 on the other hand is on the old 3rd gen 3 platform. But I haven’t sat in a new 4th gen 3.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
11/14/2019 at 16:32

I should really get a test drive in one, just for grins.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > i86hotdogs
11/14/2019 at 16:33

Haha - yes!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
11/14/2019 at 16:34

The one thing I’m bummed about the new 3 is the suspension changes in the back - sounds like they’ve lost some of that sportiness in the corners that they’ve always been known (and loved) for.

Tripper > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/14/2019 at 16:52

Filing this away for future reference

nerd_racing > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/15/2019 at 09:08

Do you know this first hand or are you going by the internet’s public opinion on the matter?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nerd_racing
11/15/2019 at 09:24

I haven’t driven one yet ; just based on reviews.

nerd_racing > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/15/2019 at 09:32

I’ve driven the 2 with the twist beam rear suspension and my 2015 3 with the IRS and the 2 behaved much more predictably in the corners than the 3. A properly tuned twist beam acts like an independent suspension with much less weight and complexity.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nerd_racing
11/15/2019 at 09:39

Interesting. Do you think the difference that reviewers are feeling is that it’s less “lively” or some loss of capability right at the limit?

nerd_racing > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/15/2019 at 09:58

I think it has more to do with the limits of the car. In my book, predictability and stability are more important up until you hit the 9/10 or 10/10 area of the car’s capability . But I’m not expert driver.

nerd_racing > HammerheadFistpunch
11/15/2019 at 09:59

Wait, it was available on the 2.5L in manual? I thought it was 2.0L only. I would have looked much harder for one of those.

nerd_racing > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/15/2019 at 10:01

If it is anything like my 3 with the 2.0 6 MT, it wasn’t all that fun unless you revved it to the moon. And even then it wasn’t all that great.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nerd_racing
11/15/2019 at 10:06

I pushed my old ‘05 3s hatch very hard on back roads, and actually took it to the track once, but if I bought one today, it would just be as a daily driver, and a future car for the kids.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nerd_racing
11/15/2019 at 10:06

I don’t believe so.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nerd_racing
11/15/2019 at 10:07

SAD!

nerd_racing > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/15/2019 at 10:25

I ended up with the CX5 Touring with the AWD so no fun. But at the time I was transitioning to dad mode, planning on proposing to my ex and she had two kids. That didn’t go so well, but at least the CX5 is a tank in the snow with snow tires.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nerd_racing
11/15/2019 at 10:29

What year, how many miles, and what do you have your eye on next?

You got the Autozam for fun!

nerd_racing > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/15/2019 at 10:42

2014 with about 89000 miles on it now. I’m hoping to drive it into the ground. I’m looking at the slate blue Miata RF but that’s a pipe dream at this point. Maybe in another couple years.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nerd_racing
11/15/2019 at 10:55

I’m also looking forward to picking up an ND for $10-15k at some point (once my oldest is driving the others to school).

nerd_racing > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/15/2019 at 11:51

I’m thinking maybe this summer. Especially if I don’t work things out with my ex. Don’t need a dad car if I’m single without kids.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > nerd_racing
11/15/2019 at 12:08

No, you don’t.. . Hoping the best for you, my friend!

Kar Wai Wong > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/15/2019 at 18:54

2 Years later on FP:

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