New MPV is named Mazda8

[tonyzoomzoom]

how about Mazda 10 ?

or Mazda 168?

or Mazda 888?

[Pennyville]

haha i'm sure!! especially the ones that are manufactured in china! lol

[Snowflake]

The "8" name would probably sell better in China, and the article mentions that it's being released in Hong Kong as the Mazda8.  Doesn't "8" sound like the word for prosperity (or something like that) in either Mandarin or Cantonese?

[FR3D]

8 in chinese = gaining wealth...or getting rich

[Snowflake]

3 must sound like "going poor" or something in Chinese.  I certainly feel the car payments every month. 

[derrick]

lol

I want a Mazda666.

[tonyzoomzoom]

hahaha

To hell with Axela, i'm gonna change my rear emblem to read "Mazda 368"   

[Ice-520]

time to visit www.youremblem.com

[derrick]

Those things are damn expensive.

[dmogx]

Mazda169

[tonyzoomzoom]

I was thinking of getting the "6" and the "8" from a MZ6 and a RX8 

[Snowflake]

Need the 6 from an Mazda6 and the 9 from the upcoming Mazda9.  Nah, they'll never make a 9.  It wouldn't sell in Germany.

You could just take two 6's from the M6 and turn one upside down.  Then you have a Mazda 69!

[Inno]

omg.. the hell with numbers!!!

then it should've been Mazda 852 then for HK version, while in china it's Mazda 86

[o3mpv]

Since the MPV is being dropped in NA, the CX-9 will 'replace' it ...I've seen exterior photos but, they don't impress me. It looks like an SUV I'll bet insurance companys will like that too. My MPV is $1580 a year, if I had a SUV it would be about $400 more a year.

[Inno]

i just went and looked at the spy pics for the CX-9

Edmunds.com said it will replace the aging MPV..

but no doubt, i also agree that it just looks like an SUV and probably is one rather than a minivan
it just looks like a jacked-up and super-sized mazda 3 if u ask me..

being bigger than the CX7, i think it looks more proportionally right than the CX7...kinda like the X5 vs X3

[o3mpv]

Just got Mazda's magazine "Intersections" in the mail today. They have 2 photos (1 interior / 1exterior) and a very small write up on the CX-9;

In a nut shell;

V6 3.5L DOHC at est. 250HP
6 spd
optional AWD
2 trim levels in Canada
7 passenger

[Inno]

ok.. optional AWD and 2 trim levels (most likely just GS and GT again) are expected
7 passengers are also expected as it is to replace the MPV

3.5L V6... now that's a bit surprising..

anyone knows wut other model in the lineup uses the 3.5 V6?

[Heavenclosed]

3.5 V6 is from Ford, They are going to use it across their lines. I imagine Mazda will too.  After all it takes regular Gas.  Ford is so happy about this six. 

CX-9 is simply a stretched CX-7, at least from the photos I have seen in order to allow for third row. 

[o3mpv]

If the base CX-7 is going for about $30G I'm almost scared to see what the CX-9 base will cost. Looks like they could approach Odyssey ($35G) pricing If I was in the market right now I'd grab either a M5 or if you need more room an 06 MPV in a hurry.

[Inno]

actually... CX7 costs  approx 32,300

yeah... i think that CX9 could well be like odessey pricing.. which is no good for a "minivan"
how can they charge so much more (double than the chryslers)