Mazda CX-7
What It Is
The quintessential crossover with a small engine for fuel economy and a turbo for performance zoom zoom.
What You Should Know
You can tell what this vehicle is about by the rake of its windshield 66 degrees. This is a car with as much cargo-carrying room as the designers could allow. The turbo four and six-speed automatic are a blast to drive, once you get used to the long spool-up times. For better or worse, this is the shape of the future.
Bottom Line
About as far on the isporti side of SUV as you can possibly get.
| 2007 Mazda CX-7 |
| Base Price Range | $24,345-$28,595 |
| Price as tested | $33,280 (Grand Touring AWD) |
| Vehicle layout | Front engine, AWD, 5-pass, 4-door SUV |
| Engine | 2.3L/244-hp/258-lb-ft t'charged DOHC 16-valve I-4 |
| Transmission | 6-speed automatic |
| Curb weight (f/r dist) | 3908 lb (58/42%) |
| Wheelbase | 108.3 in |
| Length x width x height | 184.0 x 73.7 x 64.8 in |
| MAX CARGO CAPACITY | 58.6 cu ft |
| max towing capacity | 2000 lb |
| 0-60 mph | 7.8 sec |
| Quarter mile | 15.9 sec @ 84.8 mph |
| Braking, 60-0 mph | 119 ft |
| Lateral Acceleration | 0.79 g (avg) |
| 600-foot slalom | 63.1 mph (avg) |
| MT figure eight | 28.0 sec @ 0.58 g (avg) |
| EPA city/hwy fuel econ | 18/24 mpg |
| Bet you didn't know | The CX-7's 66-degree windshield angle is the most steeply raked in the SUV segment. |
| Sum up | Consider the CX-7 if the "sport" side of the SUV equation is what's most important to you. |