12 August 2009 - 11:00
CX-7’s wee facelift
’Tis the season for pointy-chinned facelifts. Yesterday we saw the revised Kia Cee'd, and today it's the turn of the Mazda CX-7 to receive a bit of sharp-edged botoxing.
The facelifted SUV will be officially unveiled at the Frankfurt show next month with a clean-running version of Mazda's 2.2-litre turbodiesel engine.
It'll feature something called a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system, which works in a similar way to Audi's 'AdBlue' technology, adding urea (yep, that's exactly the stuff you think it is) to exhaust gases to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 40 per cent.
Mazda says this is the first time such technology has been fitted to a Japanese diesel, and that the system will only require refilling during scheduled servicing.
No, it won't save you money on your road tax bill, but it might afford you just a smidgen of eco-smugness in your big SUV.
We'll see the CX-7 in the metal in Frankfurt next month.
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i generally like mazdas but this has to be one of the least SUVish looking SUV in the world. stupid looking mouth.
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To AshHorne Nitrogen Oxide (NO) is a pollutant gas Nitrous Oxide (N2O) is what they use for power boosts
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Is it me or has Mazda made a face lift to every one of their cars??
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Without the chrome surroundings I think it 's a good update with Mazda's new brand recognition.
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I quite like it actually. I'd deffinitely choose it over the normal range of soft-roaders like the Freelander or X-Trail. I've never actually seen one in real life though.
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Do you know what? I had completely forgotten that this car exists. Which is probably why they facelifted it (not just because of me, before anyone fires up). There is however a disappointing lack of 'Nagare' influence in this particular facelift...
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AshHorne commented on this article
12 August 2009
Nitrous Oxide? I thought that was stuff that boy racers put in their cars to make their cars faster?
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