Saturn Outlook or Mazda CX-9?

[1BadPig]

Looking at both the Saturn Outlook and Mazda CX-9, both are sharp looking and practical... we'll be in the market for one of these crossovers next year. Which would you pick?

[mgescuro]

I would pick the Outlook.
There's something I just don't like about the entire front end of the CX-9.
HOwever, with the Outlook, it's too "busy" around the C-pillar with an odd triangle shape that really bugs me, and the mis-colored HVAC readout screen. But those I can live with... not an entire front end.

[tomcat_cool17]

I've seen both, checked out the Mazda, and I've been inside the Outlook. Drove a Aura XR to check out the 3.6 and 6-spd Auto and gosh they are nice and refined. I say go with the Outlook, you won't be disappointed.

[igor]

the CX9 will be smaller and sportier ... the OUtlook plushier and larger inside ..

it depends on your priorities..

you will have drive both and see for yourself ...

Igor

[SonicAerio]

Originally Posted by mgescuro

There's something I just don't like about the entire front end of the CX-9.

My thoughts Exactly! Give it the front of the CX-7 and I would like it alot more

[CrunkedRL]

Clearly the CX-9 has a very womanesque look about the front and rear. To me it almost looks exclusively like a female's car. Everytime I see a CX-9 on the street I get the urge to drink tea out of a brass rimmed floral motif printed mug with an extended pinky. The Outlook has a more rugged and aggressive look and is less dainty-like. If were you I would get the Outlook.

[igor]

Originally Posted by CrunkedRL

Clearly the CX-9 has a very womanesque look about the front and rear. To me it almost looks exclusively like a female's car. Everytime I see a CX-9 on the street I get the urge to drink tea out of a brass rimmed floral motif printed mug with an extended pinky. The Outlook has a more rugged and aggressive look and is less dainty-like. If were you I would get the Outlook.

what a load of BS - they are anot even out yet ... are you talking of the CX7?

and BTW yo udo realize that the CX7 and Cx9 are styled after the RX8, right? do you find the RX8 "Womanesque"?

PS: nice to see sexism prevails ...

Igor

[SobeSVT]

CX9, clearly.

[CrunkedRL]

Originally Posted by igor

what a load of BS - they are anot even out yet ... are you talking of the CX7?

and BTW yo udo realize that the CX7 and Cx9 are styled after the RX8, right? do you find the RX8 "Womanesque"?

PS: nice to see sexism prevails ...

Igor

Igor Yes maybe I'm talking about the CX-7. For the record, the RX-8 is no looker either. I would have left the comment out you made about how these crossovers were inspired by the RX-8. The styling IMO is dated and uninspiring. The rotary engine was clearly a mistake. Mazda would have done better placing a gerbil on a treadmill up under the hood. I rarely see any RX-8s running around town and I believe the styling and unreliable engines may have played a role in their unpopularity. I've seen better lookin' things stuck to the bottom of my shoe . Those are not sexist comments I just merely implied one of the two cars look more like a grocery getting soccer mom mobile than the other and that rule still applies to the CX-9.

[TuffG929]

GMC Acadia

[igor]

Originally Posted by CrunkedRL

Yes mybe I'm talking about the CX-7. For the record, the RX-8 is no looker either. The styling IMO is dated and uninspiring. I've seen better look things stuck to the bottom of my shoe while walking through a cow pasture. These are not sexist comments as I just merely implied one of the cars look more like a grocery getting soccer mom mobile over the other.

yes, but the floral porcelain and raised pinky comment was uneccesary - soccer mom and grocery getter comment is fine in my book - the other is not.

and the OUtlook looks like just a bigger version of a grocery getter - if you check the dimensions and specs, you'll see the Lambdas were benchmarked on the Sienna - what does that tell you about their purpose?

Igor

[1BadPig]

Originally Posted by TuffG929

GMC Acadia

Perhaps I should have said Saturn Outlook/GMC Acadia.

[Kennyboy]

Well, seeing that the Outlook is isn't even out yet, I'll reserve judgment until I see the car for myself. But in the meantime, I happen to drive by a Ford-Mazda dealership, and stop in just to burn some time. I check out the MX-5, the 5i, and the 3. I must say, the Mazda 3 is not a bad looking car. Especially the hatchback version.

Then the dealership just receive shipments of the new CX-9. The outer perportions is a mix-mash of 5i and RX-8 all mix together. But what strike me the most about the car is the interior. The interior is best I'll seen from Mazda in a long time. Everything seems ergonomically correct, from the placement of the buttons, to the cup holders.

Pretty nice, if you ask me.

[Quickening]

I like the interior of the CX-7/9, but the exteriors really bother me. Up front they seem edgy and agressive and then it just falls apart on the sides and rear, becoming very curvy.

I wasn't sure I liked the Outlook until I started seeing real world pictures, which look great. As it is now though we might be moving from a Suburban to an Acadia.

[nsap]

As much as I like the CX-9, I would probably go with the Outlook. They both look good inside and out, but there are a lot of small details on the Outlook that boost it above the CX-9 in my opinion. An example would be the second row seats, and how they fold very far forward (further than most 3-row vehicles) and don't expose any hardware. Plus it has more power with similar (maybe better??) gas mileage.