zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Buying
/
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring AWD, Part 3
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring AWD, Part 3-February 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:21

You like sitting up high, but need a semblance of sport from your car. You think "drug-addled catfish" is the new design chic. You're five-and-a-half feet tall and prefer just to step sideways to get in and out. You need to lug a few cases of wine home after the Thursday-night tasting.

The Subaru WRX Sport Wagon (shut up, Davey). Or for that matter, the Legacy GT Wagon. Or maybe best of all, the Mazdaspeed3.

· Speed Merchants:

· Fashion Victims:

· Treehuggers: No

· Mack Daddies: No

· Tuner Crowd:

· Hairdressers: No

· Penny Pinchers: No

· Euro Snobs: No

· Working Stiffs: No

· Technogeeks: No

· Poseurs: No

· Soccer Moms:

· Nascar Dads:

· Golfing Grandparents: No

Infiniti FX

Subaru Legacy GT Wagon

· Manufacturer: Mazda

· Model tested: Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring AWD

· Model year: 2007

· Price as Tested: $29,585

· Engine type: 2.3L 16-Valve 4-Cyl Turbo

· Horsepower: 244 hp @ 5000 rpm

· Torque: 258 ft.-lbs. @ 2500 rpm

· Redline: 6750 rpm

· Wheels and Tires: 235/60 R18 tires on 10-spoke alloy wheels

· Drive type: All-wheel drive

· 0 - 60: 7.5 seconds

· 1/4 mile: 15.8 seconds

· Fuel economy city/highway: 18/24

· NHTSA crash test rating front/side/rollover: 5/5/na

Related:

Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring AWD, , [internal]

Things that do not interest me: children or the hauling of, dirt, rotten fuel economy, jet skis,…

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Buying
Here Are The Top Five 'Back To School' Cars
Here Are The Top Five 'Back To School' Cars
Spring semester is just getting started and for the commuters among us, that means you need a reliable car to get you to and from campus on time. If you’ve come here looking for the perfect ride this semester that fulfills all your needs as a student, you’ve come to...
Feb 12, 2026
Never Ever Agree To Let Someone Make Payments When They Buy Your Car
Never Ever Agree To Let Someone Make Payments When They Buy Your Car
Right away most of you have read the headline and thought, “Of course not, McParland! How obvious do you need to get?” I too thought this was common sense—until I got an alarming amount of emails from readers that have put themselves in a tough spot because they agreed to...
Feb 12, 2026
At $2,000, Could This Euro-Spec Import 1983 Mercedes 380SE Find A Way Into Your Heart?
At $2,000, Could This Euro-Spec Import 1983 Mercedes 380SE Find A Way Into Your Heart?
The ad for today’s Mercedes 380SE says it was owned by a proverbial little old lady. Let’s see if its price is enough to get anyone’s granny panties all in a bunch. Here’s a simple query for you all: how do you “test the water?” If you’re like me you...
Feb 12, 2026
Having Driven The 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe, I No Longer Care For Other Vehicles
Having Driven The 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe, I No Longer Care For Other Vehicles
There exists the implication that if you are driving a , you are in something that is—at least on a few levels—the very best car in the world at the time it was produced. It’s the S-Class’s entire raison d’être, or whatever the hell that is in German. There are...
Feb 12, 2026
At $4,000, Would You Break A Sweat Over This 1986 Honda Civic Si?
At $4,000, Would You Break A Sweat Over This 1986 Honda Civic Si?
The seller of today’s sporty Civic says he’s “testing the waters” with his ad. Let’s let him know whether or not he’s all wet. Some people don’t believe in evolution, instead taking solace in the notion that the world and its inhabitants are now as they have always been. When...
Feb 12, 2026
You Can Get A 412 Horsepower 5.0 Ford Mustang For Half The Price Of A New One
You Can Get A 412 Horsepower 5.0 Ford Mustang For Half The Price Of A New One
Forget the fad diets and the workout plan. There’s only one way to make 2018 better than 2017, and that is five liters of American V8 power under your right foot at all times. It won’t even cost a lot—have you seen how cheap the last-generation Ford Mustang GT is...
Feb 12, 2026
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved