I have been very happy with Mazdas. Incredibly durable mechanics. I'm on my eighth one now (a cx30) and also currently have a cx5 turbo. None of the eight has ever had a mechanical issue that took it off the road (and that includes a RX7 and Miata....sometimes considered high strung vehicles). The worst problem was some ac issues with the miata when it was 15 years old! My next one will be a cx50 hybrid or a cx5 hybrid if it becomes available.
What new vehicle / engine is worth owning ?
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I believe the reliability peak of automobiles was in the late 90's and early 2000's. Port EFI, distributorless ignition. Transmissions with gears not CVT.
If I needed a car today, I don't know what I would buy. The market is full of new(er) cars that have unreliable transmissions and engines. I have been a Chevy fan for years however their issues with the LS cam and lifters doesn't sit well with me. Every single one of our work trucks knocked out a cam and lifter set at one point or another. Then Ford's cam phaser and Ecoboost fiasco.
I get forward thinking tech driving engineering for 'better stuff' but most of this new tech caused a huge hit to reliability. When something breaks now people junk the vehicle because it is too expensive to fix.
If I needed a car today, I don't know what I would buy. The market is full of new(er) cars that have unreliable transmissions and engines. I have been a Chevy fan for years however their issues with the LS cam and lifters doesn't sit well with me. Every single one of our work trucks knocked out a cam and lifter set at one point or another. Then Ford's cam phaser and Ecoboost fiasco.
I get forward thinking tech driving engineering for 'better stuff' but most of this new tech caused a huge hit to reliability. When something breaks now people junk the vehicle because it is too expensive to fix.
"I have been very happy with Mazdas" I have not heard much negative things about the Mazda vehicles as well. Perhaps a CX30 or CX50 all gas model might be reliable?
Dont the Cx-5/ mazda 4 cylinder engines have some weird atkinson cycle engine?
Rust? I think some of their models had issues with subframes and in other spots.
Other makers suffer from rust, but it seemed like their FWD's were suffering from rust when others were not. [Toyota frames suffer from rust, but their FWD's seem to do ok. It's all a relative thing, who sticks out more than others--and here, Mazda seemed to suffer more than most.]
I am really liking the Dark Horse Mustang, but that is a lot of jingle to spend on a Mustang.
The Mazda Skyactiv 4 cylinder is somewhat based on a atkinson /miller cycle design but with a twist. The mazda motor uses very high compression ratios (13 to1 or so) to achieve increased power and fuel efficiency that can use regular fuel. Atkinson cycle (lower compression) motors are found in many, if not most, hybrid vehicles due to its fuel efficiency, but often has less power that's made up with the electric component.
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