EXPERT RATING
8.3

Likes

Ventilated front seats
Digital instruments
Adaptive LED headlights

Dislikes

Misses out on wood trim
Misses out on nappa leather seats
Doesn't get box stitching on steering wheel
Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
7 Sep 2018
2 min read

The Azami was once the king of the Mazda CX-9 range, but with a list price of $60,990 for the front-wheel drive and $64,990 for the all-wheel drive, it sits below the new Azami LE grade in the line-up.

Standard features include an eight-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android auto sat nav, 12-speaker Bose stereo, Bluetooth connectivity, push-button ignition, three-zone climate control, adaptive LED headlights, front and rear parking sensors, leather seats, proximity key, power tailgate, sunroof, heated and ventilated front seats, heated second row window seats, heated steering wheel, a seven-inch centre digital instrument cluster, a 360-degree view monitor, windscreen de-icer and 20-inch alloy wheels.

The CX-9 scored the maximum five-star ANCAP rating when it was tested in 2016. The 2018 update added even more advanced safety tech and all grades now come with an impressive amount of advanced safety equipment including AEB (forward and rear), blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, lane keeping assistance, traffic sign recognition and adaptive cruise control with stop and go function.

All Mazda CX-9s come with a 2.5-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine which makes 170kW and 420Nm. With the six-speed automatic transmission Mazda says the CX-9 should consume 91 RON at 8.4L/100km in the front-wheel drive and 8.8L/100km in the all-wheel drive during combined driving conditions.

Read the full 2019 Mazda CX-9 review

Mazda CX-9 2019: Azami (FWD)

Engine Type Turbo 4, 2.5L
Fuel Type Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency 8.4L/100km (combined)
Seating 7
Price From $30,360 - $36,520
Safety Rating

Pricing Guides

$32,572
Based on 120 cars listed for sale in the last 6 months.
LOWEST PRICE
$22,888
HIGHEST PRICE
$41,990
Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
Laura Berry is a best-selling Australian author and journalist who has been reviewing cars for almost 20 years.  Much more of a Hot Wheels girl than a Matchbox one, she grew up in a family that would spend every Friday night sitting on a hill at the Speedway watching Sprintcars slide in the mud. The best part of this was being given money to buy stickers. She loved stickers… which then turned into a love of tattoos. Out of boredom, she learnt to drive at 14 on her parents’ bush property in what can only be described as a heavily modified Toyota LandCruiser.   At the age of 17 she was told she couldn’t have a V8 Holden ute by her mother, which led to Laura and her father laying in the driveway for three months building a six-cylinder ute with more horsepower than a V8.   Since then she’s only ever owned V8s, with a Ford Falcon XW and a Holden Monaro CV8 part of her collection over the years.  Laura has authored two books and worked as a journalist writing about science, cars, music, TV, cars, art, food, cars, finance, architecture, theatre, cars, film and cars. But, mainly cars.   A wife and parent, her current daily driver is a chopped 1951 Ford Tudor with a V8.
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