Oh no. Oh no no no no no.

Grim. Their previous interiors were the best compromise you could get, forced into modern dogshit requirements for backup cameras' touchscreens but at least retained physical controls for AC and everything else. Giving up the Commander knob seems really stupid and the whole interior looks cheap now.

That mildly rustles my jimmies.

>>28507887
I'm retaeded and saved the version for ants. Anyway, massive downgrade.

>>28507899
i like my cx5's interior but I find myself touching the screen which isn't touch screen too often.
going to a fuckhuge screen and removing all analog controls is BAD though.

>>28507776 (OP)
they should replace all of the windows with screens and then make those screens display a panoramic video of the outside. also the steering wheel can be a screen and you steer the vehicle by dragging a facsimile of a steering wheel. the gas and brake pedals can too be screens, capacitive touch screens that sense your feet. and the chairs, why not make them screens?

>>28507776 (OP)
Mazda is making a mistake. Tesla sucks and other car manufacturers should not be following Tesla's way for designing cars.

I totalled my 2016 Mazda3 and was waiting to see what the 2026s looked like. Sounds like I'm OUT. Maybe I'll get a 2024 or 2025. Or just abandon Mazda altogether.

I guess I'm happy I got a 2025 Mazda3 before Mazda completely changed to this direction. I'll probably just completely change brands for my next car. Maybe finally get a BMW or something. One thing I don't understand; I'm not against digital gauges or big screens, but why not at least make it look more integrated rather than some tacked on screen?

>>28507900
I guess Mazda heeded complaints, because they brought back touch functionality for my 2025 Mazda, at least for Android Auto. I've always felt like both touch and command know options should be available.

>>28507776 (OP)
Looks nice and comfy.

>>28507974
As a clean freak, I like simpler dashboards just for dust cleaning reasons. All cars with a billion nooks and crannies take forever to properly dust.

>>28507776 (OP)
The NPC types that only bought Mazdas because of their '''premium''' interiors that supposedly look like a BMW or Audi from Temu aren't going to like this.
It looks like it follows all the current trends however, from the M A Z D A text, to the minimalist straight lines and the even larger laptop screen tacked on to the middle.

>>28507887
>>28507899
They're just telling people to not buy a new Mazda at this point. Same shit too with Volkswagon.

>>28507776 (OP)
>no physical hvac controls
>no control knob
>no turbo
>capacitive touch steering wheel

how are we doing mazda sisters?

so it's just the frontier now, huh? only remaining old new car. no turbo, torque converted, hydraulic power steering instead of EPS

>>28507776 (OP)
Used mazdas up to 2025 are the only decent options then. Makes me shudder to think about the Miata’s future

>>28507972
>mazda3
how's the car anon?

>>28508780
A few pet peeves, like I find the suspension too stiff, but I like it quite a bit. This is my 3rd Mazda3. Had a base trim 2011, a top trim 2017, and now this top trim 2025 turbo. But I'm wondering if Mazda is even going to continue making Mazda3s in the future or if it'll go the way of the 6. Feels like the end of an era.

>>28507899
sorry for the glazing but that interior looked amazing compared to other modern cars,i like economy cars that still make you feel like THE MAN when you sit behind the wheel and this is one of them

>mazda thread
man been shopping around for a new(used) car for a while now and it is like only mazda that has a NA stick instead of the endless supplies of tiny engine turbos
if i could just give up driving manual i'd consider the awd turbo
the c pillars are so huge though

>>28508657
it's the true Connaisseur's vehicle,but peaseants on /o/ will never accept it

>>28507776 (OP)
Mazda has gone gay with all the safety features they force on the driver. Every year they kept cucking their models further and further, to the point the seats can't adjust automatically while the car is in drive, or the headlights are always on while the car is in motion. They don't give the user any choice, every time the car starts all the "safety" features reset. My '23 cx30 has forced anti-collision braking, which has detected a car in the lane next to me and slammed on the brakes automatically, almost cuasing an accident. Their safety features don't even work properly, they work about 50% of the time. Even the lane keep assist only detects the lane lines half the time so can't be relied upon. Bad programming, ruins an otherwise nice driving vehicle. I also find the suspension too stiff which others have complained about, have to go excessively slow over speedbumps for a crossover.

Toyota has gone gay making the Rav4 and Corolla Cross only hybrid, huge, and ugly. Buttons for AC controls now too, which btw Mazda only ever had buttons not knobs.

Honda CRV has retarded safety features, probably the worst of them all in terms of forced safety bullshit that actually leads to more accidents. They have physical knows for the AC in the CRV though. Too big, even fatter than the Rav4. No vehicle should be over 70" width you fucking fatasses.

At this point I'm just gonna get a Crosstrek if I want another neat little practical rally car and just deal with the massive touchscreen controls. At least it's not a fatfuck car with a raised grill for no reason but to larp as a truck. Probably just gonna say fuck it and not buy in the crossover segment, they've gotten too shitty.

>drive automatic
>thinks an automatic infotainment is a crime against humanity
The irony

>warranty janny at mazda
>already dealing with increasing number of electrical system claims from the inline 6 cars
>this is about to release

Poor mazda. They're so behind. The ig tablet trend is over. You gotta have the single digital gauge/screen. This car is outdated and not even out yet.

>>28510296
>This car is outdated and not even out yet.
japanese, then

>European model shown
>Features my vary

Since they debuted this thing they have updated their social media posts to say "features may vary"

The backlash was hard.

>>28509269
>o the point the seats can't adjust automatically while the car is in drive
lol wat that's insane
I really like my Kia cuz they aren't too restrictive with the tech - I can type a new nav destination while driving if I click out a disclaimer (vw won't let you do that I know), and it drives handsfree for 60 seconds before you need to tug the wheel and doesn't force you to look straight ahead

mazda needs to learn to make less stiff suspensions
also apparently the transmission logic on their new I6s is fucking terrible and every review complains about it (along with the stiff suspension)

>>28507776 (OP)
mazda is junk and always has been. predditors really call this brand premium "it's like bmw guys" when its just another fwd econobox

>>28507899
I recently got a 2024 Mazda3 turbo and I'm a big fan of the interior. Car buying in this day in age is feels like “get it now before it gets worse” and I'm glad i pulled the trigger because of it

>>28507776 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uPkOLr7Yjs

fuckhuge screens HEAVILY depend on UI quality
>The 15.6-inch touchscreen pictured here features Google built-in software
it will be SHIT
BMW perfected the UI with iDrive
I have a car with next to last 8.5 version, which is last lunix-based BMW homebrew. For the next iDrive 9 BMW is switching to shitroid too, and already first reviews of 9 say there's a "mild stuttering compared to previous version".
Shitroid is SHIT and any infotainment based on it will be SHIT.
It's the same exact reason why iphone feels perfectly smooth 99.9% of the time, while ANY shitroid including flagships microstutters out the ass even with 240 billion Hz display.
you can live with microstuttering, but it will never ever feel natural
fuck android

>>28510918
you shouldn't take anything your boyfriend says at face value

>>28511665
You fucking summed it up perfectly. I just got a 2023 CX-5 Turbo to replace a 2012 Mazda 6 and I feel like it's only going to get more shitty. I didn't even necessarily want the turbo but I definitely did not want gay as fuck cylinder deactivation.

>>28513901
i don't feel like the cylinder deactivation activates that often. it's not "aggressive" to turn off cylinders desu.

>>28513931
You can tell when the cylinders reactivate, there's a bit of a jolt when starting from stopped. There's a gay feature where if you're going downhill, it doesn't let you coast and gain speed. You'll maintain or lose speed going downhill if you let off the gas. That's when it's noticeable and very much so, it significantly slows itself down when descending hills. It's not a hill descent control, I don't have that and have turned off traction control to no avail. Assumed it's cylinder deactivation because it just feels like a loss of power. Possibly some other gay safety feature Mazda added and doesn't give you the option to turn off.