oh how i wish we have the option to upgrade that, but it is just close to super very unlikely

can only hope for the mid-life cycle update/facelift that Bermaz will stuff that across all models, which means need to wait longer lah

No speedo or in-cabin shots to show how fast the car was going.. Video is way to biased for any decent petrol-head..Reeks of just pure marketing stunt.. At least acknowledge tyres la. I know they only play a small part in driving and grip..    Also, whats up with 1:13, looks like he shifted into parking, then rolled out.. 

Regardless, GVC is still king.. 

Not experiencing such.. Probably some part that didn't lock in properly and shook itself lose. Top of my arm rest makes creaking noise though. Gonna demand they change they whole box, since they like to do such if out of warranty.. 
Should be fine.. During break-in, I too found myself clocking 130 at times.. Driving <=110 was a drag, especially with all that power under the hood..
Ah, yeah.. It's a manual.. Found an interior shot with the top of the gear knob visible..

No lah.. Director is forgiven in my books..   Mazda Malaysia? Nope.. Still in bad books. 

The first 1k service is purely checking only right ?
No oil change what so ever ?

Thanks Bro!

Means if wanted to go with Fully need to fork out 200+ and next service is 10k which this round the EO is used for 9k km.

From what the SA told me, if opt for Fully Synthetic 5w-40 will require to top up RM14x.....I had this information from Bermaz 3S centre. Not sure about other service centre though ...

After seeing the CBU unit of Mazda 6 is so well equipped, I felt our CKD cx-5 like tin kosong 

is the remote key come with panic alarm function?

I strongly doubt the car has an alarm feature..

Panic alarm no but press twice to activate horn can b unlocked

Panic alarm no but press twice to activate horn can b unlocked

I see... IMO, that's no functional alarm system.. 

Can other verify this? It is very different from what stated in website:

http://owners-manual.mazda.com/gen/en/cx-5...s/04080300.html

Theft-Deterrent System

Am surprised and thanks for the heads up.
Only if Bermaz is giving options for us buyers to add on to many of the features like alarm, power tail gate, head up display, power seat for passenger etc.

The tint is one product which I am not too happy with.

Just sharing some experience driving the CX5 for 1st few days. Mine is 2.0GLS model.

1) I like how they system is intelligent enough to let you to control if you want to engage the auto hold and i-stop based on the brake pressure when you press the brake pedal upon stopping. I don't see any reason why need to deactivate the the i-stop when you have full control to activate it or not based on the situation.

2) Decent amount of power for 2.0 model. Accelerating to 150km/h was not an issue. in fact you'll never realize you've driven that fast if not by looking at the speedometer. Never need to change to sport mode so far. But upon testing the sport mode, it just revs the rpm higher. I don't notice any improvement on throttle response. But it was a short testing only. Will try again soon.

Our sport mode is rev the rpm higher. Nth more nth less.

3) GVC is over rated. Yes, it works. But i think it helps at a very minimum level. I think only driver could feel the difference but the passengers won't feel any difference.

Its overated. Just about 0.03G or 40 pounds different. The calculation just taken the cornering, steering angle, and engine throttle into account. Nth more nth less.

4) NVH is so damn good. Cruising at 150km/h is not an issue. The car is very stable. The road and wind noise is very minimum.
My dad drives the new CRV. I occasionally drive his car and obviously CX5 cabin is better insulated and isolated. It might not be the best in its class(I haven't drive the Tiguan yet) but sure one of the top in its class.

5) Handling is superb. CX5 is able to handle any low speed and high speed cornering without any problem and hassle. The steering responds was accurate and not much correction needed(might be due to GVC helps to normalize the weight balance of the car).

In straight road, its really good, the 40 pounds shifting really helpful in this case. But IMO, still got a lot of unneeded swing or vibration.

6) Built in navigation is so bad. A lot of POI is missing. Many address can't be searched. When I searched online, found that it is using Tom Tom GPS. There are tutorial to update the map our self. Will give it a try and see if the map improves. Overall Mazda infotainment system control is good. Very easy to use. All information is easily accessible via the rotary knob.

No. Tom Tom only available for CBU and older model. We are running Map by Here, which is downloadable in both itunes and google store. You can update your map tru mazda apps which i cant remember wat name. I wrote an article and step by step tutorial 3 mths ago on fb.

Overall, the car is perfect if huge space is not a main concern. I use the car daily with my wife and 2 kids(both sitting in car seat) and found the space amount is sufficient for me. If I were to describe the car in 1 sentence, it will be - WORTH EVERY PENNY.

Thanks for the good work wkevin! I've added to the first page.
Yea it's only on the diesel variant. Not on the 2.0 and 2.5 variant. Another reason to go for the 2.2 diesel variant.
How about Peugeot 3008? You should look at the interior. It's like a high tech spaceship! If not because of Peugeot's infamous bad services, I would have go for it instead of CX-5.
They should modified the iStop to kick in like after 20-30 seconds idling, not by the brake pedal itself

I thought CKD cars are SST exempted. CX5 is CKD, right?

https://www.thestar.com.my/business/busines...-losers-of-sst/

Totally not for me. The jerking, the on/off from the aircond, the unnecessary cut off when I stopped at junction, have to adjust how hard to press the brake pedal to not trigger it - all of these are too much of a hassle.

I understand the purpose of cutting carbon footprint but when it sacrifices comfort and ease of driving, then it's certainly a no no for me.

Which is why they should have given the Malaysian market the options to either have it on as is or turn it off completely. We know it can be done... They can still claim the mileage and carbon footprint, etc numbers.. It's still okay for them to leave as it till it's bought. Then individually owners be allowed to enter the settings menu to disable it for good upon restart, until we decide otherwise. IMO, I'd prefer the auto-hold function to always be enabled at each start without me pressing the button each time. I've figured out how to drive with it on the whole time..

I'm all for saving the earth. In fact made a promise that our next primary vehicle will be full electric (affordability of course) or at minimum, a plug-in hybrid with decent mileage on pure ev mode only. But istop on malaysia is a no no for me.

Since when Bermaz actually gives a crap on what Malaysians want? It's only what they want.. Constantly stripping left, right and center.. People have been screaming to get similarly equipped vehicles as overseas or at least not too stripped down versions. I don't mind supporting a crowd petition asking for a software update including the functions, but then I've got much bigger hassle with them.

the initial startup / cold start having loud noise is due to i-stop system...

after driving for a while, you can try shutting down the engine...then restart again after 30 mins...there won't be such noise anymore

so its good to leave the engine to run for a minute before commence driving ?