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Mazda Announces CarPlay Support for 2018 Mazda6
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Man, about time. I was looking at a Mazda 6 in 2014, and they kept saying CarPlay was coming. And while I don't love everything about CarPlay, the fact that the other car I was looking at was enough of a tie-breaker. Bought another car from the same company a couple years later. I assumed Mazda finally got CarPlay implemented years ago. Sort of surprised it took this long.
**** you mazda. I bought two cars from them one in 2015 and my wifes in 2016. The 2016 came with the promise that carplay would be added with a software update. That is clearly never happening. I love the cars but I won't buy another mazda if they don't make good on that promise.
I purchased a 2017 Mazda CX-5, and every single Mazda salesperson had been told that for sure we'd have Apple CarPlay available for our cars as a firmware update by fall 2017. Here we are six months past that deadline, and they are just now adding it to select new models.
I for one am delighted with my car, but it was inexcusable that Apple CarPlay has taken so long to implement, and we were lied to about upcoming availability. I have to say the lies they told to help induce a sale, make me very wary of trusting them again.
Come on Mazda, get this done, honor your promises. Roll out the firmware ASAP. Or you won't be getting a repeat customer.
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I drive a lot of rental cars because my job involved a great deal of travel. I have to say, once you're used to having it, you really miss it when you don't. It is an exceptionally nice feature to have. And I am angry that Mazda totally lied about implementing it for so long.
When I pick out my rental car, I deliberately gravitate towards models that have it. Especially if it doesn't have navigation.
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I was really close on the CR-V and the CX-5. I almost went with the Honda, but fortunately for me, when two dealers owned by the same people, on the same street, priced a lease on both vehicles at identical prices point, the Honda was more than $100 a month more expensive. So I passed, and am so glad because the CX-5 is way better, despite Mazda lying about CarPlay.
I think it was a great choice for Mazda to go to a normally aspirated engine and traditional gearbox over tiny turbo and CVT. The Honda may be a shade faster and more fuel efficient on paper. But if you try and use that speed and acceleration, you'll have to deal with that whiney annoying engine/gearbox, and if you're engaging that turbo, you can kiss those great fuel numbers goodbye.
It's really the new generation car con. Tiny turbo / CVT engines combinations seem like they would be a good deal in terms of 0-60 and MPG. But in real life, they are annoying to drive, and unless you drive like a saint, you won't even come close to posted EPA figures.
I for one am delighted with my car, but it was inexcusable that Apple CarPlay has taken so long to implement, and we were lied to about upcoming availability. I have to say the lies they told to help induce a sale, make me very wary of trusting them again.
Come on Mazda, get this done, honor your promises. Roll out the firmware ASAP. Or you won't be getting a repeat customer.
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I drive a lot of rental cars because my job involved a great deal of travel. I have to say, once you're used to having it, you really miss it when you don't. It is an exceptionally nice feature to have. And I am angry that Mazda totally lied about implementing it for so long.
When I pick out my rental car, I deliberately gravitate towards models that have it. Especially if it doesn't have navigation.
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I was really close on the CR-V and the CX-5. I almost went with the Honda, but fortunately for me, when two dealers owned by the same people, on the same street, priced a lease on both vehicles at identical prices point, the Honda was more than $100 a month more expensive. So I passed, and am so glad because the CX-5 is way better, despite Mazda lying about CarPlay.
I think it was a great choice for Mazda to go to a normally aspirated engine and traditional gearbox over tiny turbo and CVT. The Honda may be a shade faster and more fuel efficient on paper. But if you try and use that speed and acceleration, you'll have to deal with that whiney annoying engine/gearbox, and if you're engaging that turbo, you can kiss those great fuel numbers goodbye.
It's really the new generation car con. Tiny turbo / CVT engines combinations seem like they would be a good deal in terms of 0-60 and MPG. But in real life, they are annoying to drive, and unless you drive like a saint, you won't even come close to posted EPA figures.
I almost purchased a different car, but said screw it and purchased a CX-5, even though it didn't have Car Play. Mazda's are just so fun to drive, and the new CX-5's a pretty awesome. I wish they would have added it to ALL of their 2018 lineup. Oh well.
Assuming all recent Mazdas use the same Mazda connect system, then why is Carplay only coming to a single model? Seems kind of suspicious, as if there are larger hardware upgrades involved.
Mazda Connect was hacked a good while back to add Android Auto to it though, so that at least should be available to everyone.
Mazda Connect was hacked a good while back to add Android Auto to it though, so that at least should be available to everyone.
Too late. My wife has a CX-5 which we were told at the time we got it that it will receive CarPlay in a future update. That never happened. I was due for a new car this year so we bought a Chevy for this exact reason. She will be getting a new one next summer. Sorry Mazda, we'll pass next time we change our cars.
I know someone with a 2013 Mazda3. The dashboard screen with the menus is seriously like something from the 80s. So rock-bottom basic, bought by Mazda at a rock-bottom price and then sold as a premium feature. Mazdas are good mechanically, but there's not much more. Apple CarPlay needs to be standard across the range yesterday if there is as much competition happening as they say there is. Equipment levels are so sleepy. Wake up!
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I think there was a problem with heads jumping when you hit bumps in the Mazda. It caused read/write errors on the disk.
Right there with ya, buddy. I bought my ‘17 3 after reading about the “retroactive” promise. Been patient for a year, and now it looks like it was an empty promise.