Having had declining sales over the past few years, Mazda is making a comeback in the local market with a new lineup. First of which is the facelifted CX-7. And to be honest, if this is the way things are gonna be for Mazda this year, I think they shouldn’t be too worried about those sales figures.

This latest update of the CX-7 has made it a lot more affordable and practical than before. Gone is the fuel guzzling four wheel drive system which has no place in our air-conditioned urban utopia. Replacing the 4WD with a FWD system has greatly improved the SUV’s mileage.

Thankfully though, the beauty of this Touareg proportioned SUV remains. Beauty, I feel was always this car’s trump card. There is no SUV out there that possesses the same graceful lines that this car has from every angle.

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Is it possible to have the toughness of an SUV while retaining the grace and beauty of a sedan car? Well, apparently it is. Mazda did it back in 2006 when it first launched the CX-7. Fast forward three years and the CX-7 still looks as stunning as ever.

The first thing that strikes me when I see the CX-7 is how much it resembles a swan. It embodies the same smooth graceful lines of a swan treading itself slowly across a pond. The test car being white only made that resemblance more profound. Assuming the designer took inspiration from the swan, I would like to compliment how he managed to capture the elegance perfectly from bumper to bumper. There isn’t a line that seems out of place on this machine.