Wow! What a big difference in performance. I negotiated all the hills in MO, NM, and AZ without shifting down. As I have mentioned somewhere in this CX-5 forum, I commute through IL, MO, OK, TX, NM, and AZ (sometimes in CO), and on highways, I drive on manual mode at 6th gear and set my adaptive cruise control 5 over the highway speed limit. With the CX5 GT (non-turbo) I used to shift down to 5th and sometimes to 4th and maybe 3rd and rev the engine high, especially on that long stretch of incline on I-17 in AZ. With the 2019 GTR (turbo), I did not have to shift at all. It maintained the set cruising speed all the time! What a pleasure to drive and leaving behind those that are shifting down to lower gears and having their engines rev up to red-line to keep up with the traffic. To me, it was worth upgrading my wife's 2019 CX-3 GT AWD to 2019 CX-5 GTR AWD, and my 2019 CX-5 GT AWD (non-turbo) to 2019 CX-5 GTR AWD (turbo).

I will probably drive to Colorado next month and I'll see how my GTR will perform there.

Guys, the title of the thread is supposed to be "2019CX-5 GTR (Turbo) Performance Report". Will the Forum Admin change this, please? Thank you.

 

Tnks for posting. Sure has me thinking about one.

Regards,
Jim

 

What octane rating are you running on? I love my new Signature but we can't get 95 octane US here so get 228hp from our turbos.

 

I have been filling her up with 87 in the Mid-West (USA). I only fill her up with 88 in NM, and maybe in CO, where the lowest grade is 86. I really have no problem with the 87 but I gain mpg and performance on the 88 in New Mexico! I think it's 227 HP and 310 LV-FT Torque with 87 gas and 250 HP and some LB-FT torque with premium gas. I chose 87 because of cost.

 

I wonder what the year 2918 will be like.

 

Sorry for the confusion but that should have been "2019 CX-5 GTR (Turbo) Performance Report". I was in a hurry to write the report.