2013 Mazda CX-5
Our CX-5 enclosed a regular transmission system instead of our most well-liked manual, though that wasn’t our main powertrain gripe—that’d be the forceless two.0-liter four-cylinder engine. Not one record comment did not mention however slow this issue was, with technical director Don Sherman noting, “Imagine this crossover with some of buddies aboard and a Jet Ski in tow. it'd be a rolling chicane!” and a few commenters took issue with its loud, husky note simply when cold startups.
Mazda remedied the facility state of affairs for 2014, though, authorisation the two.0-liter to base-model duty and putting in a a lot of potent—although by no means that beefy—184-horse Skyactiv two.5-liter in higher trims. This engine hopped-up a second CX-5 to a comparison-test win whereas the long-termer was in our care, and it’s the one you would like underneath the hood of your CX-5. AN all-wheel-drive two.5-liter we have a tendency to tested last could sliced down the initial 0-to-60 and 5-to-60 times of our long-termer by one.6 and 1.7 seconds. Speaking of numbers, the fastest ones area unit achieved with either engine exploitation the automatic’s manual shifting mode, that permits you to stay the Skyactiv four at, if not a boil, a simmer. (This is uncommon, as most vehicles we have a tendency to check area unit faster fully motorcar.)
Our CX-5 evidenced automatically unflawed throughout its keep, requiring regular services to the tune of $549. we have a tendency to spent $745 fixing a mysterious dent within the driver’s door and $22 substitution some hatch-sill trim we have a tendency to busted, however however, the Mazda was pretty straightforward on our checking account. The model is additionally proving kind to Mazda’s coffers, because the company oversubscribed nearly doubly as several CX-5s in 2013 because it did CX-7s in 2007, that model’s best sales year. (The CX-7 is that this vehicle’s forerunner within the lineup.)
In the end, we have a tendency to found nothing in our forty,000-mile analysis that might cause United States of America to rethink our admiration for the CX-5, particularly providing our chief criticism has already been self-addressed. At the top of its run, our crossover departed underneath sunny blue skies, that appeared solely fitting
