We’re at the top of the range with this review, a car few CX-5 owners choose – well, around ten per cent – with possibly the most intriguing engine in the line-up and the second highest price you can pay for a CX-5. You can get a manual 2.0-litre front-wheel drive Maxx if you’re patient or right at the top of the range you can get the Akera 2.2-litre turbo-diesel and plenty of carefully yet narrowly defined choices in between. The CX-5’s 2.0-litre petrol engine is quite rare in that it doesn’t use a turbocharger to boost its power. In typical Mazda style, your choices stretch well into the double digits. The CX-5 comes in a wide variety of specifications, with front-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, three petrol engines and a diesel. Other compact crossovers may be more spacious, but the 2022 Mazda CX-5 is a top pick for drivers who prioritize performance. With the upgraded 256-hp turbocharged engine, its quickness better corresponds with its athletic handling. I originally wrote “decade and a half” because it’s such a fixture on our roads, so I’m glad I checked. We think the Turbo trim best exemplifies the CX-5. Partly because the CX-5 has been around forever and mostly because Mazda has sold them by the boatload over the last decade. The RAV4 Hybrid Cruiser, while not matched in price (48,750), is a similar trim but with a frugal hybrid instead of a punchy turbo engine. When you mention another vehicle in the segment to someone who isn’t all that interested in cars they’ll say, “I don’t know that car. The Mazda CX-5 competes in the ever popular medium SUV segment, rivalling the likes of the much sought after Toyota RAV4 and our 2022 Drive Car of the Year the Kia Sportage. The Mazda CX-5 is one of those cars that everybody knows.
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