While there are minute drawbacks on certain aspects, the 2016 Mazda CX-5 is generally a safe, reliable, practical, stylish, and cost-effective choice among compact crossovers in the market today.
The Mazda CX-5 is holding its own against the competition for the last three years and so far it has been doing fairly okay. The best evidence of how good it is holding up is its 2016 Mazda CX-5, which was first unveiled in 2014 during the Los Angeles Auto Show.
In terms of practicality like the cost to own, its size, and fuel economy, which are quite similar with the rest of the CUV pack, the 2016 Mazda CX-5 actually exudes the advantage on the intangibles like handling and driving pleasure, making it a difference-maker in its class.
Compared to its 2015 edition, the 2016 Mazda CX-5 offers a quieter cabin for that soothing driving and riding pleasure as well as some tweaks in its exterior to make it one of the better-looking and better-performing crossovers in the market today.
Mazda first unveiled the CX-5 in 2012 for its 2013 model year lineup, the Japanese carmaker knows that it would be swimming in very tough competition, wherein the only way to survive is to make sure that it has a CUV that is not only competitive in terms of every major consideration for buyers owning a crossover, it should also look and drive excellent.