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Very Impressed
CJW, 06/23/2017
2017 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
15 of 17 people found this review helpful
We leased this for our 17 year old son. He looked at the Ford Escape and Jeep Compass. It came down to the CX-5 and Jeep. He was leaning towards the Jeep until he drove the CX-5. We got it in the machine gray with the parchment interior and the premium package. We've had many high end European cars, the fit and finish of the CX-5 is very impressive. The handling and look of SUV is what sold it to him. It comes with a ton of safety features. Although the graphics on the navigation system are a bit dated, it works very well. Voice recognition is better then most of the cars we have and the sound system is very good as well. I liked the new design so we waited until its release to make a decision. Glad we waited.
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Great Value for Luxurious Car
map280, 04/27/2018
updated 10/28/2022
2017 Mazda CX-5 Grand Select 4dr SUV (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
I bought the Grand Select AWD in Soul Red with the Parchment leather interior. It is a very showy car and I have had quite a few compliments from strangers. I wanted a Volvo XC-60 but I couldn't bring myself to part with the coin. The Mazda gave me 95% of the satisfaction for 50% of the cost. With rebates and dealer discounts, I purchased a fairly loaded vehicle, tax included, for just over $30K! Many of the concerns of other reviewers were non-starters for me. Driver legroom - I'm 5-8. Cargo capacity - I have an F-150 when I need to haul stuff. Engine power - I'm more focused on mileage. That said, the CX5 has plenty of power. I've played with the Sport mode a couple of times which raises the shift points, but I think standard driving mode is just fine. I took the car to Lake Tahoe from SF Bay Area and got 31.5 mpg! (That's over a 7,000 foot elevation climb.) The interior in this car rivals many luxury cars. Very comfortable for long drives and the materials are top notch. I love the console controls - I can operate the radio without looking at them. My only complaint to date is a buzz in the dash speaker that, hopefully, can be rectified when I get the vehicle serviced. Other than that, it is a quiet, fun-to-drive, luxurious car! Update: After 2 years and 23,000 miles, I'm still very happy with this purchase. Got 32 mpg on recent round trip to Oregon (1000 miles) and 29 mpg round trip SF to LA. Speaker buzz mentioned above isolated to Sirius XM; probably compressed signal. Carpets are a little difficult to vacuum and red paint chips easily, but my CX-5 still looks and runs great! Update: 5 yrs and 50K miles. I still consider this my best car purchase. After listening to me rave, my sister bought one, too!
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Best car I’ve ever owned
John, 02/02/2018
2017 Mazda CX-5 Sport 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
Best car I’ve ever owned. Car is fun to drive. We bought it in December off the showroom floor with 40 miles. We Itaken several trips of six hours or more and put quite a few miles on it. The cars technology is something to get used to. Lots of automatic features like lights, windshield wipers, blind spots etc. all good just something to get used to
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Nice CUV
Dan Walker, 01/21/2018
updated 07/23/2019
2017 Mazda CX-5 Touring 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
Very nice CUV. I traded a 2016.5 CX-5 Touring for the 2017. Much nicer car. Seats are vastly improved! Don't like the placement of usb ports inside the console, and disappointed that it doesn't have a cd player. Other than that, couldn't ask for more. UPDATE On June 20th, I traded the 2017 Touring for a 2018 Grand Touring. I obviously like the Mazda brand. But I wanted all the bells and whistles the GT had to offer.
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Touring edition has strange options left out
Chase, 06/07/2018
2017 Mazda CX-5 Touring 4dr SUV (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
12 of 14 people found this review helpful
Overall, I like the car, well enough that we leased another of the same model/trim for my wife. The car is fun to drive, relatively good MPG and quiet. A few issues: I paid extra for the Machine Gray color, which looks really nice, but has been extremely prone to scratches and acid etching from bird droppings. I had a large seagull dropping that I removed within an hour of noticing. There was an acid-etched ring from the dropping's perimeter which I tried to take out with Meguire's Ultimate Compound, which is extremely gentle from my experience on several past vehicles. I used a microfiber cloth with very light pressure and I was left with what looked like a black burn mark from a rotary buffer. I had to get the area repainted. Any sort of contact from anything (jeans, kid's backpack etc.) seems to leave a mark. The paint seems ridiculously soft and I'm pretty annoyed I paid a premium for the "upgrade". No light in the glove box, no center vents' flow control are strange things to be missing at this mid-trim level. The headlights automatically go on in dark areas which lull the driver into thinking all the lights are on. What you find out once you're pulled over, is that the taillights aren't on. I'm sure it would have been just as easy for Mazda engineers to have all the lights go on once the light sensor has been activated, but they want you to upgrade to the Grand Touring. I wanted the Touring, since I preferred how the wheels matched the Machine Gray color. Another aggravation is if you mistakenly push the engine off button if you're not in park, you have to cycle through turning the engine back on/off to have everything turn off. If you have a lot of contacts (I have almost 1100), they won't all fit into the memory, mine stop at "M" and it takes at least 45 seconds for the (limited) contacts to load, which slows down everything (listening to music, making calls) until the infotain system loads. I was worried about the faux leather/cloth combo seats holding up/repelling stains since I go to the gym fairly frequently and am often sweaty getting in the car. The seats still looks like new over a year later and they're pretty comfortable.
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