If you thought all compact crossover SUVs were made the same way, you’d be dead wrong. On paper, the Mazda CX-5 appears to be a typical compact crossover SUV with the usual list of equipment and safety features, but there’s much more to this SUV than you expect. You’ll see an SUV that has exceptional build quality, premium materials and items, and a style that’s admirable and impressive when you see the Mazda CX-5. Once you take this SUV out for a drive, you’ll be hooked and ready to take the CX-5 home with you.

The CX-5 Wins the Day

The reason you’re going to want to take the Mazda CX-5 home to be the compact crossover SUV that you love to drive is the driving personality offered in this amazing SUV. You’ll enjoy the immediate delivery of the torque for the drive you make, but the item that takes it over the top is the suspension and steering that will make it easy for you to carve up the corners and take on the road. The vectoring feature offered allows the CX-5 to be more nimble and quick when you take it out for a drive.

Safety in the Mazda You Drive

You’ll likely use the Mazda CX-5 to take your kids to school or to different activities they are involved in. the Smart City Brake Support of this SUV will help you avoid a collision when driving around town by stopping the vehicle when you don’t respond quickly enough. The lane departure warning system makes use of a windshield-mounted camera to read the painted markings on the road and let you know when you’re drifting in and out of your lane. This system is also capable of pulling the vehicle back into the lane if you don’t respond to the alerts.

A Great Package of Items in the CX-5

There are five different trim levels offered for the Mazda CX-5. These are Sport, Touring, Grand Touring, Grand Touring Reserve, and Signature. The Sport model brings you 17-inch wheels, keyless entry, push-button starting, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alerts, and a rearview camera. Infotainment for this model comes from a seven-inch touchscreen that allows you to connect using Bluetooth, USB, Apple CarPlay, or Android Auto if you choose to add these connectivity items to the mix of what the Sport model has to offer.

Getting More from this Mazda

Move to the Touring trim and you’ll have the connectivity features as part of the standard package. You can also have a power driver’s seat, simulated leather upholstery, heated front seats, dual-zone climate controls, rear privacy glass, rain-sensing wipers, self-leveling headlights, automatic high beams, two rear USB ports, and the driver assistance items you want. The Grand Touring models have leather upholstery, a ten-speaker Bose audio system, and navigation. Move to the higher trims and you’ll have a head-up display, standard AWD, a heated steering wheel, and heated rear outboard seats for comfort in the rear of the CX-5.

Pick the CX-5 Power

Every Mazda CX-5 is powered by a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine with cylinder deactivation to improve fuel mileage. The base powertrain uses a naturally aspirated version attached to a six-speed automatic transmission to give you 187 horsepower, 186 lb.-ft. of torque, and 25 city/31 hwy mpg in FWD models while the AWD versions reach 24 city/30 hwy mpg. Add turbocharging to the mix and the power improved to 250 horsepower and 310 lb.-ft. of torque. This version gives you 23 city/28 hwy mpg in FWD models and 22 city/27 hwy mpg when you choose an AWD version of this SUV.

Drive Your Mazda Today

The brand that has brought us the “zoom zoom” moniker to pique our imagination takes this ideal to the height you want in the Mazda CX-5. Take a test drive in this impressive compact crossover SUV and see how it can be the right choice for you to have the drive you’re looking for every day. This SUV is fun, active, exciting, and filled with amazing features to make sure you can have a great drive wherever you go. Stop by and see the team at your local Mazda dealer today.