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I like to replace vehicles every three years and prefer to keep the budget around $50K, give or take. That said, I do want a fun vehicle that offers some engagement, or in this case some Zoom Zoom. The 2025 Mazda CX-5 is the final year of its generation, ...  

I've always considered them myself, but the practicality of a pickup truck has simply dominated my daily driver lifestyle for the past 11 years.... Many happy miles!! Cheers, Filip

Wishing you plenty of Zoom Zoom 🏎️

Congrats on this one, only the 2.5 non turbo available where I live ... 140 hp :-( . So this one makes 230 hp and that's plenty enough for some smooth fluid driving I guess . My cousin has a Mazda 3 and I am always amazed by the build quality and the mate... 

For the turbo they rate it at 256 hp on premium fuel. But I think what is most noticeable with the turbo motor is the 310 - 320 pound feet of torque.

1.8 turbo with supposedly 280 hp (probably 260/270) and also a lot of torque 390 Nm (290 ft-lbs) but probably well over 400. So the torque is very present, especially considering this is only a 1.8 litre. Left the NA Clio , right the turbo Megane. ...  

Mazda's interior and exterior designs really are very appealing. However, they're going backwards in terms of mechanicals in many ways. Their small sedan, the Mazda 3, no longer has independent rear suspension (which made it a segment leader along with th... 

I don't know about the SUVs, but I was just a little disappointed when the Mazda 3 sedan went to torsion beam. The current Mazda 3 sedan is such a beautiful car - it really looks like something from Giugiaro. Just wished it had an independent rear suspens... 

But cost and packaging are main reasons to move to McPherson strut and torsion beams.

Never really had a Honda as a rental car. But I bet they were very good relative to their competitors back in the day! Honda went backwards too and didn't suffer any major sales loss - so maybe that's why Mazda thinks they can go backwards too. Can you im... 

We love Mazda and wife has the CX50 top-line turbo. Rides on rails, tight, and nice torque too.

Actually a lot. In the end I picked the 5 because it's been around longer and (hopefully) completely sorted out.

Marc

I’ve driven them all and the Mazda stands out, I find the steering feel and handling to be excellent. It’s the Macan on its category.