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While it’s neither wildly powerful nor super-quick, the CX-5 is balanced, responsive and rewarding to drive. It’s agile in traffic and settled and stable on the highway but it reveals its true self when the road turns curvy.
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In 2017, a full makeover planted the CX-5 on a strong and rigid platform, allowing engineers to tune the suspension with greater precision. Ride quality improved while its delightful driving dynamics remained largely intact.
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The new structure reduced the dread NVH — noise, vibration and harshness — to near-luxury levels. In its top Signature trim, the CX-5 inches to within a hair’s breadth of luxury-class stature.
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Inside, Mazda’s less-is-more design strategy and agreeable infotainment interface cut cabin clutter. The thin, tiered dash is adorned only by a quartet of pentagonal vents. Stitched and textured soft-touch surfaces blanket the dash and door panels.
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