MILEAGE 2211
WHY WE'RE RUNNING IT To see if Mazda has managed to inject any of its flairs into a family-friendly SUV
LOVE IT
TURNING
A couple of recent journeys have shown this to be one of the better-handling family SUVs.
LOATHE IT
THIRST
The CX-5 is its own micro cost-of-living crisis, with an average fuel economy of 31.4mpg.
Five years', David Bowie once sang. It's not a huge amount of time, as the great man so brilliantly told us in his mournful ballad. And it's all that separates the registration plates on the two Mazda CX-5s pictured here - a facelifted Mk1 and our surgically enhanced Mk2 but boy can you tell the difference.
The original CX-5 was the first car to feature Mazda's Kodo design language combined with Skyactiv technology, but our car is, to my eyes at least, a much better example of the styling brief.
This story is from the June 01, 2022 edition of Autocar UK.
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