Mens_Fitness_South_Africa_JulyAugust_2017

No copying here,
CX-5 is unique
High Five
CX-5 stirs soul into
the SUV
BY JOHN PAGE
ith a cutting-edge design,
quality that belies the price
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point and value as its major
tenets, Mazda is undergoing a product
resurgence vying for your attention. The
CX-5 fits perfectly into the mould of
family SUV, carrying on
where the smaller CX-3 left off.
Mazda’s philosophy towards the
SUV is commendably simple. It wins
your interest, effuses personality, then
warms you into the cabin through soft
leather padding and cushy seats with
focal highlights here and there. It’s a
remarkably easy concoction when you
think about it, executed in a way that is
fresh: Non-German sombreness but not
Japanese cheaply sourced finishes either.
In the thick end of the model range
you get to enjoy daily convenience
features like powered tailgate, blind
spot monitoring, lane keeping assist,
heads-up display and navigation. But
even the base model sports a lengthy list
of standard equipment from dual zone
climate, Bluetooth, USB, cruise control
and reverse camera.
Men’s Fitness found that the petrol
engines were outshone by the brawnier
diesel versions – incidentally also the only
path to specifying a CX-5 with all-wheel
drive. The numbing petrol engines can
be lethargic but the attitude changes
quickly with the diesel with the rest of the
package engaged with newfound vigour.
JULY / AUGUST 2017 MEN’S FITNESS 39