The extra $1750 may be a regional offer on 2009's, but FYI... it wasn't publicized and I can't find anything online about it so make sure to ask about it and see what they say.
Here is a 2010 for $16997. The 2009's have a $1750 factory to dealer incentive that the 2010's don't so you could possibly dip into the high $15's.
http://www.bommaritomazdasouth.com/Specials-New.aspx
Good luck, Rob.
New to the forum and on day 3 with the new 2009 Mazda 5 GT. Wanted to contribute for the next guy, but my info won't likely be valuable to many since the 2009's are almost all gone. Ours was the second to last in the city.
Here are the nuts and bolts.
Our 2009 GT stickered for $25,825 and...