Been following the Long Term test of a CX-30 in MotorTrend, safe to say they hate the car. The reviewer finds the car mush, too tiring to drive in a straight line, He was so drained after a road trip that he was "overly wired for the next several hours." Evidently the adaptive cruise control is...
I read this entire thread, just can't ignore the thought that the O/P did not complete his due diligence in his car search. He bought the wrong car and is now somehow trying to blame the car.
By the sounds of it he was expecting something very different than what is available in this...
2016 came from Japan and is made by High-Speed. The 2018 is a Chinese dealer edition. I don't even know who the maker is.
Live Car Model is where I got the 2018
Besides being a big fan of Mazda, I am also a diecast collector and have been able to add a couple CX-5's to my collection in the same colors as my 1:1's. Both are 1:43 scale.