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Recently drove friend's Honda Element from Vegas to Orange County in pretty thick traffic on a Labor day. Had no power weaving in and out and doing what I wanted with Mercedes/Bimmers/etc. from 65-85 mph in the desert and the city in all kinds of conditions. Roughly same power-weight ration with...

That's it - Metrosexual Gray for me too!

Oh - I am totally speculating. Vegas to SoCal is somewhat downhill. I've gotten 32 mpg in my Bimmer manual so I'm just guessing I can get 37 mpg based on what seem people get on here. :) I'm not getting my Sport Manual for a month. Not trying to start a pissing match about auto vs manual. I've...

I choose to believe the CX-5 is a wonderful tall-ish sport wagon not a SUV (or worse yet a CUV). Hence, need that damn third pedal! Plus I'm going to enjoy 36-37ish mpg driving between Vegas and Orange County next month.

Here's one from Rideslust for the Sport if it hasn't been posted http://www.ridelust.com/2013-mazda-cx-5-sport-ridelust-review/ And I think it's been said, but the latest Car and Driver issue has the GT winning a small SUV comparo. No link yet.

If a Sport MT happens for me in the near future, a leather wheel and shift knob will be must add-ons along with Polks in the dash. Thinking about this one for only 18 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002MB80C/?tag=m20b7-20 But a stitched cover is probably a better choice. Where'd you get yours?

Forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question that's already been answered. Don't all the windows come a bit tinted except for the fronts? If so, is it easy to have the fronts match the rest?

All my daily drivers I've ever owned have been manuals. This is a proper car. It can out-handle most proper cars. It just has slightly more ground clearance.

If I had my silver 6MT Sport yet, this is exactly what I would reply!

Agree with the above. It was the best review yet. I only use half the power in my BMW anyway. I look forward to revving the snot out of this thing just like I did my '90 Miata, '93 SE-R and '03 Protege.

How does the iPhone work with the standard radio in the Sport model? Will it charge through the USB? Will song titles show up on the screen? I don't mind if I have to just run to the Aux. That's what I do with my head unit now, but it would be cool if the USB input worked with the iPhone...

Automobile Editors Notebook http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/editors_notebook/1206_2013_mazda_cx_5_sport/

Any chance of a manual with the diesel? Even 8 mpg average over the Skyactive-G 6MT is not economically going to make up for the fact it will surely be 5K more. (Really doubting you will be able to get one in Sport trim.) I drove the 6MT and the shifter was such a peach. I haven't had an...

I think it looks great. I'd remove the Skyactiv badge for sure. And pretty sure I'd move on to the CX-5.

Every car I've ever owned makes a boom-boom noise when you lower rear windows by themselves. It's just physics. These sound like very minor problems. Try owning a German car over 12 years old. Not to get political, but a lot of the fluttering sheet metal things are the result of letting a nanny...

You're right. My cheap bastard side just has not filter sometimes. Might get some pleather covers to ward off stains and dog hair/claws. The ones on Amazon get decent ratings for 70 bucks. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004IODPMO/?tag=m20b7-20

They look very high quality. I might just be a cheap bastard and do the fronts.

The sport interior is perfect to me except I'd leather wrap the wheel and get a leather shift knob.

Yeah, I'm not sure if it's good or bad that the worst car magazine of all time (barring Consumer Reports) gave it 2nd place.

The Escape's interior (as well as almost every Hyundai) looks like it's been designed by a Klingon. Don't see the appeal of the exterior either.