2016 CX5 Awesome. Should have waited for sure now i have seen it.

[EddieFord33]

Went to visit my son outside of Detroit for the holidays and he drove me to see the 2016 CX5..I just heaved, it is totally awesome and looks like a 45K suv now.

the radio screen now is 7" and has a joystick on the console and the head and tail lights are sweet. the trim and looks more expensive.

I feel we got ripped with this crap radio infofartmanet system. still dont work right.

to be released in 60 days.....

 

[NorCal_MP3]

So a few things...

Let me guess... after you buy a TV or iPhone or iPad, you still watch the internets and get upset when it drops 50% in value in 6 months or a better one comes out a few months after you bought one...things get better, and usually in a hurry, enjoy your purchases in the NOW...upgrade later...

Maybe trade it in for an awesome Detriot made POS Jeep Cherokee 9 speed that eats itself for breakfast. It has LED lights...ugliest car since the Pontiac Aztek but hey it has LED strip lights...

Anyway...I digress...if you know the next one is going to be great, sell your car NOW...get maximum value, take the HUGE loss over what was it? Some headlights, tail lights, and a bigger screen on the Navi-system....or...learn to love what you got, and hope this supposed update will solve most of our problems with the current system.

You still have:
A beautiful CX-5...they ride great, get good MPG, seats are comfortable, good sight lines, headlights work great (at least my HID dos), have great reliability, and doesn't look like every car on the road....I wouldn't trade my CX-5 for a CRV, RAV4, Santa Fe Sport, Tiguan, or Escape...all have better infotainment systems, but the cars are ugly or suck at being a daily driver...

BTW...even the Craptastic Corollas have LED light strips now...so I am over the whole..."oohhh LED strip lights..." LED isn't the future, it is the present. I am waiting for the next big thing....


Also: We knew about the CX-5 getting the current Mazda 3 infotainment system for over a year...anyone who wanted one was going to have to wait...BUT...my wife and baby were more important than 2"s and I bit the bullet on a 2014.5...it is a great CUV...everyone we know loves it...

I added LED lighting to my interior and exterior Fog Lights and DRLS, and license plate lights for like $100 and made the car look cool and current...try it, you might like it...

Signed,

A (usually) terminally second guessing consumer that is actually happy with his CX-5 GT with Tech (minus a few quirks) who believes the Japanese will fix our american plights of flightly GPS and USB iPodness...

 

[NorCal_MP3]

I guess if I REALLY cared about reliability I wouldn't ride a Buell...a high horsepower Harley Davidson built machine that was known for problems...but hey! I Love Milwaukee iron...I make up for it with a Japanese designed and built Mazda...Yin and Yang...maybe I SHOULD buy a JEEP...nah...

 

[123373]

Funny reading this. My work only pays for a car allowance on cars that are 4 years old or newer. Since my 2011 BMW 3 series is approaching the 4 year old mark by the end of the month I switched to my wife's 2014 cx5 for business travel miles and used it for a 200 mile run trip run on Tuesday. Car has 22450 miles and runs great. This gave me the opportunity to give NAV and entertainment system a thorough work out. The nav was perfect detouring me around trafic and keeping me on the fastest route. Then it was time to plug in my iPhone 6 and test the iPod interface. So it doesn't resum the last song and always starts with the first song on my list. The work around is to just press shuffle everytime and it will shuffle differently every time. 2 second 1 button issue that although not the way my BMW works, really not an issue at all since it never plays the same order each time I hit shuffle. I am glad a fix is coming, but as stated anything purchased will be upgraded as technology changes. As a side note I was impressed with the handling for an SUV, and although not as fast as my Bimmer it is able to hold its own when pushed. I also own a 2007 HD heritage softail in mint condition and 0 QC issues!