Ive only owned luxury cars except my first car which was a manual pontiac firebird (loved the thing but I totaled it) since then its been Volvos and Mercedes. After I had a ton of issues with my last Mercedes I traded it in and got a Mazda CX-5 touring. I regretted the touring bc it lacked a lot of the luxuries I was used to (leather, heated seats, sunroof, auto headlights etc..) I ended up trading it in for a 2017 GT. I dont drive long distances so my 2017 still only has 1k miles on it but today I had 3 other people in the car and everyone complemented on how soft the drive was and what a nice car it was. Despite owning luxury cars the Mazda is still the nicest car Ive ever owned and Im glad I havent had all the problems with this car like Ive had with my Volvo and Mercedess.