Timing belt or timing chain?

Does CX-5 use belt or chain? I checked the owner's manual and I couldn't find any answer. Did I miss something? The only clue is in the maintenance schedule which says "drive belt" which I suspect is timing belt.
 
It's a chain. At the risk of someone coming up with an exception, no one uses belts anymore.
 
Timing chain, designed to last life of engine.
 
One of the reasons I kept coming back to the cx5, because there is no timing belt and no turbo charger.
 
ohhh, ohhh, me, me, Honda still uses belts in most of their V6s :)
Are they lifetime, or is there a scheduled maintenance requirement? Come to think about it, I think I read that Ford's new one liter three cylinder that they're offering in the euro Fiesta uses an oil bath belt with no maintenance requirement to help keep build costs down.
 
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They still need changed, 60,000 miles in some conditions. The 2013 Accord has the same belt they used back in 2003 on it.
 

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