What was the most important reason for your purchase of your CX-5?

[Kedis82ZE8]

What was the most important reason for your purchase of your CX-5?

 

[joe427]

I felt with the tech options,the GT was a good bang for the buck.
Styling is nice too.

 

[fdew]

First a car that fits me and my back trouble. That ment a crossover or bigger. Then it had to handle that ment CX-5. Zoom Zoom is real.

 

[Dr_Watson]

Value for money.

There are vehicles that do many things as good or better but cost a lot more, Cx5 is a good balance. The Diesel engine and handling set it apart from other similar priced vehicles.

 

[xtrailman]

Same for me the diesel engines torque, and decent handling for a SUV, and AWD.

 

[123373]

Above all a car just has to look and feel good inside and out. This little SUV is simply the best looking one on the road.

 

[erhayes]

Fun to drive and value

 

[ALafya]

1. AWD
2. Excellent combination of fuel-economy, handing, power & price.

 

[tibimakai]

Bigger size then the previous car, looks, drivability mostly and better MPGs help also.

 

[Mountkeen]

Value for money.

There are vehicles that do many things as good or better but cost a lot more, Cx5 is a good balance. The Diesel engine and handling set it apart from other similar priced vehicles.

Ditto

 

[agog]

Depends what is it being compared to but mostly a combination of appearance, handling and reliability worked for Mazda against close competition by CR-V (hated the looks and CVT), Escape (backseat looked cheap and reliability reports), and Forester (lost on looks and somewhat handling).

 

[bxpretzel]

Had been swooning over the CX-5 while driving my Tribute around for years since the 2013 came out. Test drove one of the original 2013s with no real seriousness but didn't care for the 2.0L engine.

A combination of getting side-swiped while on the way home one day, requiring the Tribute to make another trip to the body shop, and coming up on 125k miles (and some more $$ maintenance) finally pushed me to get my 2015. After a test drive with the 2.5L, it totally sealed the deal. The Mazda promotional 0% interest really attracted me too. Really didn't seriously consider any other CUV/SUV.

 

[RG_Flyer]

I am still shopping as my Escape nears 200K (183,000 now) miles. While I miss traditional boxy SUV styling (better utility and visibility), my main draw is the CX-5 still offers a manual transmission.
I would probably go Forester for utility, visibility, and more traditional SUV styling, but the oil-consumption problem is show-stopper.