It’s only showing it’s age because I’ve seen it around for like almost 10 years However, it’s a testament to Mazdas design language because it still looks really nice and modern

I like the way Mazda does things. Dear world, please buy Mazda's.

Picked up ours last week. Exact same spec as the video. We absolutely love it. Nothing beats Mazda's Soul Crystal Red.

I've got a 2019 GT turbo and you are right Paul, it puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. I tested the n/a and it put me to sleep. It's everything I need in a car

If you fill this up with premium fuel, you can get 256hp of power (or 188kW of power).

The AWD system: It just has a rear diff ratio that’s 1.1% taller than the front diff ratio, so when the rear axle is engaged it spins 1.1% faster than the front axle does. So that also means when the rear axle is disengaged, the propellor shaft will be spinning 1.1% faster than the rear diff’s input, so the backlash is always taken up. Overspending the rear axle also helps to make the thing feel more rear-driven, and the Mk3 Focus RS also had the rear axle slightly ‘oversped’

We pick up our new Akera next week. It is identical to the test car i.e. Soul Red and Turbo. It is replacing a nearly 7 year old 2015 Akera (also Soul Red) that my wife loves. Our only real disappoint about the new Akera is a lack of any options on the interior finish, options that seem to be available in other markets. Our existing has White Leather, which has held up very well. Our Mazda has been virtually trouble free, just a couple of recall items that got addressed straight away. We replaced the original Tyres a year or so ago with Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUVs and we would highly recommend them. They are quite noticeably better than the stock Toyos. It wasn't mentioned, but one of the upsides of the turbo motor in our opinions is it doesn't have Cylinder deactivation. I don't know of any manufacturers that have successfully introduced a Deactivation system that has true long term durability and reliability. We think the CX5 design is quite ageless. It has changed little but still looks good and fresh. I think the new Outlander looks hideous. it looks like just another bloated American market focussed vehicle.

Great in depth review. This helped to solidify my decision to get this over a RAV4, CRV, or VW Taos. I want something practical but also fun to drive. I'm getting the Turbo but one trim down, which I actually prefer as the wheels and trim are black, as well as the front grill having black chrome(and the little red bit in the grill which lets people know I mean business, lol). The only thing I'd want from this trim is the upgraded leather but I'll survive. The fact this has a heated steering wheel and ventilated seats was huge, I also love the fact it's got remote start via the app(which wasn't discussed here so maybe that's just a US thing). So pumped to get mine this week!

Thank you for such an informative review! First one I see mention the rear diff trickery. Ordered the Sport Design trim (black wheels and accents) w/ 2.5T engine in Soul Red. Cannot wait. My third Mazda after Mk2 and Mk3 Mazda3's. Bonus here in Canada - we get unlimited mileage warranty. Mazda is the only manufacturer that offers it here since the 2015 model year.

Just bought the turbo in soul red this week. I have driven everything from a Challenger, to trucks, to a minvan. Love this suv for the price point. Very impressed with the luxury of a high end car without the price.

Great review, just this in in the GT SP. You can tell and wife it's a sensible family car (which it is) and still have a good time on the open road - a compromise I was happy to make. Small features to add to review: >Kick to open boot - though you lose this when you install a tow bar... >Boot can be flat or dropped 5cm to give larger total boot space or raised to give a flat loading angle. >Fuel eco. response very well to 95 fuel and a father foot (I have got very close to claim when trying).

They are 60 grand in Australia now but so is every other small SUV. I bought one of these and love it❤

I still think that the CX5 has dated well and Mazda have kept it fresh with small upgrades thru it's lifespan. I'd go a Zircon Sand as I think the new colour suits the size of the SUV with a bit of adventurous stance.

Still think its the best looking 5 seater SUV out there. Other brands go for gimmicky looks (eg: fake rugged RAV or fake sporty Kia). Mazda is not pretending. What you see is what you get.

Still have my CX5 2021 and it has 38000km on the clock. It is great to drive.

Love this review! Can you do a review on the 2022 CX-30 please?

I'm getting a cx5 White Sport Plus and it look phoenomenal with the black out roof, rims and mirrors with the 4 red piece on the grill

Great Video. You covered everything nicely. I’ve just bought the new CX 5 GT Turbo. I really love the new headlights looks much more aggressive than the previous model. Can’t wait to pick it up.

Thanks for a great review. I think it's aging well. However, I prefer it with the black rims and black wheel arches. Also I like the new Khaki like Colour that they have now.

Hi mate, my mum just bought a 2022 Akera. Very nice.

i think this car is very good especially the turbocharged engine and soul red colour

We opted for the 2022 CX5 AWD GT Turbo, just below the Akera but with the same engine specs. Had just over a month now. Things I love about it - the heads up display, very quiet inside the cabin, loads of pull from the engine and a great infotainment system. The seats are very comfortable and the memory function is great as my wife and I share the car. Things that aren't so great - it only has a 58L fuel tank so I'm having to go to the petrol station a lot more than I like, the electric boot is a bit slow to open and there are no shopping hooks (seriously!). I also find it really annoying that when I shut the engine off the accessories go off too, so I can't keep listening to the radio if I'm waiting to pick someone up without pressing the start button again to start the accessories. I hope their is a way, but the Mazda person didn't seem to know.

I own a 2018 cx5 diesel. Drivability is fabulous due to very well matched torque gearbox and engine power. Great for towing and it doesn’t recognise hills. Overall a very well developed package. Looking forward to CX70 3.3 diesel

5000 kilometres in the 2022 Akera diesel Man do they boogie And the wife’s turbo petrol Akera is beautiful also .

I have the 2019 cx5 turbo and I like it.

I think the Mazda still looks better than its rivals

Let's take a moment and appreciate the return of the red suitcase, no more black camera gear thingie😁😁😁... Where did Paul find it🤔

Great review as usual Paul! Personally, I don’t think this car is showing it’s age at all. I like it very much and I would probably buy this over the RAV4 if I was in the market. Although, I would love to see a MG HS PHEV review if possible? Thanks

The Akera in South Africa comes with a blacked out grill, gloss black wheels, black side mirrors , black roof headliner, gloss black wheel arches.

I have had several CX5 Akera's last two been 2.5T awesome cars very good value for the money, good quality with the finishes, waiting for my new one to arrive in soul red be here two weeks hopefully. Think the refresh on the new model keeps it up there with the others in the market.

Great review Paul. Would be nice to see you review the Akera Diesel version. Interested on your thoughts.

It still looks good 😊; I guess they are going for “ if it’s not broken, don’t fix it” 😅

i think they should at least update the interior similar to the cx30... the interior is starting to show its age in my opinion. All they have really changed is the infotainment screen and the head and tail lights.

Still the pick of the bunch especially with the Turbo

Hi Paul great review , thanks for the 0-100 km in 7.52 , was that on standard fuel , would presume would be a little quicker on 98ron fuel ? I noted your last alkera test review with the 21MY was 6.84 seconds ..

I think its a missed opportunity for Mazda not to also use the LED DRL's as LED Indicators. I think the vehicle otherwise looks great. Great review as always Paul!

the CX5 is the only car in its class that opens the rear doors to a full 90 degrees. the kia, Hyundai, Ford, Toyota etc don't do this.

Purchased the cx5 touring. My wife preferred the look and drive of the Mazda

The facelift has helped but it is starting to age a little bit. The 2.5lt turbo in the Mazda 6 absolutely pulls

I can’t believe you compared Mazda’s beautiful front end design to the Mitsubishi Outlander. Give yourself an uppercut immediately.

I got the GP SP ex demo back in May 2022. Love the car but regret I didn’t get the turbo version. The NA version is good but when you load it up with 4 adults and luggage, it becomes very asthmatic.

Waiting to get my CX5 Maxx Sport in sonic silver

Even Honda is adopting Mazda's elegant design with the Hrv Vezel. Still elegant looking and no fakeries 👍👏

That's great they have put in the wireless phone charging as I am using a cable from the centre console to the front for the phone charging. Great review again. Thank you.

If I was in the market for the mid size suv I would be choosing between the cx5 and rav4. Most likely I would end up with the cx5

In my opinion with the ew faceift it looks more premium but honestly in my opinion MAZDA is starting to become the BMW and MERCEDES of JAPAN .

all those futuristic 50k cars, Hyundai, mistubishi, Nissan, kia. look terrible, trying way to hard with crap feeling plastics. I'd prefer this cx5 anyday. aged very well with many updates, which is what I prefer. and the Akera interior ❤❤ I want

Nice review Paul. I’m looking forward to buy a CX-5 GT SP.

As always great reviews Team!

WOW ... I have the 2022, 2.5L. purchased in May '22. non premium model ( no sunroof, wood paneling, turbo etc) Mine does have touchscreen. Seems it much have disappeared when they went to the longer/lower screen 😥 Pleased I got the version I have. I love the car it's a great drive. The rear seats are ALWAYS in the down position as I do lots of carrying of gear in the back ( no kids to worry about) I have only 2 complaints about the car. #1 a significant safety thing -- Fan speed buttons use require taking eyes off the road to use them. They are small and located low down. Should have been a better placed rotary knob for ease of use and no eyes leaving the road. #2 the hinge section of the drivers seat, on the right side, digs into my upper right thigh and gets freakin uncomfortable on longer trips. I have had to put in cushioning under the seat fabric/padding to try and ease the problem ( partly successful) Other than those 2 things, it's an awesome car and would buy another CX5 any day ( switched from multiple Toyota cars over many years) I/m tall, around 6'2 to 6'3 and trying to find a car that has both head and leg room for me is difficult. The CX5 was spot on. Toyota could no longer compete cheers, Dave

When is the lx600 review coming?

Odd imho that the HUD has never got a mention?

Good style doesn't go out of style. I hope it looks like it does forever.

and it's gone up another 6 grand (Akera) since this review. In fact the GT sport, now, is a few grand more than this Akera in this review, just a few months later. Crazy. Mazda have lost the plot. It's now a 60 grand car. My sister got a relative bargain for her Akera Turbo at 53 a year back and I told her back then it was too expensive but it was still a hard time to buy a car.

Order two Akera Turbo petrol and turbo diesel

The CX-5 reminds me of any current model Audi. If you are not intimately familiar with the models, you wouldn't be able to tell which is the newer model compared to its predecessor.

We are all showing our age. It’s called maturing.

Check if this helps in understanding why rear diff has 1% extra speed than front

Hi Paul, it would be nice to show mid segment models since majority of consumers are in that segment, only 15% goes for top of the ranges.

An excellent all rounder with performance. Update is nice without going overboard. But I’ll wait for the new CX 50 before passing any hard earned cash over the counter.

Great review! But what's the difference between the last CX5 turbo review. In last review, 0-100 only used less than 7 seconds.

Love the upgrade, Oh and Space saver wheels should be illegal !

This needs the CX60 interior design

When will Mazda create CX5 Hybrid, I believe if and when they will have huge interest in the market place just saying gut feeling ❤

I’m stuck between choosing this, Rav4 for a Havel H6 GT. I work at Mazda here in Australia but we also sell a large range of other brands😩

U see how the lights illuminate on the speedometer while charging towards 100

Def not showing it's age. It just looks more "classic" in comparison to that hideous Outlander and Tuscon

great review Paul, sadly we don't get the turbo option in UK (bloody emission regs), so our CX-5 is rather gutless, with poor torque. At least now they offer the 2.5 (194PS/258Nm) engine, when i had my 2018 MK2 model, 165PS 2.0L was all that was available, if you didn't want diesel. I thought with the face-lift, the Skyactiv-X engine would have been used.

Still looks GREAT !!!

Interesting seeing a manual tac gauge for engine temp. Mums mazda 2012 didnt have one just a hot or cold engine light. Made a lot of sense to me, especially for the common persons car.

Do you have plan to update the CX5 data specially the noise level?

Keep up the good work

Aging like fine wine 🔥

Hi Paul, I am seriously considering purchasing the Turbo GT CX5 just wondering what your thoughts were on the Toyo Tyres the test vehicle was equipped with ?

Love it!!!!

The outlander is one of the ugliest in the segment for sure !

Hi Paul’s team. Can you do a review of the cx5 with the diesel engine?

my local dealership is quoting 56k for Mazda GT SP including on road cost with no cap price servicing. wondering if that's right ?

My wife has the original 2012 top of the range and it’s been a great car, how ever the 2ltr engine is way under powered and I think the engine and transmission speak two different languages. It’s always in the wrong gear.

Ive been on youtube looking for vids about mazda cx-5 2022 and like in here some youtuber did 0-60miles or 0-100km, however there are discrepancies between them. redline review and alex auto (used 2021 cx-5 but with same turbo engine) did 0-60miles in about 6.5seconds while carexpert n PDrive TV did in 7.5seconds. is it because different type of fuel being used or mazda used different engine for north america and australia?

good review!! I still see the i-stop feature on the dashboard... what opinion on this feature??

The headlights look better than the new pig-eyed things on the upcoming models.

Just bought this car it's gone up a few grand due to demand

What is the horsepower per ton of this vehicle? This is the best measurement whether this vehicle is under powered or not!

Go for Mitsubishi Outlander recently I have gone for Mazda showroom for cx-5 I was initially planning to purchase max sport it’s 43,000 but it does have back sensors and auto sensing key but in outlander they are offering the power talegate and everything

I think Mazda need to tweak their exterior design a bit more, otherwise it's a thumbs up for me

The fact that an awd 2.5L turbo takes over 7 seconds to get to 100kmh is pretty sad isn't it?

I would like to know this car and out back subaru 2022❔which one is GOOD ?

I hope this turbo engine is better than the previous cx7, nickname in the industry for those were bombs, always blew up around 100,000 KMs lol

Hi Paul, what are your thoughts between this CX-5 top trim vs the GV70 2.5T? Is the Genesis infinitely better than the Mazda in terms of luxury/features and driving dynamics? Thinking of picking one up as a company vehicle so the price difference isn't a deal breaker. Thanks.

Why didn’t you test in uphill road for awd as we test pickup?

I didn't realize how small the boot space is in these things, I was parked one space over with a CX-5 rear facing to me at the shops waiting for my wife and the young lady owner was loading her shopping into the boot, she squashed her bags down closed the boot then had to raise it re push things in then it finally closed, it wasn't that many bags at all.. These things are not ideal grocery vehicles especially for a large shopping haul. The CX-5 is so much smaller in person than online video/pictures. In comparison the Subaru Forester is so much bigger in person than in video/pictures.. The Forester has a way better boot space for shopping bags..

I have a 2021 cx5 but the istop sometimes is not working

I live in Britain and really want a cx5 but the engines we have here are terrible

Still looks good

Hi Paul great review is the CX5 apple car play wireless?

How does mazda still not have a digital drivers display.

The CX 5 sold in other parts of the world you can close the centre vents like the outer vents. Why don't we get that in Australia? Penny pinching for Oz? And also when is Mazda going to put DRL on all their cars instead of just the top models in Oz? Nealy all the other car manufactures have DRL across the whole range.

Mushy Suspension!? In Sep.22 I test drove the GT SP and appreciated the stiffer suspension all the reviews talk about. Coming from a Subaru it was a big deciding factor for me. Just picked up my 2022 Akera (built Oct.22) and have put 600km touring on it in 2 days. Have they changed the suspension or is the Akera tuned differently to the GT...for 75 year-olds (no ageism intended)? Yes it soaks up bumps but it wallows and dives through bends....not Zoom Zoom at all. Going in for the 1k service next week. Is there anything they can do to stiffen it up (please, please, please)?

Said it before and I’ll say it again. Why, oh why, Mazda Australia, can’t we have the turbo 2.5 and AWD in the Mazda3? I’d trade my now five year old Mazda3 Hatch for one in a heartbeat. If no Mazda3 Turbo, sorry Mazda, but I’ll be looking elsewhere.