Mazda 5 review from Consumer Reports

[crazomonkey]

I love the back design :)

[davidhalifax]

I still prefer the vertical tail lights from the previous design.

[protegetyupe]

Mazda cars are build to handle not over 10 years .

[kc2zxl]

These are probably made in Mexico, with lots of Ford components, leftovers from the Escort/Tracer days, simply put, not very well engineered. I just can see this thing falling apart after couple of years, I wonder if Ford still has a saying on how it's built. Mazda is one of those companies that have been left back in times never able to catch up; selling outdated technology.

[bigvirgotube]

@kc2zxl It's made in Hiroshima, Japan. And only in Hiroshima, Japan. Which stinks when you have a semi-major accident, and have to wait for parts. Like two months. Like I did. But I still like the car, and it hasn't had any parts sourced from Escort/Tracer...the 2.5 MZR is Mazda's take on the 2.5 that Ford uses in the Fusion and Escape. BTW, on what basis are you drawing your conclusions?

[saenzlopez]

it´s not hard to classify, its an MPV

[FantomLightning]

@saenzlopez Its not hard to classify for Europe and those markets but no one knows what the hell an MPV is over here in the states well they might think its Mazdas old minivan that this replaced...

[EpicallyEpicEgo]

Lol it's a huge friggin Chelsea Grin

[yummy1234098]

Finally an unbiased review from Consumer Reports...

[bigvirgotube]

I like the rear of this 5 over the last one..unless stacked tail lights give you the cool feeling of driving a 'tuner mobile'...as for the stacked console, I have no issues with mine, but I'm 5'11. And PLEASE..no more wimpy complaints about road noise...

[rickhamilton620]

I actually like it, why does every car have to look angry? :P

[Lexuslover123]

Finally! Hd from CR!

[igeekone]

I don't like driving a car with a cartoon face.

[313hotboi]

NOBODY WANTS TO DRIVE A BIG "SMILING" VAN! I SWEAR EVER SINCE FORD SOLD MAZDA, MAZDA HAS JUST BEEN SLOWLY GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.

[bwright1991]

It's a micro-van. See, not that hard.

[lexusES350h]

Not everybody in the world will agree with you and like the cmax. I actually like the mazda way more.

[reevsaj]

Why not just buy an estate car?

[bg1379]

@reevsaj

In Europe there are FAR more wagons than in America. Right now there is not ONE mainstream wagon being sold in America, and only the E-Class has a 3rd row.

[stwartfan123]

@reevsaj Because in the US, there are none that are in that price range, nor that nice.

[bigvirgotube]

@reevsaj When you say, estate car, do you mean station wagon? Cuz here in the US, the only makers of estate wagons are Mercedes, BMW, Acura, and VW--and they're offerings are a little more premium than a 5.

[heartlessvietboy]

That's not Mazda. That's American Wall Street Company.

[hobbles477]

Mazda's dumb =D design is realy pissing me off

[sssmeee]

lmao all mazda's look like the have a huge freakin grin

[Intechdude300]

The rear is so ugly in these & the interior quality is just terrible. The Ford C-Max version will make the Mazda5 look cheap & pointless.

[NadrianATRS]

I had to rent this car once. I wasn't too thrilled about being seen in it. I thought it was ugly.

[xoquixxoqafxo]

The rear end looks like someone who has a huge forehead!!

[planetsareoverrated]

ugly. like all new Mazda cars

[timothyln12]

the rear is hideous

[eskimochild87]

im not a fan of the new(er) mazdas

[crammage]

red piping on the seats?

[theZmanvolution]

good review

[rrfa5cy]

i hate how they dont tell you the numbers...cheap asses wanna make you buy it

[LTF85199]

CR please share some of the numbers too..