![]() The forward AEB has pedestrian and cyclist detection and works at high and low speeds for other vehicles. You get wired Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as well as DAB+ digital radio to keep you entertained.įive-star ANCAP safety from 2017 comes courtesy of: Mazda has taken BMW’s 2007 view that the rotary dial is enough – and it is – but it would be nice if was also a touchscreen. It’s a cracking set-up and the only problem with it (as far as I am concerned) is that it looks like it should be a touchscreen but isn’t. The Akera features the new widescreen version of Mazda’s media software as seen in the Wheels COTY-winning CX-30. You might get one with or without, so if that’s important to you, make sure you speak to your dealer. Your near fifty-four grand outlay nets you:Īt the time of writing – and due to you know what – the Akera, like the GT SP, loses the gesture activation on the tailgate. ![]() You can have the 2.5-litre naturally-aspirated petrol ($50,880), the 2.2-litre turbo-diesel ($53,880) or the 2.5-litre turbo-petrol ($53,380), which is the one we’ve got. This CX-5 Akera is one of three versions available. We’re at the top of the range with this review, a car few CX-5 owners choose – well, around ten per cent – with possibly the most intriguing engine in the line-up and the second highest price you can pay for a CX-5. You can get a manual 2.0-litre front-wheel drive Maxx if you’re patient or right at the top of the range you can get the Akera 2.2-litre turbo-diesel and plenty of carefully yet narrowly defined choices in between. In typical Mazda style, your choices stretch well into the double digits. ![]() The CX-5 comes in a wide variety of specifications, with front-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, three petrol engines and a diesel. I originally wrote “decade and a half” because it’s such a fixture on our roads, so I’m glad I checked. ![]() Partly because the CX-5 has been around forever and mostly because Mazda has sold them by the boatload over the last decade. ![]() When you mention another vehicle in the segment to someone who isn’t all that interested in cars they’ll say, “I don’t know that car. The Mazda CX-5 is one of those cars that everybody knows. ![]()
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