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An antidote for such acceleration ills has arrived in the form of Mazda’s higher, 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine, that arrives regular in the Touring and Grand Touring models in the 2014 model year. (The 2.0-liter goes on within the Sport trim and, unlike the 2.5, which is obtainable just with a six-speed auto, may still become particular with a six-speed manual.) Although bigger by half a liter, the recent mill bumps output by 29 horsepower and 35 lb-ft of torque. So endowed, our CX-5 cracked off a 7.6-second 0-to-60 time and knocked down the quarter in 15.8. Welcome improvements to be certain, but at the cost of a bunch of mpg.

Our long-term 2013 CX-5 Touring AWD with the 2.0-liter and automatic has averaged a good 28 miles per gallon in mixed driving, however the 2014 2.5-liter test car returned only 21 mpg. Full disclosure: Approximately 40 percent in the mileage inside our 2.5-liter test car was gathered in foot-to-the-floor, no-quarter-given driving from the backwoods of northern Michigan. More restraint on the accelerator could yield results closer to the official EPA mixed number of 26 mpg. Both engines are rated to tow around 2000 pounds, adequate tugging power for personal watercraft and small cargo trailers.

But the numbers only tell a part of the story. Whereas the 155-hp, 2.0-liter CX-5 is a willing but weak companion, the 184-hp, 2.5-liter car is a little an instigator, cutting and running in traffic situations that the base car would best wait for the wider opening. All the chassis goodness with the 2.0-liter CX-5 remains, along with the linear response and feedback with the electrically assisted steering are arguably best in class. It is a well-balanced, cogently damped package that follows through on turn-in with the routine predictability of an Michael Bay summer blockbuster.

However the braking components are away from exotic-single-pot calipers throughout, 11.7-inch vented front rotors and 11.9-inch solid rotors in back-Mazda has tuned the setup well, and our CX-5 2.5 stopped from 70 mph in 166 feet.


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