The All New 2023 Mazda CX-5 Enhanced Crossover SUV

Looking for a compact SUV option to take you on life’s little adventures? Compact SUVs are great vehicle options because they offer you a lot of versatility. You can get great performance, plenty of features, good passenger space, and good cargo space—all while having a city-friendly size. 

The 2023 Mazda CX-5 is a compact SUV with much to offer you. This vehicle gives you a fun and exciting driving experience, plenty of great technology features for entertainment, and much more. Below, you can check out an in-depth look at this 2023 crossover SUV, and you can reach out to us at Autex Mazda with any questions you may have about this vehicle!

Exterior Styling and Features

The Mazda CX-5 measures 15 feet in length and has a curb weight ranging from 3,728 to 3,867 pounds. This vehicle has a smooth, athletic exterior style with smooth lines and beautiful colors.

It can be found in exterior colors like:

•  Soul Red Crystal Metallic
• Sonic Silver Metallic
• Eternal Blue Mica
• Deep Crystal Blue Mica
•  Jet Black Mica
• Machine Gray Metallic
• Rhodium White Metallic. 

The exact exterior look depends on the specific trim. For example, the 2.5 Turbo has a gloss black grille, red accents, 19-inch black alloy wheels, and a chrome black signature wing. 

This vehicle has exterior features like LED headlights, daytime running lights, and combination taillights. You have an adaptive front-lighting system, as well as high beam control. 

You can find automatic rain-sensing windshield wipers, body-color heated power side mirrors, rear privacy glass, dual exhaust outlets, a roof-mounted shark-fin antenna, and 19-inch aluminum alloy wheels with all-season tires. 

Interior Offerings

On the inside of the 2023 Mazda CX-5, you have seating for up to five people in two rows of seating. This vehicle offers you standard cloth upholstery and manually adjustable front seats. 

You can upgrade your interior to get leather upholstery, heated front seats, heated rear seats, ventilated front seats, and a heated steering wheel. 

In terms of interior cargo space, this vehicle offers you about 30.8 cubic feet of cargo space behind the rear seats. If you fold down the rear row of seating, you can get up to 59.3 cubic feet of cargo space. This vehicle comes with a manual liftgate standard, but a power liftgate is available to make loading cargo even easier. 

Under the Hood

Mazda vehicles offer a fun driving experience because they are expertly designed to make driving enjoyable. The Mazda CX-5 is no different. Let’s check out how this vehicle performs for you and what is under the hood below. 

• 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine – The base engine in the 2023 Mazda CX-5 is a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine. This engine gives you 187 horsepower and 186 pound-feet of torque. In terms of fuel efficiency with this engine, you get around 24 city and 30 highway miles per gallon. 
• Turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine – Your other available engine is a turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine. This turbocharged version bumps up your horsepower to 256, and you get 320 pound-feet of torque. For fuel efficiency with this engine, you get 24 city and 30 highway miles per gallon. 

Both engines are paired with a six-speed automatic transmission, and this vehicle comes with standard all-wheel drive. This SUV can also tow up to 2,000 pounds when it is properly equipped. 

Technology and Convenience Features

As described above, the interior of the 2023 CX-5 is high-end with great materials. It also is a very tech-savvy interior with many features that add entertainment and convenience. Take a closer look at some of these features below. 

• 10.2-inch infotainment system – Your Mazda SUV has a 10.2-inch screen for the infotainment system. It is a display, not a touchscreen, controlled by a knob on the center console. It is a large display screen, and it is easy to use and get access to all your information and apps. 
• Apple CarPlay and Android Auto – This infotainment system pairs with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to give you a lot of great capability. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connect your smartphone to your infotainment system to give you easy access to important things from your phone, like phone contacts, music, apps, and more. This gives you entertainment and capability through your vehicle, so you don’t have to be on your phone. 
• Bluetooth – Speaking of not being on your phone, the Bluetooth capability in this vehicle lets you be on your phone without having it in your hand. You can make hands-free calls to stay safer while driving and connected to your people. 
• USB ports – There are up to four USB ports in your Mazda CX-5. These help you charge devices and connect to your infotainment system. 
• Wireless device charging – With your car's wireless device charging capability, you can easily ensure your smartphone is always charged when needed. This feature gives you convenience and peace of mind, ensuring you have a charged phone when needed and don’t need to pack a car charger. 
• Navigation – The navigation system in your SUV can make it easy to get exactly where you need to go. This system can give you turn-by-turn directions to your destination. 
• Remote start – Start your vehicle with a button with the remote start feature. This means you don’t have to go out to your vehicle to warm it up. You can start it from the comfort of your living room. 
• Wi-Fi hotspot – You can also work and play on the go with the built-in Wi-Fi hotspot. This can keep people entertained and give you reliable internet access on the go when you need it. 
• Keyless entry and push-button start – You can also get keyless entry when you approach your vehicle with the key fob and a push-button start, making things very easy and convenient. 

All the technology above can keep you entertained and connected or offer extra convenience for your day-to-day life. However, there are also safety technology features in this vehicle that can look out for you and your loved ones; learn more about this in the next section. 

Safety Features

For the 2023 model year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety named the 2023 Mazda CX-5 a Top Safety Pick. They also gave them their highest rating of ‘Good’ in six crash tests. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave this SUV an overall safety rating of five stars. 

As you can see from those ratings, the CX-5 is safe for you. It is constructed in such a way to keep you safe, but there are also some great active safety features to help prevent a collision or lessen its impact. 

Standard driver assistance features in this vehicle include a rearview camera, automatic high-beam headlights, blind spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, lane departure warning, lane keep assist, forward collision warning, pedestrian detection, adaptive cruise control, and forward automatic emergency braking. 

You can upgrade to get additional safety features like parking sensors, a surround-view parking camera, driver attention monitoring, adaptive pivoting headlights, traffic sign recognition, reverse collision warning, and a head-up display. 

These active safety technologies use cameras and sensors to help prevent or warn you of collisions. For example, the blind spot monitoring checks for vehicles you may not be able to see and gives you a visual and/or audible alert if a vehicle is in your blind spot. 

Forward collision warning will alert you if there is a potential front-end collision or pedestrian in your path. This allows you to be even more aware of your surroundings and keep yourself and others safer. 

Find the Right Mazda CX-5 for You

As you can see, the 2023 Mazda CX-5 has many great features and capabilities to offer you. It is a great SUV option for many reasons. If you are considering upgrading to this vehicle, you have eight different trim level options for the 2023 CX-5. 

The eight trims for the Mazda CX-5 include the 2.5 S, 2.5 S Select, 2.5 S Preferred, 2.5 S Carbon Edition, 2.5 S Premium, 2.5 S Premium Plus, 2.5 Turbo, and 2.5 Turbo Signature. The first decision you need to make is which engine option you want for your vehicle. 

If you are looking at the turbocharged engine, you will want one of the two Turbo trims. If not, there are a  lot of great 2.5 S trims that offer you different standard features and capabilities. 

Looking to find the perfect model for you? Reach out to our experts at Autex Mazda. Our staff can help you determine which trim level is right for you, and we can set you up with a test drive. Reach out to us today!.