April Car and Driver mag did a six page comparo on CX-5 Sig vs Jeep Cherokee and Ford Bronco Sport. Surprisingly the CX-5 won.
Their only negative on the CX-5 was:
"We're not big fans of Mazda's infotainment system, which has poorly organized menus that can make even simple tasks difficult."
I agree with that 1000% !.

 

That's the truest statement I've heard about the systems in these cars to date. The ride, noise level, and handling of this car are top notch. The infotainment system I'd give a C- to a D. What a pain to do simple things. Coming from a Kia Optima EX to this is like going from a yacht to a row boat. If this was going to be my daily driver instead of my wife's, it would have probably been a deal breaker for me. I spend a lot of time in my car for work. I don't need more work fooling around with a badly designed system constantly going to the owners manual to learn how to use it. A 10 minute drive in our new 2016 Optima and I had everything figured out without opening the owners manual. Not so much the CX5. The interior design is very nice except for the touch screen. It seems it's being used in many interior designs these day, but to me it looks like someone glued a small iPad to the dash. It ruins a nice flowing feel into something that looks like an after thought. I still love the rest of the car, and more importantly my wife does, so it's easy to live with. As they say, happy wife happy life.

 

Agreed. I read the article, but I think they are being complimentary to the infotainment system. Its my wife's car, and she has no issue pulling over constantly to deal with it. Its a nice car to drive, but I can't stand it. The tiny heater controls , low down, on the dashboard, are even more distracting.

 

Agreed, even the previous generation infotainment system is not that great. Fingers crossed for the 2022 model year

 

I am wondering why they would do such a comparison. The Jeep and Bronco are totally different rides than the CX-5. Besides the infotainment system, what was the general thrust of the article?

 

Car and Driver values vehicles that handle well. They definitely liked the driving dynamics and also had praise for the interior which they felt has an upmarket feel for a car in the price range. They felt the CX-5 captured the Audi/BMW SUV style experience versus the rough and tumble style of the Bronco and Jeep. It was also the quietest of the group. The best crossover of the group. I guess since so many people buy these types of vehicles and never take them off road, they felt it was a valid comparison. They drove in some pretty deep snow and the CX-5 handled it.

 

Perhaps if the poster bothered to read the article he’d understand. Why should we post a summary for someone who appears to be too busy to read for himself?




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I'll answer your snarky reply. When I posted that, I was not able to locate that article. It's just that simple.
But if you bothered to read before typing, you can see that my question was already answered.

 

Another one for the ignore list. What a shame....

 

Oh, I'm so terribly dashed by your response.