Between 50-60,000 miles my regularly dealer serviced, carefully driven 2012 Mazda CX5 has had major repairs twice - the first for a hydraulic problem which Mazda agreed to repair under warranty and the second was a complete failure of the oil system. This require 10 days at the garage and ultimately a £2,000 bill. Mazda deemed the latter problem to be a "normal" expense that "owners should expect". This is nonsense and is a failure of the technology crammed into these high fuel efficient cars. Beware and ask your dealer before buying a CX5 if this is indeed an expense you should expect! In fairness to my dealer, they offset £500 because they did not accept the problem as "normal".

I currently do 1000 miles per week and now have a 5 day old car that has been back at the dealer twice with faults. 1) Sat Nav has intermittent fault and seemingly Mazda do not have a resolution yet. System does not always load. 2) Engine warning light came on after 893 miles. 3) Fuel consumption is very poor, 38 mpg with motorway driving at 70 mph. The car is comfortable on long journeys and is very easy to drive, problem is I keep getting lost thanks to a very poor Sat Nav system.

To know how good is it, give it a test drive and feel it for yourself. Feeling it is better than a thousand words. Say no more, just do test it.