*In my favorite class of vehicles, I had the chance to take the 2025 Mazda CX-5 Carbon Turbo for a spin. After previously enjoying the CX-50 on a joyride, it’s difficult to compare the two directly.

JD Power has published numerous CX-5 reviews since Mazda last redesigned it. However, since 2019, the year a turbocharged engine joined the lineup, every one of those reviews discussed the more ...

Mazda? Yes Mazda. That’s what the new TV ads ask and answer. Their message is to remind buyers that Mazda is a seriously good option that they may have forgotten about. There was a time when Mazda was ...

The Mazda SUV lineup is pretty straightforward in its naming convention. There’s the CX-30- CX-50, CX-70, CX-90 and the CX-5. Yeah, the CX-5 doesn’t quite seem to fit. The CX-5 is a holdover from ...

Shouldn't Mazda be done with the CX-5? Almost four years ago it introduced the slightly larger CX-50 as the apparent successor product. Built in the Mazda-Toyota assembly plant in Huntsville, Alabama, ...

I have practiced my Japanese daily since reading James Clavell's Shogun. I yearn to return to Japan someday, and I can't believe it took me 35 years to dive deep into Blackthorne's adventures.