The Mazda CX-5 finished the past year as one of the best-selling crossovers in Canada, and the stat shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who’s driven one. Gorgeous, refined, and comfortable, perhaps the only missing piece of the puzzle was a more powerful engine. Well that’s changed for 2019 as the model undergoes a mid-cycle refresh happening primarily under the hood and inside the cabin.
“What’s different? We’ve put the 2.5-litre turbo in there from the CX-9; upgraded the GVC (G-Vectoring Control) system, which has a new algorithm, previously working just on turn-in and now on turn-out as well; re-tuned the suspension; and it finally has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto,” summed up Dave Coleman, Mazda USA vehicle dynamics engineer at the CX-5’s first drive event in Whistler, B.C., just before the holiday break.
