Ride & Handling
The Mazda5's steering response is designed to engage the driver. A turn of the wheel delivers a quick change of direction, and there's a fair amount of feedback. The suspension is on the firm side, but it provides a tolerable ride even on the broken pavement that's prevalent near Cars.com's Chicago headquarters.
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Interior
Each Tribute carries five people on twin bucket seats up front and a
three-place, 60/40-split, folding rear seat. Tributes have a floor-mounted
gearshift, and the standard 100-watt CD stereo can f ...
Accessory Socket
The ignition switch must be in the ACC
or ON position.
Only use genuine Mazda accessories or
the equivalent requiring no greater than
120 W (DC 12 V, 10 A).
CAUTION:
To prevent accessory socke ...
Design
At launch in 2007, Mazda's sports crossover SUV featured an advanced design
that gave it an emotional appeal usually reserved for sports cars. Taking this
as their basis, designers of the facelift ...


