2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD Long-Term Road Test

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2014 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring AWD Long-Term Road Test

Edmunds long-term update of the 2014 Mazda CX-5 includes discussion of the CX-5's highway mpg.

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nxtiak

My 2014 Touring w/Tech FWD, I drove from San Jose to Southern California Inland Empire area and while on the 5, went 70mph with AC full blast got 38MPG. Then 2 days of city driving (work) when I filled up it ended at 32MPG avg.

7driver

With the limited experience I have with a GT AWD, I've found the trip computer to be about 0.5MPG pessimistic versus calculating from the gas pump and the trip odometer. How about you?

greenpony

0.5 mpg pessimistic seems OK. My rule of thumb is +/- 5%. Within that range, then I'd consider the trip computer accurate enough. The trip computer in my car is sometimes a little optimistic, sometimes a little pessimistic, but always gives me a number within 5% of my calculated mpg.

banhugh

My 8th generation Accord is always optimistic, about 5-6%

craigist

EPA estimates are made by varying speeds according to a formula (car and driver has an excellent article about this). With its boxy shape, constant 70 mph in a CX5 will eat into the mpg a little bit. Central TX has a highway with an 85 mph speed limit, driving at 90 for a ways on it the computer had me at 24.5 mpg on level sections.

cx7lover

Mazda's MPG calculator has been pretty accurate since my 2012 Mazda6. It was always either under near or on point, never optimistic.