Edmunds Choice: Compact Crossover Comparison

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Edmunds Choice: Compact Crossover Comparison

Edmunds.com compares the leading five-passenger compact crossovers, including driving impressions, specifications, fuel economy and an infographic.

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stephensocal

No Mazda CX-5?! It's a great competitor, and superior in numerous categories!

sportgm1

Totally Agree. Where is the 2013 Mazda CX-5??? With it's Skyactiv Technology and 35 MPG Highway, It is best in Class, period. I am averaging 29 MPG in the City. Amazing!

mherschel

I refer to Edmunds alot for car information. But I totally disagree with the posted mileage of the Chevy Equinox. In city driving I got less that 18 mpg, and no more than 24 on highway. Traded mine in for a Hyundia Santa Fe (6 cyl.) in less than a year. More pep and better gas mileage.

alberio

How did edmunds leave off the Mazda CX-5...it's cheaper, same cargo capacity, MUCH better fuel mileage than all of these. And tows more than the CR-V. I am shopping in this segment and the Mazda's fuel economy is a huge edge.

suppin

I'm not sure the 35MPG Manual Transmission version of the CX-5 is a good comparison to the automatics in this group. a much more realistic comparison would be the 26/32MPG version of automatic Touring Mazda CX-5.

That said it should be on the comparison list! with it's fuel saving compatability it is one of the lowest cost to own SUVs available to us.

jr60

Again Edmunds drops the ball, CX-5 all the way!
I have been getting over 30 mpg with all the room i can stand.

EDMUNDS WAKE UP!!!!!

summerkiki08

How much did you guys pay for your CX-5 with or without tax?
I'm in market to purchase one.

lbjack

How bogus! A "comparison" without a Toyota entry? What, they didn't pay a "slotting fee" to get included?

showmequality

Must have 100,000 mile b-b warranty......
My one-owner TOYOTA 2001 4-RUNNER with over 301,000 miles and still a daily driver, Lexus GS 400 over 270,000 miles and still my #1 family driver, I recently rented a Toyota RAV on business travel ( needed some extra space ) boy did that vehicle ride like a rock, I thought that they had the tires improperly inflated, no it was just the way it's suspension was set up. After a couple of weeks I moved upto a 4x4 Tacoma crewcab, great ride (maybe longer wheel base and plenty of cargo area (only not covered). I plan on purchasing a new vehicle soon, thought about a Cad Escalade, but my one owner 2007 Tahoe has used over 1 QT of oil since over 70,000 CHEV SAID THAT IS NOT OUT OF THE NORMAL FOR CHEV. The 2002 Z-06 VETTE I owned was the last quality vehicle they produced. No German hi maintenance vehicles again SL's or D's. Never thought about Mazada, every Mazada I see is on it's last leg, a salesperson tried to get me to buy the hi line Mazada when I bought the LEXUS GS,, boy from what I see that would have been a big error. I always run high miles and expect the vehicle to last. Seems that LEXUS suv will be where I will start. Does anyone have a better up starting vehicle?

colonelmustard

I have to agree with most of the postings here. Writing an article about the new generation of (more) fuel-efficient crossovers and not including the Mazda CX-5 seems like an glaring oversight, and frankly makes the average reader wonder whether or not these articles are nothing more than paid-for advertisements.
If you are looking for a vehicle in this category, you would be a grade-A fool to not at least consider Mazda's newest entry. I drove ALL of them in this article, and in my opinion, none of them present a better value for the dollar. The fact that the Kia Sportage is evaluated here, while the CX-5 is snubbed, is almost laughable.

timdogcc

Devil's advocate....this post is for "compact" crossovers. Can the CX-5 be classified as a "compact crossover?"

I would love to see more vehicles compared here as I feel there are more in this category however I am sure that there is some specific reason why others were left off.

bpizzuti

Someone forgot to include the Mazda CX-5. Fail.