Interior Features of the Mazda CX-5

The CX-5, a compact crossover SUV, remains Mazda’s most popular vehicle due to its luxurious feel at an accessible price point. Though its cost places it within a fairly mainstream class of small SUVs, its sleek, high-tech interior design allows this Mazda to stand out among its competitors. While the CX-5’s all-wheel drive and optional turbocharged engine are certainly highlights, its interior is where it truly shines. Let’s take a closer look at the main elements of the CX-5’s interior, including its comfort, technology, safety, and overall design.

Overview of the Mazda CX-5’s Interior

Whether you’re headed on a trip to the beach or driving your everyday commute, the Mazda CX-5 provides a luxurious, upscale experience at an accessible price point. This compact SUV offers comfortable seating for five and adequate cargo storage space for your adventure gear or luggage.

In addition to its sophisticated, comfortable interior design, it’s decked out with plenty of driver-assistance features to increase your confidence and create a safe and enjoyable drive. To top it all off, the CX-5’s advanced technology elevates your daily commute to a new level. With eight trim levels available to choose from, you can customize your CX-5 to your liking and preferences. Overall, for Orange County urbanites and suburbanites alike, the CX-5 is well worth consideration.

Luxurious Design and Top-Quality Materials

While its price point is mainstream, the interior of the Mazda CX-5 is anything but. With upscale materials and a sleek design, the SUV’s cabin brings sophistication to every drive without breaking the bank. The standard trim level features cloth-trimmed seats and a leather-wrapped steering wheel and gear selector. More premium material upgrades include leatherette or Caturra Brown Nappa leather-trimmed seats, genuine layered wood trim, and a black cloth headliner.

The interior also features more premium add-ons, such as a moonroof with an interior sunshade, a frameless auto-dimming rearview mirror, a windshield-projected Active Driving Display, and an overhead console with an LED room light and a downlight.

High-Tech Features and Additions

Advanced technology is one of the highlights of the Mazda CX-5. Aside from its many safety features, the CX-5 offers several other features for improved comfort and convenience, such as the 10.25-inch infotainment display operated by a rotary controller, steering wheel controls, and voice activation with natural speech recognition. As an added benefit, there’s a free three-year trial for Mazda Connected Services, which allows you to remote start your vehicle, view the exact location of your car, and check its health status reports via your smartphone.

In the premium trim levels, there are even more high-tech features you could add, including in-car Wi-Fi, access to emergency services, and a head-up display that projects driving directions onto the windshield. The CX-5 also offers an optional 10-speaker Bose audio system in addition to the standard inclusion of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity.

Comfort and Convenience: The Driver Experience

The CX-5’s interior is designed with comfort and convenience at its core. Many features, such as the MyMazda app, improve both the driver and passenger experiences. This app allows you to start your engine remotely and return to your last temperature setting, which is perfect for cooling down the car before you load up the family. The vehicle finder feature on the app is also a handy addition, meaning you’ll never lose your car in a parking garage again.

The interior offers other comfortable assets, including a quiet cabin at highway speeds and a reclining rear seat bench. Additionally, there is the option to add more features, such as dual-zone automatic climate control with a pollen filter, rear air conditioning, and power windows with a one-touch down/up button.

For added convenience, there’s plenty of room to fit everything comfortably, with up to 59.3 cubic feet of cargo space. There are also multiple cubbies and cup holders around the cabin, including a center console with a storage bin, front seatback pockets, front and rear door bottle holders and storage, and a rear seat center armrest with cup holders. Higher trim levels also include LED illumination in the glove compartment and overhead console.

Driver-Assistance and Safety Features

Aside from the basic safety features, such as passenger weight sensors, child-safety-seat anchors, and a three-point seatbelt in each available seat, the CX-5 offers several advanced safety features, from structural to technological. The SUV is built using a ring structure unibody construction and side-impact door beams, ensuring all your passengers stay safe in case of an accident. There are also dual front airbags with seatbelt use, front side-impact airbags, and side-impact air curtains for rollover protection.

For the driver, the CX-5 provides various assistance features, including Mazda’s i-ACTIVSENSE technology with advanced smart city brake support, day- and night-time pedestrian detection, and traffic jam assistance. Additionally, the CX-5 features blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alerts, Mazda Radar Cruise Control with Stop & Go, adaptive front lighting with pivoting headlights to accommodate turns, lane-departure warnings, lane-keep assistance, and a driver attention alert system.

Shop the Mazda CX-5 at Mazda of Orange

If this deep-dive into the Mazda CX-5’s luxurious interior, impressive tech, and thorough safety features has piqued your interest, our Mazda of Orange dealership provides new, certified pre-owned, and used Mazda vehicles in Orange, California, and the surrounding areas. Along with the CX-5, we offer a range of new models, including the MX-5 Miata RF and the Mazda3 sedan, as well as an ever-changing inventory of pre-owned vehicles.

Our dealership also provides a multitude of financing options — value your car for a trade-in, lease a new vehicle, or get pre-approved for an auto loan. Whatever your financial circumstances, we’d love to help you get behind the wheel of a Mazda vehicle. For more information on financing, visit our online finance center.&

Mazda of Orange’s friendly and knowledgeable team is available to answer any questions you may have about buying or selling. Contact us today at 888-721-2956 or send us a message online to begin your journey toward driving the high-quality vehicle of your dreams.

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