CarBuyer awards the 'Best Winter Car' to the Mazda CX-5 SUV.

• Carbuyer has named the Mazda CX-5 ‘Best Winter Car’ in the 2015 Carbuyer Best Car awards.
• Carbuyer Award categories are based on the most popular online car searches.
• 2015 Mazda CX-5 upgraded range includes six all-wheel drive SKYACTIV-D diesel models.
• All-wheel drive CX-5s are offered in SE-L, SE-L Nav and Sport Nav trim.

Leading online car review site Carbuyer has named the Mazda CX-5 ‘Best Winter Car’ in their annual Best Car awards. With award categories that reflect what buyers search for online, Carbuyer has recognised the four-wheel drive CX-5’s combination of all-wheel drive grip and excellent efficiency.

“The Mazda CX-5 offers all you could want in a car for winter, but its excellent fuel economy, handsome design and fun-to-drive persona means it also has year-round appeal” commented Carbuyer Editor, Stuart Milne.  

Thanks to Mazda’s award-winning SKYACTIV technology, and its all-encompassing focus on lightweight and efficiency through advanced engine, chassis and transmission technology, the 2015 Mazda CX-5 is a compact SUV that delivers outstanding fuel economy and low CO₂ emissions without compromising performance or driving dynamics.

“No other vehicle in the Mazda range demonstrates the value of SKYACTIV technology more clearly than the Mazda CX-5” commented Mazda UK Sales Director, Peter Allibon. “It has allowed the company to build a Compact SUV that delivers outstanding fuel economy and low CO₂ emissions without compromising either performance or driving dynamics. And now, for 2015, significant enhancements and standard equipment upgrades make the Mazda CX-5 more price-competitive than ever before.”

Powered by Mazda’s SKYACTIV-D diesel engine and offered with a choice of manual or automatic transmissions, the all-wheel drive CX-5 is available in three trim levels - SE-L, SE-L Nav and Sport Nav.  With prices starting at £25,995, SE-L and SE-L Nav cars feature the 150ps SKYACTIV-D diesel engine, while the range topping Sport Nav is equipped with the more powerful 175ps version. Regardless of power output, the manual and automatic models emit just 136 and 144g/km respectively. All 2015 Mazda CX-5s benefit from i-stop, Mazda’s smooth operating and fuel-saving smart idle-stop system.

The 2015 Mazda CX-5’s advanced four-wheel drive system features variable torque distribution and precise slip detection, giving a front/rear torque split ranging from 100/0 to 50/50 percent, ensuring the CX-5 delivers the traction and grip needed for reassuring winter motoring.

On sale in the UK from 1^st April 2015, the 2015 Mazda CX-5 features significant interior trim and standard equipment specification upgrades, as well as exterior enhancements.

The standard equipment specification of every model in the CX-5 line-up has been enhanced through the addition of manual front passenger seat height adjustment, an electronic parking brake, a coming home/leaving home headlight function, and the company's Multimedia Commander with separate volume dial for safe, intuitive interactivity and infotainment control.

A new 7-inch, full-colour, centre console touch-screen incorporates DAB radio, two ports for USB connectivity and MZD Connect. Paired with a smartphone, MZD Connect makes it easier to take advantage of functions such as internet connectivity and access to social networking services.

Top-of-the-range Sport Nav models benefit from new exterior features including 19-inch Gunmetal alloy wheels, LED headlights including LED daytime running lights, and LED foglamps. On board, an already comprehensive Sport Nav standard equipment specification is further bolstered by a new Integrated Navigation system which offers greater accuracy, improved search features and three years of free map updating.