“This thing is a tank,” Griffiths said of the CX-5. “I broke trail through the heavy snow on the street so my wife could get out to the main road in her car. The Mazda plowed right through it, with its ground clearance and all-wheel drive I just put it in gear and off I went.
“It never got squirrely, and it never broke traction during any of the days I drove it in the heavy snow. Kudos to Mazda for their all-wheel drive system.”
Griffiths spent a week in the CX-5, and his was the top-of-the-line special 100th Anniversary edition, a vehicle that received special badging and other refinements to commemorate the automaker’s century of production. As mentioned, the 100th Anniversary CX-5 is available only in Snowflake White Pearl paint. Inside, the seating surfaces are covered in Garnet Red Nappa leather. With the delivery charge, but before taxes, his tester rang in at $45,600.