The Mazda CX-5 is Mazda's first car featuring the new KODO - Soul of Motion Design language first shown in the Shinari concept vehicle in May 2010. It is also the first vehicle featuring the company's Skyactiv Technology featuring a rigid, lightweight platform, combined with a new series of efficient engines and transmissions resulting in reduced emissions and fuel consumption. The model was first shown at the September 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.

The CX-5 will be available with both front and all-wheel drive, powered by a 2.0 petrol engine sporting 162 bhp/155 lbft averaging an estimated 48 mpgimp emitting around 139 g/km..
It will also be available with a 2.2 liter sequential turbodiesel

Turbodiesel

Turbodiesel refers to any diesel engine with a turbocharger. Turbocharging is the norm rather than the exception in modern car and truck diesel engines...

 with either 147 bhp/280 lbft or 173 bhp/310 lbft, emitting an estimated 119 and 139 g/km, respectively. Fuel consumption for the entry-level diesel engine with front wheel drive is 63 mpgimp.

The U.S. version of CX-5 is debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The only engine available when the vehicle is released is a direct-injected, 2.0-liter four-cylinder Skyactiv-G gasoline engine with 155 bhp, which is less than the 163 bhp first reported.

The Mazda CX-5 will replace the utilitarian Mazda Tribute

Mazda Tribute

The Mazda Tribute is a compact SUV made by Japanese automaker Mazda since 2001. It is jointly developed with Ford Motor Company and based on the front-wheel drive Mazda 626 platform, which is in turn the basis for the similar Ford Escape on the CD2 platform...

in the compact SUV segment which had become among Mazda's less charismatic offerings.