Mazda is about to join a fight so vicious you have to question the automaker's sanity.
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By James Healey
The 2013 Mazda CX-5.
Not only that, but the Japanese car company has decided to start from scratch, not only creating a new vehicle, but also basing it on the newly developed and challenging technology blueprint that Mazda calls Skyactiv.
The result is Mazda's 2013 CX-5, a small crossover SUV due in February to battle entrenched favorites Ford Escape and Honda CR-V, both of which are getting overhauls and therefore, presumably, will be even more popular.
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Perhaps Mazda also could try standing on its head, humming Ride of the Valkyries while hitting fastballs off Yankee closer Mariano Rivera. Just to keep things interesting.
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2013 Mazda CX-5 bravely takes on CR-V, Escape