We're buying a new car as a graduation present for our daughter, and are considering several small suvs. We stopped by to look at the CX-5 and Outback. The salesman seemed bored and disinterested in us. Did you not want to deal with women? Did you think we couldn't afford a new car? This was a month ago. Nissan and Toyota have been bombarding us with phone calls and emails. We've been trying to talk our daughter out of the Nissan Rogue. Honda offered us a CRV at the Edmunds price (we didn't get it, my daughter said the screen was so far up front she couldn't see it). Consumer reports gave the Mazda a good score. I've read 2 glowing reviews in the last 2 days about the improvements with the 2014 model: I'm sold!! We'll be driving over to Avondale or Tempe to buy.