[mnichols]

Read the respective forums on the models you are researching. I have driven a few Subaru models and feel they lack soul. Kinda like they are neutered from the factory. I have driven a few new CX5s as well. Wonderful driving and full-featured car but a search of the CX5 forum will reveal they have a paint problem due to lack of priming. My last Mazda, a 2015 Mazda3 was littered with paint chips after 50,000 miles. It was a mess. The Cherokee is a Fiat Chrysler product - need I say more. My last Chrysler product - a Durango - blew the engine at 3,455 miles and I wasn't treated very well by the company.

That's just my opinion on your 4 models. Naturally I bought the Passport after a 2-3 month study and numerous test drives of competitive models including the RAV4. I didn't even look at a Fiat Chrysler product or a Subaru.

Good luck with your decision.
Mike

 

[mnichols]

Before my Mazda3, I owned both a 1999 and a 2004 Miata. Both were great cars with no paint problems. It was that 2015 3 that had all the paint problems. All of my cars are garaged unless I'm driving them so sun bake is not an issue. Head on over to www.mazdas247.com and do a search for 'paint'. You can see what steered me away from another Mazda - in part. In all fairness, the CX-5 is too small for our needs and we would have considered the CX-9 but don't need a 3rd row. The Mazda is a great driving machine.