Need a three-row SUV? Uninspired by your options? The Mazda CX-9 might be it.
Who doesn't love perfect lighting? (Image c/o Mazda USA.) It was 2018. My wife and I received the news that we would be expecting our first bundle of joy by Thanksgiving. What does that mean to most suburbanites? Well, in the U.S. it apparently means that its time to shop for an SUV. No matter that a traditional sedan can still handle almost everything you need, or that a modern luxury-sport wagon (see 5-series and E-class) can haul everything a crossover SUV can, while being 10x better to drive. Nope , apparently the high seating position and road presence of these modern family haulers lends itself as the default answer for your soccer-mom needs. Are we going off-road with all this ground clearance and utility? Oh, you meant the speed bumps at Whole Foods....sigh... I know a little about cars and what's available out there. I also know that a modern day car-based three-row crossover is not the do-it-all answer that most people think it is. In fact a mini-va...