2008 Mazda CX-7

Not unlike fender vents and LED taillights, just about every manufacturer uses and, in some cases, abuses the crossover label for small car-based SUVs. After an SUV track record for Mazda that includes rebadged versions of the Ford Explorer (1991-94 Navajo) and Escape (2001-present Tribute), the company desperately needed a true competitor in the crossover segment that reflected its own “zoom-zoom” image. Read the rest of this entry »