I've narrowed my search down to these two. Both are nice, and both have their drawbacks. My wife and I drove a 2016 CR-V yesterday. It had the 2.4 liter engine and it was a dog. 0-60 seemed like it took about 30 minutes. We don't need Dodge SRT acceleration, but come on, the thing at least needs to be able to get out of it's own way. I haven't driven the 1.5 turbo yet, it's supposed to have a little more power, but I typically don't like tiny engines with turbos. They have to work harder than larger displacement, naturally aspirated engines. Another problem with the CR-V is availability. CR-Vs in the EX trim level are almost nonexistent. There are tons of LX models, and EX-L models, but the LX lacks options we want, and the EX-L has leather seats (which we hate), and is way too expensive. We haven't driven a CX-5 yet, but they look very nice inside and out. I'm hoping it's 2.5 liter engine makes it accelerate better than the CR-V. My complaint with the CX-5 so far is every single one I've found for sale has a black interior. We hate black interior because they're so hot in the summer time. Didn't Mazda make any of these with lighter colored interiors?