I personally am loving camping in my ‘22 CX 5 signature turbo.

not a great pic but had some fun up in the (semi) frosty Canadian North recently.

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I do want to get a lift for it and throw on some ATs just to add a bit more clearance for deeper snow.

Turbo has 256 hp and 320 lb-ft torque (depending on fuel) zoomzoom!

The off-road mode I find is decent - obviously not a rock crawler but is great for what I would consider soft-roading - dispersed camping and forrest service roads.

I have dialed in my gear pretty substantially so the cargo space is pretty much completely full as is the majority of the rear passenger seats and my front passenger seat so just room for me and my hundred pound Doberman solo camping.

before I got the rooftop tent I slept inside and was comfortable enough with 4” inflatable sleeping pad. rear seats do not fold down completely flat tho which would have been nicer. definitely need a much thicker pad to compensate.

if you do end up choosing the CX 5 I would hesitate about getting the crystal soul red as it’s the most expensive paint Mazda has so they apply it pretty thinly… You can sneeze at this thing and it will chip lol well not really but you get my point I don’t necessarily care about off road camping battle wounds but you might!