To the casual observer, Mazda appears to be on a hot streak. The new 6 is great and just beat the Honda Accord in our comparison testing. The CX-5’s 43,319 sales in 2012—the highest for a Mazda crossover in nearly a decade—helped propel the company to its best year since 2007. The company expects 300,000 U.S. sales in 2013, a mark it hasn’t hit in almost 20 years, and in February, its stock soared 12 percent on increased 2012 profits, a huge gain after four straight years of financial losses. READ MORE ››
