Review: Mazda CX-7 (2007)

April 16, 2007 - We've been hopping in to a lot of these new-fangled "crossovers" lately, and to be honest, it's getting tougher and tougher to write about them. All of these "CUVs" kind of blend into each other and there are a limited amount of ways we can talk about these tall shoe-shaped wagons on stilts. Every single one of these CUVs shares the same basic traits: car-like build for a car-like driving experience, decent (but not a mind-blowing amount of) interior room and a shoe-like shape. We won't lie here: you can take any CUV review we've done in the past, change a few nouns and get a pretty accurate review of any other CUV we've driven - including the Mazda CX-7 we're reviewing today. We must stress that this isn't a bad thing; this "sameness" actually means that all of the CUVs we drive come very well-equipped and are decent to drive. Not mind blowing, but decent is okay considering the market. That said, we do know that the devil is in the details, so we'll do our best to talk about what makes the Mazda CX-7 unique. All we ask is that you forgive us if you read any sentences that sound eerily familiar...