This is a comfortable and practical seven=seat SUV for families big and small
By Tace Clifford
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In the BabyDrive household this week, we are getting about in the 2023 Mazda CX-8. In all our previous years' testing, we have found the CX-8 to be a great seven-seat SUV for families, and one that should definitely be high on your list. This 2023 model has had a few updates that will make family use even more enjoyable, so let's take a look as we put it through our BabyDrive testing…
This 2023 model has been updated to have a larger media screen and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in all models.
The Mazda CX-8 remains one of the best seven-seat SUVs for families large and small when it comes to child seats, the Mazda CX-8 has five top tether anchorages and fits five full-size Infasecure child seats in all five rear seats.
In the second row, there are ISOFix points in the two outer seats…
…and top tether anchorages on the back of all three. They are quite far down the backrests so you often need an extension strap for rear-facing child seats especially.
In the third-row seats, there are no ISOFix points but top tether anchorages on the back of both seats.
Two full-size Infasecure child seats fit really nicely forward-facing in the third row using seatbelts and top tether anchorages. I installed the Infasecure Achieve More and the Aspire More in the third row of the 2023 Mazda CX-8. Yes that's five Infasecure child seats all in the one car!
The second-row seats of the Mazda CX-8 are split 60:40, and unlike many cars, the 40% section is on the kerb side of the car, which means passengers can access the third row more safely than in many seven-seaters. The 60:40 split also applies to the sliding mechanism which allows you can distribute legroom as you need to.
The Mazda CX-8 has a good third-row access mechanism. You can bring the second-row seats forward slightly with three child seats installed in the back of the CX-8 as long as the child seat on that side is installed using ISOFix rather than the seatbelt in the second-row chair you are moving forward. The gap for passengers to climb through to the third row is not big enough for an adult to get through however kids could easily do it.
I found it works best when you have a booster seat in the middle seat to allow the mechanism to come forward easily or if you only need four child seats then leave one of the second-row seats empty.
The driver's seat will also come forward quite far, which gives second-row central seat passengers a way to step through if you have rear-facing child seats in the two outer two seats.
Legroom is great in the Mazda CX-8 and a 182cm driver can sit in front of a rear-facing Infasecure Attain More in the second-row and a forward-facing Infasecure Achieve More in the third-row.
The rear doors of the Mazda CX-8 open really nice and wide making it easier to get passengers and child seats in and out of the back.
The rear doors of the CX-8 model I tested have built-in window blinds, which are great for keeping passengers shielded from the sun while driving and means no more towels or blankets trapped in the window!
Visibility is good from both rear rows of seats, as the windows are nice and large and you sit quite high so you can see out well, which helps with kids who get travel sickness.
The upgraded and updated media system in the 2023 Mazda CX-8 is not a touch screen and it can only be operated using the rotary dial down in the central console.
This updated 2023 CX-8 has wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as standard in all models. This makes it easy to access your phone for communication, Â navigation and listening to apps while driving.
The 2023 Mazda CX-8 has great reversing camera images that are clear and bright.
You can easily mute the parking sensors with a button by the driver's right knee.
The 2023 Mazda CX-8 has a wireless phone charging pad, in front of the gear lever.
There are charging sockets in all three rows of seats in the 2023 Mazda CX-8. A USB socket on each side in the third row…
…as well as two USB sockets in the phone tray in the fold-down armrest in the second-row central seat.
In the front, there are USB-C sockets in the central console box and a 12V socket in the front passenger footwell.
In the boot, there is another 12V socket on the right-hand side.
For families needing to use all three rows of seats, storage in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 is a little tight. When you are using all seven seats, we found the Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram with a seat will fit in the boot when in full fold.
The Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram with the Infasecure Adapt More Infant Capsule installed into the CX-8 will fit in the boot when in full fold with room for a couple of bags of shopping.
The Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram cart will fit in the boot when in full fold with three bags of shopping.
A compact stroller fits well in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 too if you are using all three rows of seats.
When you are using all seven seats, the boot of the Mazda CX-8 will hold six shopping bags, which is two more than the Kia Sorento which holds five, one fewer bag than the Hyundai Palisade and Nissan Pathfinder which will both hold eight and three less than the Kia Carnival, the will hold ten shopping bags. The Mazda CX-9 is a bit larger with the third row up, holding seven bags in the boot.
When you are only using five seats the boot of the Mazda CX-8 is huge and will hold 17 shopping bags. All sizes of single, tandem or double prams and strollers fit. From empty it has enough room for seventeen shopping bags, which is comparable to the Kia Sorento which also holds seventeen, the Nissan Pathfinder which holds twenty, the Hyundai Palisade which holds twenty-one and the Kia Carnival that holds twenty-six shopping bags. The Mazda CX-9 also holds 17 bags in the boot.
The Jiffle Wagon versatile 6-in-1 pram with its seat fits nicely in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using the first two rows of seats, with lots of room for eight bags of shopping. The Jiffle wagon holds up to 60kg of cargo inside the wagon too so you have heaps of extra storage and you don't have to unload it to put it into the boot.
The Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram with its bassinet fits nicely in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using the first two rows of seats, with lots of room for five bags of shopping.
The Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram with its cart fits nicely in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using the first two rows of seats, with lots of room for eleven bags of shopping.
The Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram with its Infasecure Adapt More Infant capsule installed into the CX-8..
…fits nicely in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using the first two rows of seats, with lots of room for eleven bags of shopping.
If your family has a fur baby, then you will comfortably transport a large dog in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using the first two rows of seats.
Storage for passengers in the 2023 Mazda CX-8 is good throughout all three rows of seats. In the third row, passengers get double cup holders on both sides that will fit a refillable water bottle or reusable or disposable coffee cup or a mobile phone fits too.
In the second row, there are two cup holders that will hold a coffee cup and a storage tray and charging sockets for rear passenger phones in a fold-down armrest in the central seat back.
The rear door bins are a good size and will hold a refillable water bottle and an iPad fit in them too.
There are map pockets on the back of both front seats that will hold and conceal an iPad.
Front passengers in the Mazda CX-8 have good storage too, there is a lined sunglasses case in the ceiling, which is fabulous as most modern cars are doing away with this, leaving drivers nowhere for their glasses to go.
There are two cup holders in the central console that will hold a reusable or disposable coffee cup.
The central console box in the CX-8 is a good size as is the glove box that will hold an iPad and wallet with the manual.
The front door bins will hold a refillable water bottle and an iPad fits too.
There are air vents in the back of the central console box for the second-row passengers but none in the third row for the third-row passengers.
There are climate controls in the front central console panel where parents can also control the second-row climate which is helpful.
The Mazda CX-8 I tested has press-button open and lock front doors, which made going to and from the car much easier when carrying my child and all their things too!
I really enjoy driving the Mazda CX-8, it drives beautifully and with a smaller footprint than a people mover, it makes it easy as an everyday car for school drop offs etc.
With five child seats in the back visibility is a little bit tricky from the second-row windows back so I definitely relied on the rearview camera when parking and manoeuvring.
For a seven-seater SUV, the Mazda CX-8 is a great choice for families big and small. It will really comfortably hold five Infasecure child seats without them feeling squashed or crammed in, few cars match its practicality and it is a fantastic BabyDrive!
The Mazda CX-8 scored a five-star ANCAP safety rating in 2018 and has six airbags as standard. The Mazda CX-8 has a great seatbelt removal visual so you know if anyone in the back has removed their belt!
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BabyDrive Indepth - Storage
How good is the storage in the 2023 Mazda CX-8? How big is the boot of the 2023 Mazda CX-8?
When only using five seats, the boot of the Mazda CX-8 is enormous. I could fit 17 bags of shopping in the boot of the Mazda CX-8, which is comparable to the Kia Sorento which also holds seventeen shopping bags, three less than the Nissan Pathfinder which holds twenty, four less than the Hyundai Palisade which holds twenty-one and nine less than the Kia Carnival which holds twenty-six shopping bags. The Mazda CX-9 also holds 17 bags in the boot.
The boot space and its functionality are really important. I like to have a big boot space and little side wells or areas I can divide things into. So something I don’t want to move around while I’m driving such as Bub’s lunch bag or her wet swimming gear can be sectioned off in a little well where it’s not going to spill or get squashed by the rest of the things in the boot.
Hooks for securing shopping bags to are also favourites of mine, I like being able to secure the bag containing more fragile things like eggs so they don’t move around on the journey.
I measure the boot space in freezer shopping bags, prams and dogs. Not because I think all there is to a mum’s life is food shopping, prams and dogs. (Although it can feel like it sometimes!!) But because these are visually mesurable items we can all associate with. For me, the car company boot measurement of litres ia not an amount I can easily visualise and 400L in one car may differ in usability to that in another due to the configuration or shape of the space.
A side-by-side or twin pram fits in the boot of the CX-8 with nine shopping bags around it.
The Jiffle Wagon versatile 6-in-1 pram with its seat fits nicely in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using the first two rows of seats, with lots of room for eight bags of shopping. The Jiffle wagon holds up to 60kg of cargo inside the wagon too so you have heaps of extra storage and you don't have to unload it to put it into the boot.
The Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram with its bassinet fits nicely in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using the first two rows of seats, with lots of room for five bags of shopping.
The Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram with its cart fits nicely in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using the first two rows of seats, with lots of room for eleven bags of shopping.
The Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram with its Infasecure Adapt More Infant capsule installed into the CX-8…
…fits nicely in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using the first two rows of seats, with lots of room for eleven bags of shopping.
If your family has a fur baby, then you will comfortably transport a large dog in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using the first two rows of seats. The boot floor is nice and flat so good for emergency nappy changes too!
When using all seven seats the boot space in the Mazda CX-8 is still a usable size. I could fit six shopping bags in there. For comparison the Mazda CX-9 is a bit larger with the third row up, holding seven bags in the boot.
For families needing to use all three rows of seats, we found the Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram with a seat will fit in the boot when in full fold.
The Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram with the Infasecure Adapt More Infant Capsule installed into the CX-8 will fit in the boot when in full fold with room for a couple of bags of shopping.
The Jiffle Wagon 6-in-1 pram cart will fit in the boot when in full fold with three bags of shopping.
A compact stroller fits well in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 too if you are using all three rows of seats.
When you are using all seven seats, the boot of the Mazda CX-8 will hold six shopping bags, which is two more than the Kia Sorento which holds five, one fewer bag than the Hyundai Palisade and Nissan Pathfinder which will both hold eight and three less than the Kia Carnival, the will hold ten shopping bags. The Mazda CX-9 is a bit larger with the third row up, holding seven bags in the boot.
You could fit a small dog in the boot of the Mazda CX-8 when using all seven seats but they may find it a little difficult to see out.
Storage inside the Mazda CX-8 is good in all three rows. For passengers in the third row, there are double cup holders on each side, they will hold refillable water bottles and coffee cups or a phone fits well in them too. There is also a USB port above them for charging devices.
In the second row of the CX-8, there is a fold-down armrest in the central seatback with a phone tray, USB sockets and two cup holders. The cup holders are the right size to hold a reusable or disposable coffee cup and a refillable water bottle fits in there too.
There are map pockets on the back of both front seats, they will hold and conceal an iPad.
Second-row passengers can charge their devices with two USB-C sockets in the back of the central console box.
The rear door bins will comfortably hold a refillable water bottle and an iPad.
Front passengers have larger door bins that will fit a water bottle and iPad with space to spare.
There are two cup holders in the central console that hold reusable coffee cups and water bottles.
In front of the gear lever is a wireless phone charging pad too and a 12V socket on the side of the central console in the passenger footwell.
Behind them, the central console storage box is a practical size and has two USB ports. There is a 12V socket in the boot too and plastic storage areas on either side behind the wheel arches.
The Mazda CX-8 has a good-sized glove box and will hold an iPad and my wallet with the manual.
There is a lined sunglasses case in the ceiling of the CX-8 and there are lit vanity mirrors in both front visors too.
BabyDrive Indepth - Noise
How noisy is the 2023 Mazda CX-8? How good is the media system in the 2023 Mazda CX-8?
This model 2023 Mazda CX-8 has been updated to have a larger media screen and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in all models. So you can easily access your phone's communication, navigation and listening apps while driving.
It is not a touch screen so you control it using the rotary dial down in the central console.
You can adjust the volume of the vehicle's alarm warnings in the sound settings screen, which is great news for parents.
The reversing camera image is lovely and crisp and clear in the 2023 Mazda CX-8.
The parking sensors in the Mazda CX-8 are very BabyDrive friendly, you can turn them off with a button situated by the driver's right knee. The lane departure warning button is also situated in this same button panel so you can turn that on and off too if you wish.
Becoming a parent I soon realised there are some noises and sounds I feel are unnecessary and I could happily live without if it meant my baby stayed asleep!!
That often the distraction of my screaming, distressed baby is more dangerous when driving than not having a lane departure warning for example.
If it is the lane departure warning beeping that creates distress with my baby then which is safest?
It’s where I think we need to be able to strike a balance and choose when we can mute the warnings or swap them to a vibration in the steering wheel or flashing light perhaps?
A lot of these noises come with the increase in technology and especially linked to safety features and alerts. For me these all have their place.
Another thing I have realised is I spend my time in a lot more places where small children roam, parks, beaches, play gyms, swimming lessons, daycare centre etc. I have become more aware that when I’m reversing or manouvering in the car parks I have to tripple check for small children running around behind me or being in my blind spot when reversing. For this I LOVE reversing cameras, I just don’t like their beeping sounds!!
I have become so much more aware of safety and potential accidents or hazards since having a child and so I love the peace of mind that I get from the cameras and sensors combined with my own vision from windows and mirrors as I don’t trust cameras alone.
Also situated in this panel of buttons is the auto engine cut-out switch, it’s called i-Stop in Mazdas, and I find it is great to be able to turn that off as well so it doesn't disturb sleeping bubs by cutting out the engine at every traffic lights or junction.
I find this function really disturbing for sleeping babies, you have just got your baby to sleep in the car and you stop at lights and the engine turns off sometimes they will stay asleep but when the engine shudders to a start again it shakes baby awake and all your efforts are ruined!! Even coming to a stop at lights with the engine running can be enough to wake a sleeping child so turning the engine off and on again will definitely do it! I have driven routes I know have roundabouts rather than lights just to avoid coming to a stop for any length of time!!
The indicator volume is quite quiet in the CX-8 so I didn’t find it affected my kids while they were sleeping.
The Mazda CX-8 has a wireless phone charging tray in front of the gear lever.
The windows and doors open and close quite softly and quietly in the Mazda CX-8 and wouldn't disturb little sleepy passengers.
With baby asleep you can get in and out without worrying the doors will be too noisy. The same for the windows their mechanism is not too noisy and I didn’t notice them having a loud opening or closing sound. With baby asleep you want to be able to get in and out without worrying the doors will be too noisy and wake Bub up!
You can lock all the windows from the driver's door control panel but not the doors. The doors seem to lock automatically and you have to open the driver's door to unlock the others.
There are of course individual child locks on each of the rear doors.
The Mazda CX-8 is now available as a petrol or Diesel engine. This model has an updated suspension which equates to improved manoeuvrability for the driver and an even nicer ride and comfort for passengers. It is a lovely and quiet car to drive, very easy and everything feels intuitive for the driver and it's a smooth ride for all the passengers. It has a small footprint for a practical seven-seat family car so it is easy around town to park in tight school and supermarket car parks.
There is a great rear seatbelt removal visual and alarm in the Mazda CX-8 on the central dash, it lights up to let you know exactly which seatbelt is removed while driving.
BabyDrive Indepth - Car Seats
How many child seats fit in the 2023 Mazda CX-8?
The Mazda CX-8 is one of the few seven-seat SUVs with five top tether anchor points!! There is one in each of the five rear seats which is fantastic news for large families.
In the second row, the two outer seats have them within plastic guides and the central one is at the bottom of the seat back, not in a plastic guide.
In the third row, they are within plastic guides and are nice and easy to connect to and reach through the boot.
There are ISOfix points in the two outer second-row seats, they are within plastic guides and I found them easy to connect to.
I could fit five Infasecure child seats in the Mazda CX-8!
In the second row I installed the Infasecure Adapt More Infant Capsule, the New Momentum More 0-4 child seat forward facing and the Infasecure Attain More beside it. The seats fit very comfortably three across the second-row seats in the CX-8. The headrests are easily removable in the Mazda CX-8 which is important as I know fixed headrests obstruct the fitting of some child seats.
In the third row, I installed two more Infasecure child seats, the Achieve More and the Aspire More both forward-facing. Both had ample space around them.
Third-row access is quite good for little ones in the CX-8, you can slide the second-row seats forward, which gives you just enough room for a little one to squeeze through the gap.
For families needing to have five child seats installed realistically you need to uninstall a child seat in the second row and bring the seat back forward in order to climb through and for an adult to reach through and do up the child restraints. The second-row seats are split 60:40, the 40% being on the kerb side which is great. If you have the child seat in this chair installed using the ISOFix rather than a seatbelt you can slide it forward with a child seat still installed, this works best if you only have two child seats installed in the second-row seats.
Legroom is really good in the CX-8 and I found that with a rear-facing Infasecure Adapt More Infant Capsule in the second row and either a 180cm passenger or a forward-facing Infasecure Achieve More behind it in the third-row seats we could comfortably fit a 184cm driver in the front.
Posting Bub into their seats from outside the car is fine, the rear doors of the CX-8 open really wide which makes it easier to take children, child seats and passengers in and out of the back of the car.
From inside there is plenty of room for getting Bub in and out of the child seats.
Australia being a country of weather extremes- blazing sun and torrential rain, mean you may find it easier to put Bub into their seat from inside the car sometimes. If it’s hot you can get the air-con going, cool the car down and not stand out in the sun while you fasten them in or shelter from the rain and not get soaked yourself whilst you’re doing it. So it is important to test whether Bub can be easily installed from either direction!
With only one child seat installed in the second row, there is plenty of room for feeding bub in the back.
All the seats are upholstered in dark leather which makes children’s mess, sand, spills and crumbs easy to clean.
BabyDrive Indepth - Drive & Comfort
How comfortable is the 2023 Mazda CX-8 as a family car?
The seats throughout the Mazda CX-8 are very comfortable, the front seats electronic adjustment with buttons on the sides of them.
The second-row seats are well padded and comfy too, even the central second-row seat back is not too hard but you do have to straddle a small hump in the central footwell. The second-row seats slide on a 60:40 split to enable you to distribute legroom.
The second-row seats have heat controls in the rear door panels. These are rather enticing for little fingers to fiddle with!
The third-row seats are surprisingly comfortable in the CX-8. The seat bases are longer than in the VW Tiguan Allspace and there is more kick room under the second-row seats. The headroom is good up to about 180cm.
Legroom is great in the CX-8 and we found a 184cm passenger could sit in the front and third-row seats with a rear-facing Infasecure Adapt More Infant Capsule installed in the second row.
I found I could not wear a ponytail while driving because the headrests were not adjustable forward and backwards only up and down!
I had spent hours styling my hair this morning to get this ponytail just right too… said no new mum ever!!!
The steering wheel is fully adjustable in/out and up/down.
The cruise control buttons are on the right-hand side of the steering wheel. They are simple and easy to use and the cruise control is relatively accurate and kept to the set speeds quite well on both fast, straight roads and on slower undulating roads; only going about 4/5kmph either side of the set speed.
The digital display in front of the steering wheel shows the distance to empty for the fuel, which is really helpful for parents.
The distance to empty display becomes extra important as a mum because getting fuel with a baby is a whole new world of difficult. If they are screaming in the car you definitely do not want your journey prolonged with a fuel stop! If they are asleep the turning off of the engine, doors opening and locking and unlocking, then re-opening the doors and closing, starting the engine again, beepers going off because you haven’t got your seatbelt on when you start the car or because you blink in the wrong direction, do you take them out of the car when you go in to pay? If you do will you get them back in the seat again or will they have a complete meltdown and you’ll be stuck on the fuel station forecourt with a screaming baby!! Hopefully you are starting to gather the anxiety that what was once a simple fuel stop can be for a mum!!!!
For this reason the distance to empty display can let you know if you have enough fuel to make it home with bub and then go out and get fuel another time when you will not have to take Bub with you.
The 2023 Mazda CX-8 driver head-up display is really clearly projected into the windscreen in front of you showing your speed and it also shows your Apple CarPlay sat nav instructions which is very helpful so you don't have to look away from the road.
There are four air-con vents across the front dashboard; two in the centre and one at either end.
For the second-row passengers, there are two in the back of the central console storage box and controls, that are reachable by the driver too.
The Mazda CX-8 has no third-row aircon vents, unfortunately.
The climate controls are situated above the phone charging pad. You can control the rear aircon from the front and turn it on and off which is great for parents.
Visibility in the CX-8 for the driver is impaired from the second-row windows back, on both sides when you have five child seats installed and the windows slope up towards the back of the car.
With child seats installed in all three second-row seats, visibility out of the rear window is very limited so you need to rely on the reversing camera when manoeuvring and parking.
One thing I have noticed since being a mum is I hate it when I reach a destination or get home from being out and Bub has either done really well in the car or she is screaming her head off and I have done really well to keep it together for the entire journey (usually the latter!!) and it takes 10 minutes to park the car! It can be really stressful. Usually I dread when we get big cars as they take longer in our tight apartment block carpark, the Mazda CX-8 was a little tricky to reverse park because of the lack of visibility with five child seats installed however the clear reversing camera image and small footprint made it easier than some seven-seat SUVs.
In the front, both passengers have lit vanity mirrors in their sun visors. The visors are not extendable though.
The rear interior lights are press-activated and situated in the central ceiling. I couldn't reach them while driving, unfortunately.
I have found Bub does not like travelling in the dark in the car so if it gets dark whilst travelling then I reach back and turn the interior light on for her. So it’s really important for me that I can reach the rear ceiling light.
Also if I am traveling home and it is getting near to bed time and I DEFINITELY DON’T want her to fall asleep in the car as even a 5minute nap in the car means bed time is all over!!!! I lean back and pop the light on so it’s not dark and try to keep her awake!! Along with screaming/singing at the top of my voice!!!
It is also useful when there are lights situated above the doors where the handles are usually positioned. These are good for when putting baby into their child seats when visibility is poor, so you do not have to reach across them to a light situated in the ceiling centrally etc.
I have found the CX-8 great to drive, it feels very intuitive and smooth.
There are handles above the second-row doors which are well-positioned to hang a child's toy from. There are USB and 12V sockets in all three rows of seats for passengers to charge devices while travelling.
The interior of the 2023 Mazda CX-8 is modern and pleasant with dark upholstery, dash and trims throughout. It feels much more pleasant than the previous model I tested.
The model CX-8 I tested has a keyless entry and a powered tailgate.
BabyDrive Indepth - Safety
The Mazda 2023 CX-8 has six airbags as standard. Dual frontal, side chest and side head-protecting curtain airbags. All three seating rows (outer seats) have head-protecting side curtain airbags.
The Mazda CX-8 scored a five-star ANCAP safety rating in 2018 getting a very good Child Occupancy test score of 87%. ANCAP said of the Child Occupancy Crash testing:
In the frontal offset test, protection of the 10 year dummy was GOOD with the exception of the neck which provided a POOR level of protection. For the 6 year dummy, protection was GOOD.
In the side impact test, protection of both child dummies was GOOD.
The Mazda CX-8 is fitted with lower ISOFix anchorages on the 2nd row outboard seats and top tether anchorages on all seats in both the 2nd and 3rd rows. Installation of typical child restraints available in Australia and New Zealand showed that most child restraints could be accommodated in most rear seating positions.
The CX-8 scored 96% for Adult Occupancy Testing. ANCAP wrote of the testing:
The passenger compartment remained stable in the frontal offset test. Dummy readings indicated ADEQUATE protection of the driver’s chest and lower legs. Protection of the front passenger lower leg was also ADEQUATE. Protection was GOOD for all other critical body regions for both the driver and front passenger.
In the full width frontal test, protection was ADEQUATE for the chest of the rear passenger and GOOD for all other critical body regions for both the driver and rear passenger.
In the side impact test and the oblique pole test, protection offered to all critical body regions was GOOD and the vehicle scored maximum points in these tests.
The low-speed autonomous emergency braking system (AEB – City) showed GOOD performance across all test scenarios.
As standard the Mazda CX-8 comes with active bonnet, adaptive cruise control (ACC), adaptive headlights, anti-lock brakes (ABS), auto emergency braking (AEB)- city, interurban and VRU, automatic emergency call (eCall), automatic headlights, automatic high beam, blind-spot monitoring (BSM),  daytime running lights (DRL), electronic brake-force distribution (EBD), electronic stability control (ESC), emergency brake assist (EBA), emergency stop signal (ESS), fatigue reminder, forward collision warning (FCW), hill launch assist, lane departure warning (LDW), lane keep assist (LKA), rear cross-traffic alert (RCTA), rear collision avoidance systems camera and auto brake, roll stability system, speed assistance, smart key, trailer stability control, tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) on vehicles 2019 onwards.
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About Tace Clifford
Tace Clifford founded BabyDrive in 2017 after discovering a huge information gap in mainstream car reviews that left new parents and expanding families in the dark when it came to one of the biggest purchasing decisions of their lives.
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