hi ever one.. i just bought a new 2012 mazda5 grand touring .i used to have a 2009 mazda5 grand touring . the 2012 mazda 5 is one of the best mazdas .i have ever driven and i have had 7 mazda over the years. the 2012 mazda 5 has the best seats of all the mazdas i have owned. they are wider softer and so nice to sit in on long trips ..they built a great seat not firm like the seats in the past mazdas i have owened .allso the heated seats on my new 2012 mazda 5 work 1,000 times better than the heated seats on my 2009 mazda 5 .they stay on all the time and go from warm to hot then back to warm then back to hot .great for long trips a + for me ...the dash is super .i like every thing about the dash much better then my 2009 dash every thing is easy to read .i cant belive how much better the new 2.5 dohc motor is a real wecome on big hills with 5 people in the van ..much better than my 2009 mazda 5 2.3 motor ..the best thing is the new suspension on the 2012 mazda5.. it handles super way better than my old 2009 mazda5 supension.. what a differnts .it feals more like a sports car .i have only had it two days and am very much in love with the car much better than the old mazda 5s of the past ..when ever i have bought a new car there was allways something i did not like on the car .but i cant find anything on ther new 2012 mazda 5 that i dont like lol ..i very much like the new looks of the mazda5 and if it gets the fuel economy like my 2009 did i will be very happy.. allso it is very quite going down the road you cant hear any road noise like my old mazda 5 spencerfvee