Mazda5 Interior / Cargo Flexibility Photos

[Sounbwoy]

Here are a couple shots. Getting ready for a gig. Contents include a full bass rig with a 2x10 cab and a 1x15 cab and the rack, the guitar amp, two pedal board cases (one hard, one soft), two basses, two guitars, bags, my son and the guitarist. Love this thing...Mazda5 loaded-resized1.jpgMazda5 loaded-resized2.jpg

[phunky.buddha]

Oh wow, didn't know this thread existed! Should have taken some shots today on the way back from the in-laws...

[SuperJETT]

That's a new way of putting two bikes on a rear rack. Is there any special reason why you don't rotate one of the bikes 180 degrees so the handlebars don't interfere? That way the bikes will not protrude as far from the side of the Mazda5.

Just saw this, because with the assortment of bikes that I put on it, it just works out better overall. With them staggered, I know the bars/pedals of one aren't going to interfere with the other no matter the combination of the 20", 24", either 26", the 29", or either road bike between the 5 of us. The picture is deceiving, they only protrude maybe 6" either side max.

[Wishmaster]

Not sure if anyone has tried or even does this on a regular basis... but I just had three rear facing car seats in our 5. I had our twins (18 months old) convertible seats rear facing in the second row and a infant rear facing seat in one of the third row seats. In order to make room, I had to slide the second row seat that was in front of the infant seat all the way forward... and so had to move the front passenger seat quite far forward as welll.

My wife was driving and even though there was not much space, her friend was able to sit comfortably in the front passenger seat. This was just a one-off event and wouldn't be practical to do regularly, as the only way to access the infant seat was front the rear hatch. But, in a pinch, it is possible to do safely and comfortably.

And with only one of the rear seats in use there was lots of room for all the kid/baby crap.

[mpvue]

I'm all too familiar with the 'you move a little forward' bit; when we got our M5, our oldest was 9 and the little guy was a newborn.
well, the 9yo is now a tall and lanky 12yo, and the newborn is a rambunctious 3yo (with the long suffering almost 10yo sister in between)
the 12yo wants to always sit up front now for legroom and there is constant fighting for the limited square footage. I'm hoping to keep the M5 for as long as possible, but the future looks like a FOrd Flex for family hauling duties and the M5 will become my commuter.

[Dave88LX]

[Neil B]

You have got to be the Dave from the Corral. I used to be on there quite a bit back in the day,went by "Quicklx". That dog on the left is Turbo right?

[coolmazda5]

We always complained about the limited space behind the 3rd row, until you need to hold your three medium pizzas steady. It works out great

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[Copper5gt]

Picked up from Sears - Nordictrack's largest treadmill, a 350 lb 40 degree incline treadmill. Placed a sheet of plywood over the cargo section, slid the shipping pallet right over it, cinched it across the back. Only complaint is I did get some damage to the rubber seal--but it was already cut up a bit.

[coolmazda5]

^^ Wow, even with the pallet. I bet the guys at Sears were like "Huh?"

[Wazigocar]

I really like the last pic of cargo. I hope I can get at least one of those someday to ride in my mzda5.

[m5pa]

Didn't think to take pics, but 3 2x8x8 will fit from front to back between the seats and you can shut the hatch, all though gear selection can be a challenge (automatic)