Mine feels like a sedan compared to my Grand Jeep Cherokee. I am honestly very impressed with Mazda for getting this level of handling out of 8.5" of ground-clearance. Or rather, I should say I am impressed that they "went there", since it's not hard to do, it's just impressive that they skewed things that hard to accomplish it! Sortof like how Ford had mushy suspensions under their 99-04 mustang GT's. They refused to cater to performance-minded drivers. They "wouldn't go there" because it would hurt sales. Same with the Crown Vic vs. the Caprice from 1994-1996. Mazda, on the other hand, has "gone there", and to hell with sales. Which are actually doing pretty decent for a company Mazda's size!
I think this has to do with the proliferation of BMW and other European "Drivers" vehicles becoming more mainstream. People are starting to want handling more and more, and the pillow-ride is less appealing.