I'd rather a Kia Stinger AWD competitor. RWD is easy, and everyone has one who makes a car, AWD is where you can weasel into that market, IMO.
Honestly though, I have zero interest in a car assembled in America our of Mexican made parts. I'll still buy a CX5 made by Japanese workers in Japan, thanks.
Why? because I've owned American cars, and I've owned JDM cars. The workmanship is not comparable. The small parts are not comparable. s*** made in Mexico and China stuffed into American cars is just that. s***. Do you know how many Mexican/Chinese junk parts I have had to replace in American cars? The only way I feel I can get around that sort of swill is to buy JDM or German, and German is $$$ and us Germans like to make complex mousetraps, so I've gone over the the JDM side of things. As far as I know, the US market CX5 is nearly a 100% JDM sourced and assembled product, and it really shows.
https://www.american.edu/kogod/research/autoindex/2018-autoindex.cfm
ZERO percent Mexican.
I know Mazda has a Chinese plant, but cannot find if those CX5s are China market, or if they make parts of US bound CX5's, as well.