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That's not necessarily true. Mazda is going to lean to comfort way before handling since the vast majority of buyers would appreciate that more.Springs and shocks are designed to absorb pavement bumps and dips while maintaining tire contact with the road and controlling body motion to prevent loss of traction. All I'm saying, is for the best grip over uneven surfaces the spring rates should be well matched to the damping rates. This is undeniably true.
Claiming you can make the car grip better over bumps and dips by increasing the spring rate but leaving the OEM dampers in place implies that Mazda equipped the CX-5 with too high of a damping rate. Very unlikely due to the amount of suspension tuning Mazda did with the CX-5 at their test tracks.
Taller top heavy vehicles also benefit much more than the average car by dropping the center of gravity. After lowering a car like the CX-5 if basically feels like you put a much bigger sway bar on it without actually doing it.
The reality is that no one is pushing these cars to the limit and if you think you are you most likely don't really know the limit.