Best Compact SUV: Mazda CX-5
Mudfest will be returning to the DirtFish Rally School for 2013. Here, NWAPA members will have an opportunity to drive today’s hottest crossovers and SUVs on a variety of test surfaces. New this year is an epic technical offroad course that will challenge any production vehicle!…

The heavy hitting 4×4 SUV market isn’t as significant as it was during the early years of the Mudfest event. However, the sport utility vehicle and crossover market is nonetheless a weighty portion of American automotive sales. Around late March each year, NWAPA members gather for two days in a remote and muddy location to test—both on and off road—the driving prowess of the industry’s latest SUV and CUV creations.…