For parents, the car-buying process can seem like an impossible task — and it’s even harder if you’re a car enthusiast. Whatever you buy needs to be safe like an armored truck, spacious like a work van, and comfortable like a luxury sedan. That narrows the candidate pool to full-size SUVs. If you ask the car to drive well, too, that’s an awfully tall order. If anyone is up to the challenge, it’s the handling gurus over at Mazda. Like a lot of the brand’s vehicles, the 2023 Mazda CX-9 flies under the radar.