Mazda brings over its hottest Skyactiv turbo engine from the Mazda 6 and bigger brother, the CX-9 and shoehorns it into the Mazda CX-5 making a barn burner of a mid-sized SUV.

Over the years since the mid-sized Maxda CX-5 was first introduced back in 2012, this crossover has more or less kept Mazda afloat as its best-selling vehicle as of late by more than a factor of 2. Last month, Mazda sold 10,538 CX-5’s, more than two times more compared to the next best-selling Mazda 3 at 4635 3’s. So ya, this crossover is important for Mazda. Now, according to Mazda in an official press release they put out earlier today (Nov. 9, 2019) there’s a new one on the way and this one’s got a big ol’ turbocharged engine under the hood with enough oomph to play with the big boys.

Check out a couple of photos of this new CX-5 below.


The styling carries over from last year with Mazda’s iconic KODO design.

Standard under the hood is Mazda’s 2.5L Skyactiv-G engine with 184 HP and 185 lb-ft which is also an optional engine now in the new Mazda 3 we blogged about earlier this week.

But, new for 2019 is an optional 2.5 Turbo Skyactiv-G engine with a whopping 250 HP and 310 lb-ft at just 2,000 RPM. Mazda does give you the option to use regular 87-octane with a reduced horsepower rating of 227 HP which is great and all if you want to save a bit of money, it’s safe to do so.

Paired with this engine is a six-speed automatic which is a very good automatic, by the way. Mazda has tuned this automatic driving experience to be in line with its Jinba Ittai philosophy. That means when you want power and tip in the throttle, you’ll get an almost instantaneous response from its torque converter, which is locked through most of its operation. You know that feeling when you press your accelerator in an automatic and get a half second until your car lurches forward? Not in Mazda’s automatics.

The party piece for the CX-5 is Mazda’s new G-Vectoring Control Plus which varies engine torque in response to how hard, quick, and fast you turn. This balances out your crossover and provides a more stable suspension feel out of corners. You can read up more about this one-of-a-kind technology here.  Also, I’ve found an hour long lecture from the developer of the technology himself, which, if you can turn into an MP3, might low-key be a great podcast.

Pricing hasn’t been announced but expect the Maxda CX-5 to hang around its competitors with a similar MSRP of last year, around $24,000 for the base model.

Source: Mazda

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