A New Midsize SUV Goals To Transfer Mazda Upmarket
The all-new 2025 Mazda CX-70 two-row, midsize SUV provides seating flexibility, interesting exterior and inside design and three electrified energy vegetation. This Flash Drive is from our having spent a number of hours within the CX-70. Clear Fleet Report will follow-up with a deep-dive Street Check evaluation, after being within the CX-70 for per week and driving a number of a whole lot of miles. Till then, right here is an summary of a brand new SUV designed to assist transfer Mazda into the premium section.
Propulsion Choices
The 2025 Mazda CX-70 has three propulsion choices and 7 trim ranges that may be combined and matched with the engines.
- Turbo: 3.3-liter inline 6-cylinder mild-hybrid engine, with 280 horsepower (hp) and 332 pound-feet (lb.-ft.) of torque. Gasoline financial system is EPA rated at 24 mpg metropolis/28 freeway/25 mixed.
- Turbo S: 3.3-liter inline 6-cylinder gentle hybrid. That is essentially the most highly effective mass manufacturing gasoline engine provided by Mazda, placing out 340 hp and 369 lb.-ft. of torque when working on 91 octane. EPA rated at 23/28/25. The 48-volt mild-hybrid system with each 3.3L engines helps with effectivity and clean acceleration from a standing begin.
- Each engines use a drive-by-wire 8-speed computerized transmission with driver selectable drive modes and a manual-shift mode. The rear wheel bias all-wheel drive system is customary on all CX-70 fashions.
- Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV): 2.5-liter non-turbocharged inline-4 mated to a 100 kilowatt (kW) electrical motor has a mixed 323 hp and 369 lb.-ft. of torque. The rechargeable 17.8 kilowatt-hour battery helps this mix get 25 miles per gallon in hybrid mode and permits 26 miles of all-electric driving vary. Each of those numbers are on the low aspect in comparison with aggressive fashions, which might be is one thing Mazda engineers are taking a look at enhancing.
Mazda provides the charging twine, so by plugging into a typical family outlet these are the charging occasions, going from discharged to a full cost.
- 120V Stage 1 – 11 hours
- 240V Stage 2 – 2.2 hours
- 480V Stage 3 – Not Out there
The Stage 1 cost price will top-off the battery by plugging in it at bedtime, similar to you do each night time with a cell phone. There is no such thing as a thriller about the way to keep away from gasoline stations for a lot of your in-town driving.
Design Cues
The CX-70 exterior, using Mazda’s Kodo: Soul of Movement design theme, has a refined look with a restrained grille and engaging LED entrance and rear lighting. The design proportions, with quick entrance and rear overhangs, embody a clean physique with out cladding, accents of piano black and black chrome alongside the decrease doorways, entrance and rear decrease fascia, roof rails and a honeycomb grille.
The CX-70 is available in six exterior colours—Melting Copper Metallic, Poly Steel Grey Metallic, Rhodium White, Zircon Sand Metallic, Soul Crimson Crystal and Jet Black Mica, with all however the final having a premium worth added.
The roomy inside seats 5 adults with the seats coated in leatherette or leather-based, lending a premium feel and appear. The middle console is extensive and deep, and the rear seat passengers get guide retractable aspect window shades.
Eight inches of floor clearance permits a transparent outlook on the highway. Even with the facility panoramic sunroof there’s ample headroom for 2 six-footers up entrance and two or three adults within the second row.
The entrance seats are energy adjustable with warmth and air flow. Rear passengers get a middle armrest with cup holders, air flow vents and heated seats. The hands-free energy rear elevate gate, with programmable top adjustment, opens to 50.1-inches of cargo house with the second row upright; with the rear 60:40 seat folded flat it provides 97.5-inches of house.
Expertise
The lengthy and low sprint has a easy, clear, logical structure, with three data screens. The 12.3-inch digital cluster show has two easy-to-read spherical gauges with black faces and white letters framing a multi-information show for the odometer, common gas financial system and plenty of different readings. The second display is a configurable head-up show that exhibits velocity, highway velocity limits and different vital driving data.
Lastly, the 12.3-inch full-color middle infotainment show has a display for the audio, navigation, rear view digital camera and automobile controls. The usual 8-speaker audio system is on the bottom Turbo Most popular trim, whereas all others get the 12-speaker Bose system. All have AM/FM HD/Pandora radio, SiriusXM and wi-fi Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. The infotainment show is just not a touchscreen until utilizing Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.
The SMS textual content messages by way of audio supply and reply is a comfort characteristic as is the AT&T 4G LTE Wi-Fi by way of Mazda Join.
On Street Expertise
Clear Fleet Report attended the CX-70 media launch program in Desert Scorching Springs, California, the place we stayed on the secluded “wellness escape” Two Bunch Palms that features an Al Capone Suite as a result of native lore says the notorious gangster purchased the property as his Western hideout. A very good story that provides some thriller to this oasis in the midst of the desert.
We drove each the Premium Plus trims of the CX-70 Turbo S and PHEV fashions. As might be imagined, the Turbo S was clean and quick, doing precisely what a premium SUV ought to do. The trip was regular, the cornering sharp and the acceleration able to get it on. My time with the Turbo S was on flat highways, so it should wait till I can get on this mannequin later to check what it may possibly do on mountain and nation highway twisties.
The CX-70 PHEV drive was a very totally different alternative; I requested it to deal with the difficult Palms To Pines Scenic Freeway. Nicely-known to Southern California driving fanatics, the complete route is 67 miles, however we solely drove about 40 or so miles to check the CX-70’s climbing, braking, acceleration and, after all, dealing with.
Our journey started on Freeway 74 in Palm Desert at 200’ elevation and wound to 4,518’ as we handed the quaint berg of Mountain Middle with a inhabitants of 63. The vacation spot for most individuals is the alpine village of Idyllwild, the place guests go in the summertime to beat the scorching desert warmth, and within the winter it caters to snow fanatics.
The CX-70 comes customary with i-Lively AWD and Clever Drive Choose, which Mazda calls Mi-Drive, permitting the motive force to pick out drive modes—Regular, Sport, Off-Street and Tow. The sleek-shifting 8-speed computerized transmission instantaneously makes use of driving knowledge, based mostly on the chosen drive mode, to ship one of the best traction in all situations. It additionally has paddle shifters for extra guide management.
In my expertise it was simple going, confidently taking most corners quicker than the posted velocity restrict. The CX-70 PHEV is a pleasure to drive in these situations, particularly when utilizing the brake regeneration to easily negotiate corners with out chomping on the brake pedal. Descending almost two miles with the CX-70 PHEV mechanically defaulting to elect mode, the contact display confirmed a read-out of 99.9 mpg (its default max) and a median power effectivity of three.5 miles per kW. Sunroof and home windows open was the right solution to, in my case, go from Pines To Palms.
Security
The CX-70 comes with i-Activesense that gives an intensive record of normal and elective security options, together with entrance, aspect and air curtain airbags, four-wheel energy disc ABS braking system, dynamic stability management, traction management, adaptive cruise management, rear view digital camera, tire stress monitoring system, blind spot monitoring, lane departure warning and lane hold help, rear cross visitors alert, rear parking sensors, and an anti-theft alarm and engine immobilizer.
Pricing
The Mazda 2025 CX-70 is available in three fashions and 7 trim ranges. These costs embody the obligatory $1,455 vacation spot and dealing with price.
3.3 Turbo
- Most popular $41,910
- Premium $47,355
- Premium Plus $50,355
3.3 Turbo S
- Premium $53,905
- Premium Plus $57,405
PHEV
- Premium $55,855
- Premium Plus $58,905
Observations: 2025 Mazda CX-70
Mazda launched three new electrified energy vegetation on its flagship 2024 CX-90 three-row SUV when it was launched in 2023. The 2 gentle hybrid engines are notable, however not almost as brand-shifting because the plug-in hybrid. As effectively, over the previous a number of years Mazda has been pushing the model in direction of a extra premium place, shifting it up a bit in automobile qualities in addition to the shopper expertise on the vendor.
What we’ve seen is Mazda persistently makes the best-handling automobiles and SUVs that aren’t marketed as sport fashions. This comes from the model’s halo automobile, the MX-5 Miata having an extended fame for its dealing with and efficiency with Mazda being high-level competitor in sports activities automobile racing.
In our quick time driving the 2025 Mazda CX-70 Turbo S and PHEV, we had been impressed. The construct high quality meets the premium positioning for the model, and the dealing with was true to Mazda’s former branding slogan of “Zoom Zoom.” The efficiency was proper the place the corporate needs it to be with the Turbo S, and the PHEV offers shoppers the choice of all-electric driving. Go to your native Mazda vendor to see how the 2025 CX-70 matches your driving way of life.
Mazda didn’t benchmark the CX-70 in opposition to these rivals, however they informed us the Lexus RX, BMW X5 and Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe will probably be crossed-shopped with the CX-70. It could be a stretch, however then once more perhaps not as a totally optioned CX-70 Premium Plus PHEV, with the elective $450 paint cost, won’t price a lot lower than a comparable mannequin than a number of the fashions on that record. Clear Fleet Report at all times enjoys our time driving a Mazda, which is strictly what Mazda must do—get shoppers to drive one, at which level they are going to be taught what we’ve through the years—that Mazda makes nice driving automobiles.
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Story and pictures by John Faulkner.
