2018 Mazda CX-5 Spy Photos – News – Car and Driver
2018 Mazda CX-5 Spied: Round Two for One of Our Favorites
What It Is: The next-generation Mazda CX-5, spied wearing some rather psychedelic camouflage and shot near a 7-Eleven selling “classic chicken” sandwiches for $1.99. The CX-5 compact crossover SUV is Mazda’s best-selling model, and the next generation is nearing production.
Looking more evolutionary than anything, the redesigned CX-5 emerges to wear an all-new version of Mazda’s five-point grille. While the grilles on Mazda’s fresh CX-9, updated Trio, and six have endpoints that flow into the headlights, the fresh CX-5’s headlights show up to sit atop the grille’s endpoints while also merging with the shape’s upper lip.
Despite having a side-window graphic almost identical to the current car, the fresh CX-5 should benefit from a modest growth glob. While we don’t see the fresh CX-5 vying for the crown for most available cargo space among compact crossovers, we anticipate the fresh car will be able to more cozily fit people and their things within its cabin. That interior, by the way, should share some design cues with the fresh CX-9’s digs, as well as its full-color head-up display.
Why It Matters: The CX-5 is Mazda’s moneymaker. Its success permits the petite Hiroshima company to invest in other vehicles including the MX-5 Miata and in technology such as G-Vectoring Control, not to mention extra efficiency advancements that help the current CX-5 achieve as much as thirty five mpg on the highway.
Platform: Expect the fresh CX-5 to rail on a significantly revised version of its current platform. Given that the CX-5’s driving practice is one of our dearest aspects of the current car, we’d be content to see only mild revisions here.
Powertrain: Mazda is hard at work on its next generation of Skyactiv technology, dubbed Skyactiv Two. Mazda CEO Masamichi Kogai recently told Automotive News that the fresh, more efficient platform and powertrain technology will be introduced in early 2019. Given this, we expect the two thousand eighteen CX-5 to launch with improved variants of its current Two.0-liter and Two.5-liter engines, perhaps suggesting slightly better fuel economy and a few more horsepower. Front- and all-wheel drive again will be available, and we hope the CX-5 will proceed to suggest a manual transmission.
Kogai also told AN that the company is not providing up on its plans to bring its Skyactiv-D diesel engine to the United States. Albeit we’re not anticipating the engine’s arrival any time soon, the next CX-5 could one day house Mazda’s torquey and fuel-efficient diesel under its spandex hood. Meantime, the CX-9’s Two.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder reportedly will fit in the engine bay of the current CX-5—and, presumably, the fresh one as well—making it a tantalizing possibility for a Mazdaspeed variant.
Estimated Arrival and Price: The current CX-5 recently underwent a facelift, which should carry it through the two thousand seventeen model year, marking the fresh model as a two thousand eighteen vehicle. The redesigned CX-5’s beginning price is expected to remain close to the current car’s $22,675 cost of entry, with very optioned models topping out around $35,000. It’s no $1.99 classic chicken sandwich, but the two thousand eighteen Mazda CX-5 is likely to remain a solid value at those prices.
2018 Mazda CX-5 Spy Photos – News – Car and Driver
2018 Mazda CX-5 Spied: Round Two for One of Our Favorites
What It Is: The next-generation Mazda CX-5, spied wearing some rather psychedelic camouflage and shot near a 7-Eleven selling “classic chicken” sandwiches for $1.99. The CX-5 compact crossover SUV is Mazda’s best-selling model, and the next generation is nearing production.
Looking more evolutionary than anything, the redesigned CX-5 shows up to wear an all-new version of Mazda’s five-point grille. While the grilles on Mazda’s fresh CX-9, updated Trio, and six have endpoints that flow into the headlights, the fresh CX-5’s headlights show up to sit atop the grille’s endpoints while also merging with the shape’s upper lip.
Despite having a side-window graphic almost identical to the current car, the fresh CX-5 should benefit from a modest growth drop. While we don’t see the fresh CX-5 vying for the crown for most available cargo space among compact crossovers, we anticipate the fresh car will be able to more cosily fit people and their things within its cabin. That interior, by the way, should share some design cues with the fresh CX-9’s digs, as well as its full-color head-up display.
Why It Matters: The CX-5 is Mazda’s moneymaker. Its success permits the puny Hiroshima company to invest in other vehicles including the MX-5 Miata and in technology such as G-Vectoring Control, not to mention extra efficiency advancements that help the current CX-5 achieve as much as thirty five mpg on the highway.
Platform: Expect the fresh CX-5 to rail on a significantly revised version of its current platform. Given that the CX-5’s driving practice is one of our beloved aspects of the current car, we’d be content to see only mild revisions here.
Powertrain: Mazda is hard at work on its next generation of Skyactiv technology, dubbed Skyactiv Two. Mazda CEO Masamichi Kogai recently told Automotive News that the fresh, more efficient platform and powertrain technology will be introduced in early 2019. Given this, we expect the two thousand eighteen CX-5 to launch with improved variants of its current Two.0-liter and Two.5-liter engines, perhaps suggesting slightly better fuel economy and a few more horsepower. Front- and all-wheel drive again will be available, and we hope the CX-5 will proceed to suggest a manual transmission.
Kogai also told AN that the company is not providing up on its plans to bring its Skyactiv-D diesel engine to the United States. Albeit we’re not anticipating the engine’s arrival any time soon, the next CX-5 could one day house Mazda’s torquey and fuel-efficient diesel under its rubber hood. Meantime, the CX-9’s Two.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder reportedly will fit in the engine bay of the current CX-5—and, presumably, the fresh one as well—making it a tantalizing possibility for a Mazdaspeed variant.
Estimated Arrival and Price: The current CX-5 recently underwent a facelift, which should carry it through the two thousand seventeen model year, marking the fresh model as a two thousand eighteen vehicle. The redesigned CX-5’s kicking off price is expected to remain close to the current car’s $22,675 cost of entry, with very optioned models topping out around $35,000. It’s no $1.99 classic chicken sandwich, but the two thousand eighteen Mazda CX-5 is likely to remain a solid value at those prices.
