Mazda CX-5

It’s a study in sensibleness, the 2026 Mazda CX-5 Evolve. That's hardly a sexy opening statement to send you sprinting to a Mazda dealer, but in today's We live with the expected sales star of the new-generation Mazda CX-5 line-up, but is the $43K Evolve grade simply too spartan for 2026 buyers?

The new-generation Mazda CX-5 is utterly remarkable. Not because it blazes new design trails, offers a revolutionary drivetrain or is bubbling over with New-generation Toyota RAV4 rival eschews hybrid power while entering at an appealing sub-$40,000 price. Has Mazda done enough?

Years ago, during Mazda’s forced-induction-dodging era and when the CX-5 midsize SUV was a much younger vehicle, the local arm would request Aussie The SP GT Turbo puts more ‘sport’ into Mazda’s midsize SUV, but there’s more polish than genuine excitement in this stylish if aging CX-5

Following a strong five-year run characterised by continual improvements, Mazda’s CX-5 gets a proper visual makeover and even more upgrades.

Nathan Ponchard tests the 2022 Mazda CX-5 GT SP turbo petrol to see if this midsize SUV is better than the Toyota RAV4 and Kia Sportage

The optional diesel is arguably the best engine available in the Mazda CX-5, and the comfortable Touring spec suits Australian roads well

Should you buy a 2020 Mazda CX-5? Find out with our expert CX-5 review and video, including Australian pricing, models, comfort and safety.

Tom Baker reviews the long-awaited Mazda CX-5 turbo petrol in Akera form, including 2.5-litre engine, handling, ride quality, cabin comfort and value for money.

Read Tom Baker's expert review of the 2018 Mazda CX-5, updated with a 450Nm twin-turbo diesel. See the changes to the Akera and Touring grades and read our analysis of handling, performance and value for money.

When you build Australia's best-selling SUV, you don't mess with the recipe. But is the all-new 2017 Mazda CX-5 good enough to sit in your driveway?

Extensive updates are reportedly in the works for Mazda’s troubled larger models, the CX-60, CX-70, CX-80 and CX-90. The Chugoku Shimbun, a local

As Mazda launches a new generation CX-5 medium SUV, the lack of hybrid power range-wide has been eyebrow-raising. This is the Japanese brand’s Mazda Australia promising its awaited in-house developed hybrid system won’t dilute the brand’s ‘jinba ittai’ fun-to-drive philosophy

Mazda’s Chinese-built venture with Changan Automotive is set to welcome its second vehicle to Australia in September 2026, with a Tesla-Model Y-beating As Australians grapple with an increasingly high cost of living, Mazda’s new electric SUV skips over headline-grabbing specs for an affordable price tag

Mazda Australia has kept CX-5 pricing below $40,000 for its bigger, third-generation SUV due mid year. The latest iteration of the Japanese brand's most Popular midsized Mazda CX-5 will soon debut its third generation, boasting larger screens, range-wide all-wheel drive, and added premium features, but its long anticipated hybrid powertrain won’t be coming for at least another year

Australia’s 2026 new-vehicles sales race is off to a solid start, with 87,753 sales recorded for the month of January, a respectable increase of 949 Solid numbers in the new car markets with January numbers up marginally over this time last year despite a drop in ICE sales

Australia’s new car sales reached record heights in 2025, pushing a slender 0.3 percent past 2024’s result with a total of 1,241,037 deliveries. The 100 best-selling vehicles in Australia in 2025, from the Ford Ranger ute to the Jaecoo J7 SUV

Plucky Japanese brand Mazda hedged a sizeable bet on its Large Product Architecture which underpins ‘premium’ products such as the CX-60, CX-70, CX-80 and Mazda is going on a product offensive after lukewarm Large Product Architecture reception to drive volume in key segments

Nissan has given its most popular model in Australia refreshed exterior styling, upgraded interior technology, along with a range-wide price increase of Pricing across Nissan’s X-Trail range will increase by $1150 alongside cosmetic exterior changes and increased interior tech in early 2026

A third-generation Mazda CX-5 will be released in 2026, bringing the biggest changes yet between generations since the nameplate debuted in 2012. So, what A new-generation midsize Mazda SUV is coming in 2026. We take a look at the key changes from the current CX-5

More details of Mazda’s unfinished hybrid engine option for the third-generation CX-5 are starting to emerge in the wake of the Japanese manufacturers’ CX-5 hybrid engine option will effectively replace discontinued turbo, combining higher performance with lower CO2 emissions

Mazda has unveiled its third-generation CX-5 that brings bigger dimensions, a more upmarket interior, and confirmation of the midsize SUV’s first ever Mazda’s most popular model grows in size and space, but there’s a longer than expected wait for the crucial petrol-electric model

Eight years after the second-generation ‘KF’ Mazda CX-5 launched in Australia, the Japanese brand will show off the third iteration of the nameplate. The

The first image of the new, third-generation Mazda CX-5 has surfaced online, with a leaked picture appearing on @Car Design News on Instagram and Spanish New generation Mazda CX-5 on the horizon for Australia, bringing unique styling and in-house designed hybrid system

Mazda’s most important car, the CX-5 mid-size SUV, will get all-new Kodo styling and a hybrid powertrain as a third-generation version seeks to topple The 2026 Mazda CX-5 is set to debut new Kodo design, more cabin space – and a Toyota RAV4-hunting, in-house developed hybrid system

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It was a record year for Australian new-car deliveries in 2024, if only just sneaking past 2023 by less than half a per cent with 1,220,607 units. The The 100 best-selling vehicles in Australia in 2024, from the Ford Ranger ute to the BYD Dolphin electric hatchback.