Mazda partnered with Toyota to create the 2025 CX-50 Hybrid. Blending Mazda’s renowned handling and design with Toyota’s proven hybrid powertrain—in the case of the CX-50, borrowed from the popular RAV4 Hybrid—this SUV delivers efficiency without compromising performance.
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This is #1 on our list for next new vehicle!
I’m sure being the presenter is difficult, but the way she presented made me sleepy and I don’t really like when someone calls a button, a “buht-en”. 
Really interested in driving one of these. Related, though: CR, how is there still no official review/score for the new Equinox? It’s been out for ages. Did the one you bought have to spend 6 months in the shop or something?
The main issue with most of Japanese cars are their seats being stiff and uncomfortable driving on roads, too sporty
Is it me or should the lever to fold the second row seats be pulled towards you instead of away?
I like colors and lighter hues for car interiors instead of black or gray caves. That red color takes me back to the early 1980s when my sister had an RX-7 with maroon-red seats. That was an amazing car.
The rotary knob is far from annoying. It’s incredibly intuitive and SAFE to use. We’re supposed to drive looking AHEAD and not at a silly, glossy, distracting touch screen.
I like the CX-5 more than this vehicle.