The 2025 Mazda CX-5 Carbon Edition does its best to balance the automaker’s three pillars of sportiness, luxury, and affordability. That’s a lot of plates to spin, but in the near decade since Mazda ...

*In my favorite class of vehicles, I had the chance to take the 2025 Mazda CX-5 Carbon Turbo for a spin. After previously enjoying the CX-50 on a joyride, it’s difficult to compare the two directly.

Mazda continues to be a brand that excites me every time a loaner arrives in my driveway, and that's an interesting realization because I usually gravitate toward tech, power, and fuel efficiency ...

J.D. Power has published numerous CX-5 reviews since Mazda last redesigned it. However, since 2019, the year a turbocharged engine joined the lineup, every one of those reviews discussed the more ...

The CX-50 has excellent dynamics and an above-average base engine, but there's not much to this supposedly rugged trim.

In the compact crossover category, Mazda decided back in 2023 they liked it so much, they’d enter it twice. On top of their long-running success with the CX-5 crossover, they launched the CX-50 model, ...

Mazda might like active, outdoorsy buyers to think of the CX-50 as an alternative to the Ford Bronco Sport or Subaru Outback. We say ignore the marketing hype about off-road excursions, and instead ...