A brand new Mazda CX-5 is coming, and now the corporate has confirmed when the subsequent era of the favored mid-sized SUV will probably be unveiled.
Chatting with South African information outlet Moneyweb, Mazda South Africa managing director Craig Roberts revealed the third-generation CX-5 is because of debut between July and September, earlier than happening sale there in early 2026.
“From a product perspective, the largest one we’re actually enthusiastic about is the all-new CX-5. CX-5 might be our largest quantity vendor over the past 10 years,” Mr Roberts informed Moneyweb.
“And that new CX-5 will debut within the third quarter of this 12 months, and can most likely hit our shores within the first quarter of 2026.
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“That’s the first product that we’re actually, actually enthusiastic about, is that all-new CX-5.”
The timeline outlined by Mr Roberts is essentially the most concrete but, after Mazda beforehand stated the subsequent CX-5 would launch between 2025 and 2027 globally.
Mazda Australia has beforehand confirmed we’ll get it – an unsurprising resolution given the CX-5 has been its best-seller regionally since overtaking the Mazda 3 in 2019.
Final 12 months the Mazda CX-5 was the eighth best-selling new automobile in Australia, ending third within the big mid-sized SUV section behind the Toyota RAV4 and Mitsubishi Outlander.
The brand new CX-5 would be the first to supply a hybrid powertrain, developed in-house – slightly than the equally mid-sized CX-50 provided in markets like China and North America which makes use of a Toyota hybrid system.
It’s attainable the CX-5 may also ultimately get Mazda’s next-generation Skyactiv-Z powertrain, which replaces the present Skyactiv-G and Skyactiv-X four-cylinder engines.
This guarantees excessive thermal effectivity and “tremendous lean burn combustion” over the rev vary for higher efficiency and decrease emissions.
This engine isn’t as a consequence of launch till 2027, and it’s being designed to satisfy Euro 7 emissions laws in Europe and LEV4/Tier 4 laws within the US. It may very well be essential to assist the CX-5 meet Australia’s New Automobile Effectivity Commonplace (NVES).
Final week, Instagram person sapphireallroad shared a single picture of the next-generation CX-5, showcasing its comparable profile to the present mannequin, nonetheless it seems to be set to undertake a design nearer to that of Mazda’s bigger CX-60/70/80/90 SUVs.
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