54. Available in any one of four flavours, the Mazda 6 range can be purchased as a four-door sedan or five-door wagon with a variety of eight colours to choose from, three of which come with a $495 price tag. In sedan guise, the 6 is $1300 cheaper than the longroof, starting at $34,590 before on-road costs for the entry-level Sport four-door.
CX-90 Turbo models will sport Mazda's brand-new hybridized 3.3-liter turbocharged I-6. This mild hybrid powertrain isn't capable of cruising on electrons but instead uses a small 16.6-horsepower

Next up the ladder is the CX-30 2.5 Turbo Premium, which, for $33,625, adds a power liftgate, leather seats, and a muddy-sounding 12-speaker Bose audio system, among other things. The top dog of

Lately Mazda has been spreading the joy by giving us press vehicles with the powerful 2.5-liter, turbo motor that kicks out an impressive 250 horsepower, and a stout 320 lb.-ft of torque. It’s tuned for refinement and makes the CX-5 swift and smooth. But we always felt it lost some of the fizzy fun with that added power.

2024 MAZDA CX-50 2.5 TURBO PREMIUM PLUS. ENGINE: 2.5 liter inline-4, turbocharged and intercooled, aluminum block and head, direct fuel injection. HORSEPOWER: 256HP@5000rpm. TORQUE: 320lb.-ft

Mazda's corps of enthusiast engineers did it right. The turbo-enhanced CX-5 is a standout, let down only slightly by its aging infotainment system and, for some, a tow rating of just 1,500 pounds.

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