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The 2025 Mazda CX-50 brings a host of improvements, most notably a new optional hybrid drivetrain that can deliver up to 38 mpg in combined driving. The hybrid, which starts at $33,970, is the big news and makes the CX-50 more competitive on fuel efficiency, but non-hybrids also receive upgrades.
The compact crossover CX-50 debuted in 2023 as a sleek potential successor to the popular CX-5, but the pair have remained on sale together ever since. Both offer similar lineups and share their engines and standard all-wheel drive (AWD). A CX-5 hybrid is also coming, but Mazda has yet to announce firm details.
One thing the CX-50 offers that the CX-5 doesn’t is an off-road trim: the Meridian Edition, with all-terrain tires and many cosmetic upgrades. While fun to drive and more trail-capable than previous Mazdas, fuel economy has been one of the CX-50’s primary weaknesses. With its new hybrid powertrain, the CX-50 can return 38 mpg combined—vastly better than the existing models' 25 to 27 mpg combined—and go up to 100 miles further on a tank of gas.
Additionally, all CX-50s will get Amazon Alexa Built-in and upgrades to the i-Activsense safety suite.
The addition of three hybrid trim levels brings the lineup to 10 separate versions: 2.5 S Select, 2.5 S Preferred, 2.5 S Premium, 2.5 S Premium Plus, Hybrid Preferred, Hybrid Premium, Hybrid Premium Plus, Turbo Merdian Edition, Turbo Premium, and Turbo Premium Plus. Non-hybrid CX-50 prices remain unchanged for 2025.
The CX-50’s premium-feeling interior is also essentially unchanged for 2025, but there are additions. The Preferred package now includes standard wireless charging, and CX-50 Hybrids will include unique black or red leather seating patterns. The Meridian Edition also has a heated steering wheel and heated rear seats.
As of this writing, Mazda hasn’t announced power numbers for the CX-50 hybrid’s new powertrain, but it’s a Toyota-sourced combination of a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine and three electric motors mated to a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT). Like the other CX-50s, it will be AWD, likely with electric motors on the rear axle. The CX-50 Hybrid’s CVT and different engine may yield a slightly different driving experience, but it should handle as well as other CX-50s.
The existing 2.5 S and Turbo versions continue unchanged. The 2.5 S uses Mazda’s Skyactiv 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine with 187 horsepower and 185 pound-feet of torque, while Turbo models make 256 hp and 320 pound-feet (on 93-octane premium gas). The hybrid will tow 1,500 pounds properly equipped, while the gas-powered CX-50s continue at 2,000 (2.5 S) or 3,500 (Turbo) pounds.
Mazda’s i-Activsense suite of advanced driver assistance systems gets some new elements for the 2025 CX-50. Rear-seat and vehicle-exit warnings are now standard, and the automaker says the 2025 CX-50 includes an updated version of its automatic emergency braking system with improved nighttime pedestrian detection and head-on collision mitigation.
Mazda’s click-wheel-based infotainment system remains, but all 2025 CX-50s get Amazon Alexa Built-in, adding a helpful voice assistant that can change audio or temperature settings, among other functions. Turbo Meridian models also add standard navigation with over-the-air update capability.
