2025 Mazda CX-70 starts at $41,820, hybrid costs $55,775

The 2025 Mazda CX-70 midsize crossover SUV slots into the premium segment with a price ranging from $41,820 to $58,825, Mazda announced Wednesday. 

The new Mazda CX-70 fills a spot abandoned by the CX-7 midsize crossover more than a decade ago, and arrives at a time when automakers offer multiple crossovers across their portfolios. The CX-70 sizes up with the Honda Passport and Chevy Blazer, but aspires to be in a class above with rivals such as the Volvo XC60 and Lincoln Nautilus. 

Mazda’s newest vehicle shares a rear-wheel-drive platform and nearly every dimension with the CX-90 three-row crossover SUV, but the CX-70 seats five. 

Like the CX-90, the CX-70 has three electrified powertrain options, designated by Turbo, Turbo S, and PHEV grades. Trim levels include the base Preferred, the mid-grade Premium, and the top Premium Plus. All models use an 8-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive is standard.

The base Turbo model has a turbocharged 3.3-liter inline-6 supplemented by a 48-volt mild-hybrid system. Total system output is 280 hp and 332 lb-ft of torque. It has an EPA rating of 24 mpg city, 28 highway, 25 combined, which is above average efficiency for this class. It’s the only engine option to come with the base Preferred trim, but it will be offered last, expected for this fall. 

The 2025 Mazda CX-70 3.3 Turbo Preferred costs $41,820, including a mandatory $1,375 destination fee. Standard features include  automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitors, active lane control, adaptive cruise control, automatic high beams, and a rear-seat reminder.

Even the base Preferred has leather upholstery and a 12.3-inch infotainment screen with touch functions when integrated with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. There’s also wireless smartphone charging, keyless entry, power front seats that are heated, and other modern touches. It rolls on 19-inch wheels. 

The 3.3 Turbo Premium marks a big price increase of $5,455 over the Preferred to $47,275. It adds a Towing mode that boosts towing capacity to 5,000 pounds (from 3,500 pounds), when equipped, and it rides on 21-inch black alloy wheels. Upgrades include more black cosmetic flourishes and, on the inside, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, a power tailgate, a panoramic sunroof, Bose audio, a satellite radio trial, native navigation, and an advanced driver-assist system that can bring the crossover safely to a stop in its lane in case of emergency. It also has front and rear parking sensors and traffic sign recognition. 

The 3.3 Turbo Premium Plus costs $50,275 and adds nappa leather in red or white with contrast stitching, a heated steering wheel, cooled front seats, heated rear seats, a surround-view camera system, and more advanced driver-assist features. 

A more powerful turbo tune is offered in the 3.3 Turbo S models that generate 340 hp and 369 lb-ft. With premium fuel, it returns a nearly identical EPA rating of 23/28/25 mpg combined, even with the big gains in power. Of course, it comes with a price increase of about $6,500 more than the 3.3 Turbo grade. 

The 3.3 Turbo S Premium costs $53,825, but it has more upgrades than the 3.3 Turbo Premium trim. It has heated power-folding side mirrors, different 21-inch wheel designs, chrome badging, more black accents, adaptive headlights, and nappa leather on the inside. It has all of the features of the Turbo Premium Plus, making for more naming confusion in Mazda’s already confusing trim walk. 

The highest grade for the 3.3 Turbo S is the Premium Plus for $57,325. It swaddles the CX-70 in Mazda’s most luxurious finishes, including quilted nappa leather, suede dash panels, more two-tone interior options, and a windshield wiper de-icer. Not sure how that begets a $3,500 price increase.  

The third powertrain option is a plug-in hybrid that Mazda simplifies to the CX-70 PHEV. It teams a 189-hp 2.5-liter inline-4 with a 173-hp electric motor powered by a 17.8-kwh lithium-ion battery pack. Total output in the CX-70 is 323 hp and 369 lb-ft with premium fuel, and Mazda estimates 26 miles of electric range, same as in the larger CX-90. It will get the equivalent of 56 mpg with gas and electric power, and it can tow up to 3,500 pounds. 

The PHEV Premium costs $55,775 and is similarly equipped as the 3.3 Turbo Premium. Same story with the $58,825 PHEV Premium Plus. 

The 3.3 Turbo S and PHEV models go sale this spring, whereas the base model won’t arrive until fall.