2025 Mazda CX-5 price and specs: Turbo hit with rise, Touring FWD added with spec updates

• 2025 Mazda CX-5 pricing and specifications
• More standard equipment for most variants
• Turbo G35 grades up $500
• Priced from $36,740 before on-road costs

Mazda CX-5 G35 Akera turbo.

Turbo-petrol versions of the 2025 Mazda CX-5 family SUV are $500 dearer than before with the launch of an updated model, while the cost of non-turbo editions remains identical despite new equipment for most grades.

On sale now, the 2025 CX-5 – likely to be the current model's final update before the next generation's local arrival next year – gains more standard features in three of its five grades.

Mazda has introduced a front-wheel-drive version of the previously AWD-only Touring variant, which replaces the outgoing all-wheel-drive Maxx Sport, at $42,600 before on-road costs – $2500 less than the AWD model.

Mazda CX-5 G35 Akera turbo.

The CX-5 line-up continues to start from $36,740 for the 2.0-litre petrol G20 Maxx front-wheel-drive automatic, and now tops out at $55,650 for the 2.5-litre turbocharged petrol G35 Akera all-wheel-drive, up $500.

For 2025, the Touring gains upgraded LED headlights with daytime running lights and an adaptive cornering function, along with Cruising & Traffic Support traffic jam assist with lane-centring – previously exclusive to the GT SP and above.

The Maxx and Maxx Sport continue to omit daytime running lights.

Mazda CX-5 G35 Akera turbo.

GT SP grades are now fitted with the Akera's adaptive LED headlights, while the Maxx Sport receives front parking sensors.

It is expected to be the final update for the current, second-generation Mazda CX-5 – first introduced in Australia eight years ago – ahead of the new, third-generation model due in local showrooms in the second half of next year.

At launch, the new-generation CX-5 will be limited to an updated version of the current 2.5-litre non-turbo engine, matched to all-wheel-drive, with a hybrid version due in 2027. The turbo-petrol engine has been axed globally for the new model.

The 2025 Mazda CX-5 is in showrooms now.

• G20 Maxx front-wheel-drive 2.0-litre automatic – $36,740
• G25 Maxx Sport front-wheel-drive 2.5-litre automatic – $40,460
• G25 Touring front-wheel-drive 2.5-litre automatic – $42,600 (new)
• G25 Touring all-wheel-drive 2.5-litre automatic – $45,100
• G25 GT SP all-wheel-drive 2.5-litre automatic – $50,460
• G25 Akera all-wheel-drive 2.5-litre automatic – $52,650
• G35 GT SP all-wheel-drive 2.5-litre turbo automatic – $53,460 (up $500)
• G35 Akera all-wheel-drive 2.5-litre turbo automatic – $55,650 (up $500)

Note: All prices above exclude on-road costs.

• 17-inch alloy wheels
• 10.25-inch Mazda Connect infotainment screen with wireless/wired Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and digital radio
• USB-C front charge ports
• 7.0-inch digital instrument display
• Automatic LED headlights
• Black cloth seat trim
• Leather-wrapped steering wheel and shifter
• Rear parking sensors
• Rear-view camera
• Push-button start
• Six-speaker sound system
• Manual air conditioning
• Rain-sensing wipers
• Power-folding side mirrors
• Manually-adjustable front seats with height adjustment
• Electric parking brake
• Configurable rear cargo area board
• Remote window lowering from the key
• Autonomous emergency braking (forward and reverse)
• Adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go
• Lane-keep assist
• Lane-departure warning
• Blind-spot monitoring
• Rear cross-traffic alert
• Driver attention alert
• High-beam assist
• Tyre pressure monitoring

• Front parking sensors (new)
• Satellite navigation
• Traffic sign recognition
• Dual-zone climate control
• Auto-dimming rear-view mirror
• Rear-seat centre armrest with USB ports
• LED front fog lights
• Paddle shifters

• Cornering functionality for the headlights (new)
• LED daytime running lights (new)
• Cruising & Traffic Support traffic jam assist (new)
• Black machined 19-inch alloy wheels
• Wireless phone charging
• Reversible floorboard in rear cargo area
• Heated side mirrors
• Synthetic leather upholstery
• Keyless entry
• Mi-Drive selector switch (AWD-only)

• Adaptive LED headlights with 20 segments (new)
• 10-speaker, 249-watt Bose sound system
• Hands-free electric tailgate
• Black leather upholstery with red contrast stitching
• Black headlining
• LED interior room and map lights
• Larger exhaust tips
• Black 19-inch alloy wheels
• Gloss black body cladding and wheel arches
• Gloss black mirror caps
• 10-way driver and six-way passenger power-adjustable seats with driver's seat memory
• Heated front seats
• Power tilting/sliding glass sunroof

• Body-coloured wheel arches and lower cladding
• 19-inch grey alloy wheels
• 360-degree camera
• Ventilated front seats
• Heated outboard rear seats
• Heated steering wheel
• Dark Russet (brown) nappa leather upholstery with light grey stitching
• Frameless rear-view mirror
• Black honeycomb-look door and dashboard trim inserts
• Unique overhead console

• Jet Black – no-cost
• Platinum Quartz – no-cost
• Deep Crystal Blue – no-cost
• Rhodium White – $795
• Machine Grey – $795
• Polymetal Grey – $795
• Soul Red Crystal – $795
• Zircon Sand – $795

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