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Would You Rather? Toyota RAV4 vs Mazda CX-5

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Last week’s match-up between the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 was fairly close. However, readers seemed to gravitate toward the Toyota due to several factors. As the point of this segment is to create the automotive equivalent of Sophie’s Choice, we’re bringing back the RAV4 and pitting it against the 2024 Mazda CX-5.

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News: 2024 Mazda CX-90

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News: 2024 Mazda CX-90 An All-New Three-Row SUV Mazda brought the automotive media to Malibu, California, this week to reveal the all-new 2024 CX-90 three-row, eight-passenger SUV. Built on an all-new platform, the CX-90 is larger, wider, and longer than the other Mazda SUVs including the incumbent big wagon, the CX-9.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Mazda CX-90

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Flash Drive: 2024 Mazda CX-90 Mazda Goes Big with a New Three-Row Crossover The all-new 2024 Mazda CX-90 three-row, midsize crossover is a big deal. Casting a big shadow Propulsion Options The 2024 Mazda CX-90 has three propulsion options, all with some level of electrification. Turbo: A mild hybrid 3.3-liter

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Road Test: 2023 Mazda CX-50 AWD

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Road Test: 2023 Mazda CX-50 AWD Mazda Wants You to Live A Little The 2023 CX-50 is part of Mazda’s SUV quiver, smallest to largest, of the CX-30, CX-5, CX-50 and CX-9. Mazda wants the CX-50 to be seen as its first-ever adventure-oriented SUV. Fuel economy is EPA rated at 23/29/25 mpg for the turbocharged CX-50.

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Would You Rather? Honda CR-V vs Toyota RAV4

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Our first match-up is an incredibly tough one, because these are some of the best-selling vehicles in all of North America that aren’t pickup trucks — the Honda CR-V vs the Toyota RAV4. This sixth generation of the Honda CR-V arrived in 2023, making it quite a bit fresher than the fifth-generation of the Toyota RAV4.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Mazda CX-50 AWD

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Mazda has added another SUV to their lineup. This past week in Santa Barbara, Mazda invited the automotive media to drive the CX-50 on the highway, twisty mountain roads and then off-road to experience soft sand, steep climbs and descents. Mazda adds another SUV. All Mazda SUVs will now come only with all-wheel drive (AWD).

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Road Test: 2023 Mazda CX-5 2.5 Turbo AWD

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Road Test: 2023 Mazda CX-5 2.5 That’s a good place to start when summing-up the Mazda line-up of crossover/SUVs, its one remaining sedan and, of course, the delightful MX-5 Miata. The silhouette still looks the part Turbo Option The 2023 Mazda CX-5 has a base non-turbocharged Skyactiv-G 2.5-liter The EPA rates the CX-5 2.5L

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