The Mazda CX-50 is ready to handle all your adventure with luxury!
Question matt is riding the new mazda cx-50 and it’s the beginning of a new adventure usually mazda is known for having fun on those twisty a new territory with that a brand new vehicle and i see brand new but you’re going to see a lot of similarity with the cx-5 and that’s going to be a great question cx5 or cxf50
Because they might look a little bit like each other but in reality they are completely different so this cx50 was created to be powerful and to look mean in some kind of way and you can see it from the exterior design they still got that kudo design style to the car but you can see it’s more robust it’s kind
Of larger it’s kind of higher when you look at the ground clearance but the height of the roof is kind of a little bit lower it gives the cx-50 a sporty appearance so it looks like a little bit of bmw in that car you’ve got those nice equipment if you go base you will get 17 inches wheel with some okay goodyear tires
And you’re you go with the gt version 20 inches wheel even if those wheels and tires are really big it’s still gonna be able to do some great stuff on unpaved road there is also some adaptative lighting you’re going to see also that the paint quality is really awesome i just love those new colors you’re
Going to see also some gi joe coloring some kind of way army style it’s really standing out from what master was used to do you’ve got also those little bit of plastic on the wide the flares of fenders but it’s still got that great balance between the knight turner luxury but also adventure statement when you look at
The interior if you’re gonna go even with the base version you’re still gonna find that 10.25 inches multimedia screen you’ve got enough usb connector but also the thing that i don’t really like is the center console over here where it’s lacking some small storage you got also with the fully equipped version a
Qi charger but if you got a big phone it might not enter completely in that wide opening still you’ve got that digital cluster here really easy to read you’ve got the build quality which is really awesome inside but you should have done a little bit more to get that adventurous style also inside they pretty much remain in
The luxury territory the real quality is just amazing though but sometimes you need some little things to stand really apart you’re gonna have to all climate zone front once you get to the rear the headroom is not really the best probably because of that lowered roof so if you’re really tall like us you might
Want to try this seat first before you buy the car when you get to the rear luggage space though it’s impressive to see such a big trunk it’s really useful if you’re gonna go camping you want to bring that big cooler wow they did a great job on that it’s kind of larger than the cx-5 and it’s going to give you more space
Let’s talk about that audio bow system which is still one to offer an awesome sound quality you can raise the volume and enjoy some really great music also if same model that we have here you’ve got access right here at the tip of your finger to change the gear if you want and you’re gonna have right there
In the center console the drive mode that you can select to make sure that you’re gonna get the most out of those paddle shifter wireless apple carplay in android auto the only downside is the screen so it’s not going to be tactile until you use the wireless feature with android auto and apple carplay two engine choice
And mazda has remained in the known territory i would have hoped that they would try something new but still you’re gonna be able to go for that regular 2.5 liter engine which is going to be good for 187 horsepower not really impressive we did not try this one or test vehicles were equipped with the 2.5 liter
Turbo engine which is going to be good for 256 horsepower and 320 pound-feet of torque this is going to be achieved with premium fuel if you don’t use premium fuel you’re going to go to lower numbers so it’s still going to be powerful enough it’s still going to be fun but if you want to get the maximum capability of your
Engine this price going simply up and being too crazy today for me to use premium in a car transmission is the regular 6-speed automatic transmission of mazda it’s a classic she’s doing fine that transmission is really quick to find the proper gear when you need power acceleration or even when you’re gonna
Tow the algorithm with the programmation with all the components interacting together will give you some great acceleration still no 8 speed but it’s probably going to come one day mazda will offer the cx-50 with base all-wheel drive that’s the famous high active all-wheel drive system and when you’re going to talk about
Fuel consumption it’s going to be 10.4 in the city with the turbo engine 8.1 on the highway and you’re going to have slightly lower number with the regular 2.5 so let’s talk about road and ling right now mazda in the adventure territory how do you mix luxury with some fun in adventure usually you need to
Make some compromise on some components but right now on the road acceleration is fine direction is fine brake feeling is fine you’ve got the mazda philosophy right there behind the wheel where you’re gonna make one with the car you’re gonna find the same refinement in all the mass the lineup and this is the thing that
Mazda does well you know get you some great feeling if you’re a car driver enthusiast sometimes you need to go on to unpaved roads so how does it do there i was quite impressed to see how it was performing so remember that mazda is using a g victory system combined to the all-wheel drive combined to the different
Mi drive mode this is brand new for the cx-50 so you can switch to sport sport will give you that feeling where you need to enter a curve when you can accelerate find your apex and still get some great reaction out of the car normal is just normal it’s kind of okay if you push it it’s going to be reactive but once you
Select off-road there’s two type of off-road low speed off-road where you need to be careful where traction need to be maximized and where you can leave from a stencil and still get that awesome grip even if you’re on ice you’ve got also the same mode don’t search for wet grass or simply wet leaf or sand mud
Rut name it those kind of selectable drive sometimes gets confusing for the driver mazda did only the off-road feature and when you select it and when you go at high speed awesome feeling for a car which is predictable on sometime an unpredictable surface when it’s that feeling that you are in control even if
The ground is not even even if it’s sometimes muddier even if sometimes traction is an issue that car will give you confidence and that’s a big thumbs up for mazda with that so you’ve got way better off-road capability versus the regular cx-5 let’s talk about towing because that thing can do between two thousand pound and
Three thousand five hundred pound and we attach a big trailer to that cx-50 how does it handle it because we were really near the maximum to wing capacity of that vehicle and there’s a neat feature also once you’re gonna use the emma drive mode if the vehicle detects that there’s something attached to the back you’re
Gonna be able to select towing mode that mode gear when you needs it and you’re still gonna have some decent acceleration yes i know this vehicle is close to the ground as you can see with the trailer that we have on the back it’s really easy to get unbalanced in some kind of way it might get a little bit bouncy
Because we were really close to the maximum limit of the car i usually recommend to you a thousand pound below your maximum capacity still that vehicle can do a lot it’s really capable to tow even such an amount while you still being in control of the car and having a mode that will maximize efficiency for you so
You will get also a tons of security camera heads-up display name it you’ve got a tons of equipment for an affordable price if you want to go even deeper in afro territory you will get the possibility to go for a soon to be available meridian edition this one will get more aggressive capable to go off-road so let’s
Compare car also if we’re talking about an outback you still get okay comfort but the road feeling the road hugging at all you also talk to me about the bronco sport the bronco sport on highway you’re always gonna correct the direction you’ve got that 4×4 feeling yes the badland is more capable off-road than
That cx-50 but mazda has this balance that you’re not gonna find in the bronco sport on paved road you’ve got also the rav4 trail well talking about the useless button with the trail mode the rav4 will give you the possibility to go further into it a bit more but still the plastic interior doesn’t quite feel as luxurious
As the mazda cx-50 also how about the road end link a rav4 is really fluffy often too soft for those who likes to drive same thing as the outback and it’s lacking that terrible power that you can’t go for in the mazda cx-50 so how does it do on the diagonal test well you’re gonna be surprised because look at
Those image you can see that there was ice mud and we were still able to get the cx-50 up that little hill so that was impressive i cannot wait don’t like about the cx-50 you’re going to find that interior which is kind of okay with the build quality but it’s not really going to stand out there’s also a lack of
Storage compartment usb connector yes you have some but sometimes there can afford to plug your phone that section right here could have been better organized it’s also lacking some headspace in the rear another downside as soon as you open the door what’s that mud water that’s not going to be good for rust you’re
Going to have to clean that sometime be careful to those 20 inches wheel if you’re going to go off-road sometimes a smaller tire with a little bit more rubber on the side is going to be much more useful for you if you like more aggressive road also same engine in all lineup that transmission is starting to show a little
Bit its age it’s still able to do great but we need more refinement and how about that towing mode if you’re not going to go for the fully equipped model you’re not going to be able to select it going to go for an aftermarket hitch well if you don’t have the connector from mazda you’re not going to be able
To select this mode inside so you need to go for the wire harness of mazda what do we like a lot of equipment with the base version room zoom zoom attitude of mazda on road and on unpaved road so this is the thing where mazda is shining right now and it did surprise me how about that panoramic sunroof which is a
First for mazda standard all-wheel drive towing capacity but also that unlimited mileage warranty that we have right here in canada so what’s going to be the future for that vehicle phev hybrid it’s going to come soon there’s going to be also a cx 90 phev really soon from mazda and we’re gonna see our first inline
Six cylinder appear really soon so with that new cx50 what do you think are you gonna go for a cx-5 or a cx-50 my choice is made feel free to comment in the section down there below you
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Mazda CX-50 review: a luxury adventure on every ride! By Car QuestionliveBroadcastDetails{isLiveNowfalsestartTimestamp2022-04-16T140013+0000endTimestamp2022-04-16T141515+0000}
