First official pics! Mazda CX-5 2026 reveal locked-in for new Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Tucson and Nissan X-Trail rival

Eight years after the 2d-period ‘KF’ Mazda CX-5 launched in Australia, the Japanese set will conceal off the third iteration of the nameplate.

The conceal is determined for 10 July, or next Thursday, nonetheless in the duration in-between Mazda has teased the brand new-detect CX-5. We’ve brightened the photos to better conceal the CX-5’s appears to be like to be to be like.

Evolutionary as opposed to innovative, the brand new CX-5 appears to be like to be to be like to get a more chiselled, correct rear finish get with modern LED hind lights.

Up front, there’s a favorable nod to primarily the most up-to-the-minute CX-5 — which is continuously authorized as an attractive car — in the daylight hours running gentle form.

A outdated leaked image showed the brand new CX-5 in tubby, even though it wasn’t a favorable image. Seeing the teaser photos of the true automobile reveals sleeker proportions than the off-axis leak.

Sources possess indicated the brand new CX-5 could grow by as a lot as 100mm, which would look Mazda’s most up-to-the-minute cramped-for-a-midsize SUV measure over 4.65 metres long — making improvements to cabin and boot self-discipline nonetheless also creeping nearer to the highest fee CX-60.

Many info of the CX-5 live unknown, nonetheless we enact know Mazda is developing its possess, in-home ‘great’ hybrid system to disaster the market main Toyota RAV4, alongside with the Nissan X-Wander, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage, Haval H6, and plenty more.

It’s unlikely that will likely be detailed next week, even though, with sources suggesting the CX-5 will before the full lot begin with updated variations of existing powertrains.

Platform data will likely be no longer confirmed. It’s miles going to additionally consume a model of the Shrimp architecture beneath the CX-30 and CX-50, perchance a tweaked take on the Gigantic Fabricated from the CX-60 and CX-70, or a clear construction totally.

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Unusual cabin know-how, bigger touchscreens and cleverer storage alternate solutions are all on the favor-checklist for the brand new Mazda CX-5.

Pricing and Australian arrival timing for the brand new Mazda CX-5 has no longer yet been detailed.

Essentially the most up-to-the-minute CX-5 differ runs from $36,740 (G20 Maxx) to $55,150 (both sooner than on-toll road prices) for the tip-spec G35 turbocharged Akera. The freshly-updated CX-60 differ begins at $50,240 for the brand new Pure with a six-cylinder engine.

Mazda will want to rubdown the CX-5 to make certain its line-up fits beneath the CX-60 with its top fee intentions — so it’ll be the case its new model will defend real on the price front.

As Mazda’s simplest-promoting nameplate globally and in Australia, the brand new CX-5 has gargantuan expectations on its shoulders.