Mazda CX-70 vs MG Im5

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Mazda CX-70
Mazda CX-70

$76,220 - $91,166

2025 price

MG Im5
MG Im5

2026 price

Summary

2025 Mazda CX-70
2026 MG Im5
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 6, 3.3L

0.0L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

Electric
Fuel Efficiency
8.1L/100km (combined)

0.0L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Just okay warranty and servicing
  • Diesel not smooth enough at slow speeds
  • Remains untested in the city

  • Awkward rear seating position
  • No physical spare wheel
  • Some over-zealous active safety
2025 Mazda CX-70 Summary

Mazda calls the new CX-70 its "flagship" five-seat SUV, which also makes it yet another flag-bearer for the brands relentless push up market as part of its 'Mazda Premium' strategy.

It might have a different badge, but it's really a five-seat version of the brand's biggest and most expensive offering, the seven-seat CX-90.

And, for reasons that will become clear in a moment, it's something of a bargain, at least in the context of Mazda's plush large SUV range.

How so, you ask? Read on.

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2026 MG Im5 Summary

Yep, it’s like deja vu all over again! Yet another fresh name in the Aussie new-car market, but this time in the form of a sub-brand from a carmaker that itself feels like it’s only been around for five minutes (but has in fact been in market here for a decade or more).

We’re testing the MG IM5 Performance, the IM badge standing alone in other markets. There, as here, signifying a new level of equipment, performance and quality.

And we’ve been steering this top-spec, dual-motor AWD version of the pure-electric, five-door liftback IM5, priced and specified to challenge a rapidly expanding group of high-performance mid-size EV sedans now occupying local showrooms.

 So, read on to see if this premium electric performer has what it takes to tempt you into a new option from the latest challenger brand to jump into the ever-intensifying, no-holds barred contest for your new-car dollars.

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Deep dive comparison

2025 Mazda CX-70 2026 MG Im5

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