Mazda Reviews

If you need a good little car to get around town, then you could feasibly be looking at one of these three - the Hyundai i30, Mazda 3 or Toyota Corolla. Each has its strengths and weaknesses, so we assembled them to find out which is best for about $25k.

The Mazda CX-3 is a small SUV, that category of cars which look little but are actually classified SUVs because of their height. It's in competition with cars like the Hyundai Kona, the Toyota C-HR and the Honda HR-V. A fine bunch of cars for people who want the practicality of an SUV but don't want to drive a large vehicle.The CX-3 is particularly cute and very good looking, but the reason I drove it was to see if it's a practical car for a family, as well as being pretty. I was in the Maxx Sport petrol which is second from the bottom of the range. Here's how it did over my week of driving.

Mazda has given its legendary MX-5 convertible fun box yet another face lift, with most of the effort this time going on making its 2.0-litre engine more powerful.

The Azami LE is the new king of the Mazda CX-9 range with a list price of $66,490 – and it's only available in all-wheel drive.Standard features include an eight-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android auto sat nav, 12-speaker Bose stereo, Bluetooth connectivity, push-button ignition, three-zone climate control, adaptive LED headlights, front and rear parking sensors, leather seats, proximity key, power tailgate, sunroof, heated and ventilated front seats, heated second row window seats, heated steering wheel, a seven-inch centre digital instrument cluster, a 360-degree view monitor, windscreen de-icer and 20-inch alloy wheels.What separates the Azami LE and the Azami below it in the range is the real wood trim around the console, the nappa leather seats and the design of the overhead console – it's all a bit more special.The CX-9 scored the maximum five-star ANCAP rating when it was tested in 2016. The 2018 update added even more advanced safety tech and all grades now come with an impressive amount of advanced safety equipment including AEB (forward and rear), blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, lane keeping assistance, traffic sign recognition and adaptive cruise control with stop and go function.All Mazda CX-9s come with a 2.5-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine which makes 170kW and 420Nm. With the six-speed automatic transmission Mazda says the CX-9 should consume 91 RON at 8.4L/100km in the front-wheel drive and 8.8L/100km in the all-wheel drive during combined driving conditions.

The Sport is the entry point into the Mazda CX-9 range with a list price of $44,990 for the front-wheel drive and $48,990 for the all-wheel drive, it's the most affordable grade in the line-up.Standard features include a seven-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android auto sat nav, six-speaker stereo, Bluetooth connectivity, push-button ignition, three-zone climate control, LED headlights, rear parking sensors, cloth seats and 18-inch alloy wheels.The CX-9 scored the maximum five-star ANCAP rating when it was tested in 2016. The 2018 update added even more advanced safety tech and all grades now come with an impressive amount of advanced safety equipment including AEB (forward and rear), blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, lane keeping assistance, traffic sign recognition and adaptive cruise control with stop and go function.All Mazda CX-9s come with a 2.5-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine which makes 170kW and 420Nm. With the six-speed automatic transmission Mazda says the CX-9 should consume 91 RON at 8.4L/100km in the front-wheel drive and 8.8L/100km in the all-wheel drive during combined driving conditions.

The Touring sits above the Sport grade entry point into the Mazda CX-9 range with a list price of $51,390 for the front-wheel drive and $55,390 for the all-wheel drive.Standard features include an eight-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android auto sat nav, six-speaker stereo, Bluetooth connectivity, push-button ignition, three-zone climate control, LED headlights, front and rear parking sensors, black leather seats, proximity key and 18-inch alloy wheels.The CX-9 scored the maximum five-star ANCAP rating when it was tested in 2016. The 2018 update added even more advanced safety tech and all grades now come with an impressive amount of advanced safety equipment including AEB (forward and rear), blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, lane keeping assistance, traffic sign recognition and adaptive cruise control with stop and go function.All Mazda CX-9s come with a 2.5-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine which makes 170kW and 420Nm. With the six-speed automatic transmission Mazda says the CX-9 should consume 91 RON at 8.4L/100km in the front-wheel drive and 8.8L/100km in the all-wheel drive during combined driving conditions.

The GT sits towards the top of the Mazda CX-9 line-up at $59,390 for the two-wheel drive and $63,390 for the all-wheel drive.Standard features include an eight-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android auto sat nav, 12-speaker Bose stereo, Bluetooth connectivity, push-button ignition, three-zone climate control, LED headlights, front and rear parking sensors, black leather seats, proximity key, power tailgate, sunroof, heated second row window seats and 20-inch alloy wheels.The CX-9 scored the maximum five-star ANCAP rating when it was tested in 2016. Standard is an impressive amount of advanced safety equipment including AEB (forward and rear), rear cross traffic alert and blind spot monitoring.All Mazda CX-9s come with a 2.5-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine which makes 170kW and 420Nm. With the six-speed automatic transmission. Mazda says the CX-9 should consume 91 RON at 8.4L/100km in the front-wheel drive and 8.8L/100km in the all-wheel drive during combined driving conditions.

The Azami was once the king of the Mazda CX-9 range, but with a list price of $60,990 for the front-wheel drive and $64,990 for the all-wheel drive, it sits below the new Azami LE grade in the line-up.Standard features include an eight-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android auto sat nav, 12-speaker Bose stereo, Bluetooth connectivity, push-button ignition, three-zone climate control, adaptive LED headlights, front and rear parking sensors, leather seats, proximity key, power tailgate, sunroof, heated and ventilated front seats, heated second row window seats, heated steering wheel, a seven-inch centre digital instrument cluster, a 360-degree view monitor, windscreen de-icer and 20-inch alloy wheels.The CX-9 scored the maximum five-star ANCAP rating when it was tested in 2016. The 2018 update added even more advanced safety tech and all grades now come with an impressive amount of advanced safety equipment including AEB (forward and rear), blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, lane keeping assistance, traffic sign recognition and adaptive cruise control with stop and go function.All Mazda CX-9s come with a 2.5-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine which makes 170kW and 420Nm. With the six-speed automatic transmission Mazda says the CX-9 should consume 91 RON at 8.4L/100km in the front-wheel drive and 8.8L/100km in the all-wheel drive during combined driving conditions.

The new Mazda CX-9 has been updated again - what could have they possibly changed now? Pretty much everything they needed to and nothing they didn't.

Mazda's SUVs are more commonly found in an urban habitat. But a snow and ice drive session in The Land of the Long White Cloud shows the latest all-wheel drive versions of the top-selling CX-5, full-size CX-9, and seven-seat CX-8 are up to it off-road.