Thank you for the review! Last weekend, I traded in my amazing 2022 CX-5 for this 2025 CX-70 PHEV,mainly because the amazing incentives Mazda is offering right now when leasing, got over $10,000 in incentives, which really brings the cost down, plus I paid less than MSRP. I have to say that this is my second Mazda, and I cannot be happier with them from a performance and reliability perspective: these vehicles are a blast to drive (automatic transmissions, no CVT), get decent fuel economy, and my CX-5 never had any warranty issues, never in the shop other than regular maintenance (oil changes, tire rotations). So, I would definitely recommend Mazda to anyone. The jury is still out on this CX-70, because I am only 1 week into my experience, but Mazda hasn’t steered me wrong yet. Note: the CX-70 is nearly identical to the CX-90 which had some early issues with transmission shifting issues, but it appears these have been addressed in 2025, since mine performs really well.
My daily drive is a Mazda, let me tell you guys this is the car you need if you are looking for reliability and getting from A to B. IF you got the money and dont want to drive your muscle car/luxury/whateverfastcar or just looking for a reliable car no issues ever then buy any Mazda from 2015 and above and trust me they are as reliable as Toyota if not more but cost less and a lot less if you are buying a used one with not much miles on it. 200% would recommend having one. The only bad thing about them is that they are so reliable that you wont visit the garage to see the beautiful BMWs getting fixed lmao.
I have this ride. This Mazda has a “charge mode” that will prioritize the gas engine vs. the battery, in case you want to conserve the battery miles for some reason. It caveat is it’ll have a negative impact on your fuel economy.
How do you activate that? It’s super easy on my X5, but no control I saw did that. The impact on mpg would be very insignificant though from my experience.
There’s a button with a “lightning” emblem, just below the “MI-DRIVE” toggle on the center console…. This is a Premium Plus model right? I have the Premium-Plus.
@@PaulHunt-ur8wj that’s just a charge target control, it didn’t do anything with holding the battery charged. I tried that. It’s a setting for when you plug in the vehicle.
Sorry BROS, that’s incorrect. Charge mode, when pressed, uses the engine to charge the battery. Look at the owners manual, 5-23. “The engine is used as a generator, and the vehicle is driven while charging the high voltage battery”
The drive train that you described does not exist from Mazda. The only options are a Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) with a normally aspirated 2.5L four cylinder engine OR a Mild Hybrid (MEV) with a six cylinder inline turbo engine. You should take this video down and replace it with one that has correct information.
Thank you for the review! Last weekend, I traded in my amazing 2022 CX-5 for this 2025 CX-70 PHEV,mainly because the amazing incentives Mazda is offering right now when leasing, got over $10,000 in incentives, which really brings the cost down, plus I paid less than MSRP.
I have to say that this is my second Mazda, and I cannot be happier with them from a performance and reliability perspective: these vehicles are a blast to drive (automatic transmissions, no CVT), get decent fuel economy, and my CX-5 never had any warranty issues, never in the shop other than regular maintenance (oil changes, tire rotations). So, I would definitely recommend Mazda to anyone.
The jury is still out on this CX-70, because I am only 1 week into my experience, but Mazda hasn’t steered me wrong yet.
Note: the CX-70 is nearly identical to the CX-90 which had some early issues with transmission shifting issues, but it appears these have been addressed in 2025, since mine performs really well.
Glad you enjoy it and thanks for sharing!
My daily drive is a Mazda, let me tell you guys this is the car you need if you are looking for reliability and getting from A to B. IF you got the money and dont want to drive your muscle car/luxury/whateverfastcar or just looking for a reliable car no issues ever then buy any Mazda from 2015 and above and trust me they are as reliable as Toyota if not more but cost less and a lot less if you are buying a used one with not much miles on it. 200% would recommend having one.
The only bad thing about them is that they are so reliable that you wont visit the garage to see the beautiful BMWs getting fixed lmao.
Glad you enjoy it!
I have this ride. This Mazda has a “charge mode” that will prioritize the gas engine vs. the battery, in case you want to conserve the battery miles for some reason. It caveat is it’ll have a negative impact on your fuel economy.
How do you activate that? It’s super easy on my X5, but no control I saw did that.
The impact on mpg would be very insignificant though from my experience.
There’s a button with a “lightning” emblem, just below the “MI-DRIVE” toggle on the center console…. This is a Premium Plus model right? I have the Premium-Plus.
@@PaulHunt-ur8wj that’s just a charge target control, it didn’t do anything with holding the battery charged. I tried that. It’s a setting for when you plug in the vehicle.
Sorry BROS, that’s incorrect. Charge mode, when pressed, uses the engine to charge the battery. Look at the owners manual, 5-23.
“The engine is used as a generator, and the vehicle is driven while charging the high voltage battery”
Now I haven’t used it myself so I can’t speak to the intricacies involved in day-to-day driving using charge mode, but that’s what that button does.
The drive train that you described does not exist from Mazda. The only options are a Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) with a normally aspirated 2.5L four cylinder engine OR a Mild Hybrid (MEV) with a six cylinder inline turbo engine. You should take this video down and replace it with one that has correct information.
I said an inline cylinder turbo engine just like you said was an option..