Every car is an argument about what matters, and the Mazda CX-90 makes its case with Petrol engine and 280 hp. Mazda built from 2023 to 2024 — in the decade the industry is turning electric.
The story
The Mazda CX-90 is a full-size crossover SUV with three-row seating produced by Mazda, introduced in 2023. A two-row version, marketed separately as the Mazda CX-70, was introduced in 2024, featuring the same dimensions and engine options with minor styling variations. It is the largest SUV produced by the company and is built on the Large Product Group platform, which features a longitudinal engine and rear-biased all-wheel-drive system shared with the smaller CX-60.
The CX-90 replaced the CX-9 in North America, and like its predecessor, it is not marketed in Japan or Europe, despite being manufactured in Japan. Engine options include turbocharged, mild hybrid, inline-six engines (gasoline or diesel) and a plug-in hybrid gasoline inline-four. All powertrains are paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission that uses a wet clutch in place of a conventional torque converter.
What is underneath
Power comes from Petrol engine; 280 hp is the published figure; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 2136 -. Work it out per tonne and you get about 131 horsepower — brisk everyday performance. It shifts through a 8-speed Skyactiv-Drive automatic. The layout matters: drive goes to all four wheels, which is what lets the power be used on a wet road. The wheelbase is 3120 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Mazda CX-9; assembly was at Hōfu (Hōfu Plant No. . Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Nissan Z, the Buick Electra E4, the Geely Galaxy L6 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Mazda catalogue sit the Mazda BT-50 and the Mazda T2000.
What it costs now
The money question first: $33,200–$52,000 is the typical asking range today, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $2,805–$3,340 a year. Insurance sits around $1,720–$2,490 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.
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