Mark Glover’s AutoGlo car reviews can be seen here and in the Cruisin’ News, "Oregon, Nevada and California's classic auto news & marketplace."
Sacramento, California -- Something new from Mazda reveals a luxurious, feature-loaded, high-performing sport-utility vehicle.
And yet in the tested vehicle -- a 2025 Mazda CX-70 PHEV Premium Plus -- all my volunteer passengers wanted to talk about was the exterior paint job.
OK, it was a head-turner. They wanted to call it Cinnamon. The automaker calls it "Melting Copper Metallic." You get the idea.
My tester performed flawlessly during a recent week in the California Wine Country, where it fit in perfectly among some of the classy, high-priced vehicles making the run over from the Bay Area.
So many things to like, but the performance topped my list. I wondered how enthusiastic the CX-70 could be with those broad shoulders. Turns out it was beyond enthusiastic with the 3.3-liter, six-cylinder, PHEV power plant churning out a maximum 323 horsepower and 369 foot-pounds of torque.
If asked, the CX-70 would sprint like a cheetah. If you wanted to merely dust off pokes, it did so in a relatively quiet, efficient manner.
Since I was in Wine Country, I returned to the Sacramento Valley with more than I took over, but the spacious interior of the CX-70 swallowed all of it with no problem.
Fuel mileage? If you combine electric and gasoline, you can wring a 56 miles-per-gallon equivalent out of the power plant.
Did I mention luxury? Plenty of that, including a power panoramic moonroof, heated power exterior lamps with built-in turn signals, a sparkling 12.3-inch color center display screen, black Nappa leather and a full boat of state-of-the-art safety/security systems. My vehicle was priced about right for all that: $59,275.
All in all, another strong SUV choice from Mazda, joining a fleet of superbly engineered models.
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