2024 Mazda CX-5

With standard all-wheel drive and an optional turbocharged engine, the Mazda CX-5 enters the 2025 model year with minimal updates.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that since it started testing seat belt reminders in 2022, automakers have responded with improved ratings for model-year 2023-25 vehicles.

Seven out of eight SUVs tested in a recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study performed well in rear crash prevention tests.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has developed a new test for evaluating collision avoidance systems, and the first batch of test subjects — 10 small SUVs — struggled.

An increasing number of vehicles with sticker prices of $40,000 or less, some much less, offer heated mirrors.

Wheel warming has gone mainstream, with the feature standard or optional not just on luxury vehicles, but on an increasing number of models with sticker prices of $40,000 or less.

For 2024, the CX-5 gets a new Carbon Turbo trim and newly standard equipment across the lineup.