I’m excited to try Mazda’s first ever PHEV for North America, but it has a lot to live up to from the new inline-six turbo. Not least of that is economy: the more potent of the two tunes is rated for 23 mpg in the city, 28 mpg on the highway, and 25 mpg combined. With little effort, though, I was seeing more than 27 mpg in mixed driving.
Chris Davies/SlashGearAs for active safety tech, blind spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alerts is standard across the board, as is adaptive cruise control. Rain-sensing wipers, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warnings, and lane-keep assistance are also standard. The bluntly-named “Cruising and Traffic Support” adds hands-on lane centering for highway use; it’s smooth in operation, but it can’t do automatic lane-changes yet.
Chris Davies/SlashGearA power lift gate, three-zone climate control, rear privacy glass, and heated side mirrors are all standard. Upper trims get a 360-degree camera, a 120V/150W outlet in the trunk, and ventilated front and — in some cases — second row seats. As for storage, there’s 15.9 cubic-feet of trunk space with all three rows up, expanding to 40.1 cu-ft with the third row flat. The 75.2 cubic-feet maximum is okay, but not class-leading.
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