Mazda will launch its crossover offensive by unveiling a new model called CX-50 next week, on November 15. It's one of five upcoming additions to the firm's range of soft-roaders.
The video that Mazda posted on its various social media channels intentionally reveals very little about the CX-50; it doesn't even confirm what we're looking at. Instead, it gives viewers a good look at the plant life that thrives in a damp forest — there is moss, fern, and a waterfall that briefly brings the backdrop to life. Squint, and you'll see the outline of the crossover hauling a kayak through the trees. All we can really tell is that it wears relatively rounded lines; this is not a boxy, burly off-roader in the vein of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.
There is always a new terrain. The journey begins 11/15. pic.twitter.com/HgmvMVHNsp
— Mazda USA (@MazdaUSA) November 8, 2021
Earlier reports provide crunchier morsels of information about the next addition to the Mazda line-up. As we previously wrote, the CX-50 will share its basic platform with the Mazda3 and the CX-30, meaning it will be front-wheel-drive but very likely available with all-wheel-drive, and it should be offered with a range of four-cylinder engines. Earlier reports claimed that the CX-50 would inaugurate a rear-wheel-drive platform and a long-awaited straight-six engine, but it now looks like one of the bigger models (such as the CX-70) will get the honor.
Built in Huntsville, Alabama, the 2022 Mazda CX-50 will make its global debut online on November 15, and it should reach showrooms across the nation in early 2022. Interestingly, the CX-50 will not replace the recently-updated CX-5 in spite of its name. It will be positioned as a more upscale people-mover that reflects Mazda's upmarket ambitions, but the CX-5 will reportedly stick around for an undetermined amount of time as an older, more basic, and cheaper offering.
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