“Sport” makes its way back into Mazda parlance for a new CX-90 trim.
With Mazda’s SUV shakeup over the past few years, we’ve seen trims go from “Sport”, “Touring” and “Grand Touring” to new names like “Preferred”, “Premium” and “Premium Plus”, among others. The 2025 model year sees the CX-90 shed a number of those trims, though the automaker appears to have grabbed a familiar name to distinguish a Premium Sport option that’s replacing the old Premium models for both the Turbo and the plug-in hybrid.
Broadly speaking, the 2025 Mazda CX-90 lineup does, in fact, get a little bit simpler. Instead of eight trims for the 3.3-liter mild-hybrid powertrain, there are now six, with four of those being the lower-output version of that inline-six engine.
New seating options and trim walk
For 2024, the CX-90 originally rolled out with eight-passenger seating as standard, or a seven-seater option with captain’s chairs on the second row. The base Turbo Select still only has the eight-passenger setup, but a captain’s chair (2-2-3) configuration is available on the Preferred and Premium Sport. Like before, the Premium Plus remains exclusively a seven-passenger SUV with captain’s chairs. One unique option is available on the PHEV Premium Sport: a seven-seat configuration with a 50/50 split-folding second row bench.
The trim stack now starts at the $39,300 Select (pricing includes Mazda’s $1,455 destination fee). From there, you move up to the $42,400 Preferred, which gets a few choice upgrades for the new model year. Instead of a 10.25-inch infotainment screen, you get the 12.3-inch unit that was formerly only available on the Premium Plus, while you also get wireless smartphone charging and front and rear parking sensors. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto also come as part of the better head unit, as does their touchscreen capabilities (but only in the respective projection apps, and you have to enable it through the connectivity menu). Both the Select and Preferred trims, accounting for a small destination charge hike, increase by $80.
Mazda’s new trim for the 2025 CX-90 is the Premium Sport I mentioned earlier, starting at $47,855. The Preferred Plus and vanilla Premium trims are gone, so this variant gets features from both outgoing trims baked in, plus some extra styling touches. On the aesthetic front, you get black metallic 21-inch wheels as well as a host of other gloss black trim around the bumpers, doors, mirror caps and roof rails. For the money, you also get a 12-speaker Bose audio system, frameless rearview mirror, a hands-free liftgate, digital gauge cluster, panoramic sunroof and an 8-way adjustable power driver’s seat.
At $50,855, the Premium Plus tops out the CX-90 trims available with the 280 horsepower, 332 lb-ft torque version of the 3.3-liter inline-six. From there, the $54,405 Turbo S Premium and $57,905 Turbo S Premium Plus (both up $580) round out the non-PHEV trims you can buy.
The plug-in hybrid largely remains the same, though it too sees the Premium trim retired in favor of the new Premium Sport package, for all its features and blacked-out trim. PHEV models use Mazda’s 2.5-liter SkyActiv gas engine mated to an electric motor and 17.8-kWh battery. Overall, output stands at 323 horsepower and 369 lb-ft of torque. The PHEV Preferred starts at $51,400 (again, up $80 from before), while the PHEV Premium Sport comes in at $56,355 and the Premium Plus is $59,405 (up $580 from 2024).
The configurator page for the 2025 Mazda CX-90 is live right now, and the first cars will roll into showrooms later this summer.