2025 Mazda CX-70 Preview: Sure, why not? Small niche, small effort

If you're struggling to tell how the 2025 Mazda CX-70 is different from the existing CX-90, give yourself a break. The CX-70 has a slightly different bumper and grille insert, plus the availability of gloss black exterior trim. Mazda didn't reveal dimensions, but they should be identical to the CX-90's apart from a whisker of an inch on account of that different bumper. The biggest difference is that the CX-70 is a two-row SUV. The CX-90 has three rows. That's it. Both the turbo inline-size and plug-in-hybrid powertrains will be available, and the interior design is identical. What you're looking at here is basically a two-row CX-90.

OK, so how on Earth does that warrant a whole other name? A marketing person wasn't on hand to confirm this guess during our sneak preview, but logically it seems like it's easier to sell a CX-70 than a "CX-90 Two-Row" or "CX-90 S." Smaller name number = fewer seats. Simple, understandable.

10 points if you can tell which one is the CX-70 and which is the CX-90