Mazda is preparing a mid-life facelift for its popular CX-5 soft-roader - and our spy photographers have caught the 2015 SUV on test in Germany.
Our new photos reveal no obvious sheet metal changes, as you might expect with a model-year update. But there are some areas which appear as if they’re being upgraded on the 2015 CX-5:
1) A new straight-barred grille with Mazda shield badge
2) Lower air intake more neatly integrated at front
3) Headlamp detail changes
4) Rear lights to get new jewel-effect finish
2) Lower air intake more neatly integrated at front
3) Headlamp detail changes
4) Rear lights to get new jewel-effect finish
What else is new on the 2015 Mazda CX-5?
The CX-5 is proving popular with buyers lapping up crossovers - it’s one of the best-sellers for the brand in the UK - so Mazda isn’t likely to change too much. Besides, the car only went on sale in 2012, so it’s hardly in urgent need of attention.
Instead the focus lies on a series of detail changes. We expect blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em exterior changes detailed above, plus subtle interior and spec upgrades, including the latest Mazda MZD Connect infotainment system as fitted to the new MX-5 roadster.
Every gramme counts nowadays, and Mazda is likely to attempt to push the 119/gkm CO2 rating down even further on the most popular 2.2-litre diesel engine.
The CX-5 comes with a choice of 148bhp or 172bhp 2.2 diesels, or the 163bhp 2.0-litre petrol engine. Front- and four-wheel drive options remain. It is not thought likely that the smaller 1.5-litre Skyactiv engine has been engineered for the Qashqai rival.
When does the new CX-5 arrive?
Expect to see the newly spruced-up SUV on sale by the middle of 2015. Prices are unlikely to move much from today’s £21,895 starting cost.
Click here to read the Mazda CX-5 long-term test review by CAR magazine.
Still not interested in the CX-5? Then you'll have to wait for its smaller brother, the new CX-3 due to be unveiled at the 2014 Los Angeles motor show in November.
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