All-New 2025 Mazda CX-5 Best-Seller Doesn't Clash With CX-50 Anymore, At Least Virtually

Of course, we are not talking about the Mazda MX-5 Miata, which offers just two variants – the classic roadster and the RF with retractable hardtop. We will also not discuss the Mazda3, which can be had in sedan and Hatchback guise. The base CX-30 and the newly introduced CX-90 and CX-90 PHEV are also safe and sound.

Instead, let's take a look at the dynamics between the 2024 CX-5 compact crossover SUV and the 2024 CX-50 sibling. They are both compact crossover SUVs; one is produced all over the world except for America, and the other is manufactured only in the United States (Huntsville, Alabama, MTMUS – Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA) and China.

They both start around the $30k mark – the 2024 CX-5 has a starting MSRP of $29,300, and the CX-50 is exactly 1k more expensive. They also don't feature too many distinct styling cues – the CX-5 is slightly ritzier while the CX-50 is more adventurous, and the latter is also slightly longer and wider but also lower. So, what stops customers from looking confused at the two of them?

Currently, we don't have a precise answer to that question – aside from the fact that the CX-5 has more experience on the market and the panache of being Mazda's best-selling vehicle while the CX-50 is the new kid on the block trying to make a name for itself. As such, some people might think it's about time Mazda did something to differentiate them properly.

But if the Japanese carmaker doesn't take action, a few might be inclined to take matters into their own hands – or instead, at the tip of their CGI brushes, as is the case with the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. More precisely, the good folks over at the Real Automotive and Q Cars channels on YouTube have decided to find an AI-assisted virtual way to make the CX-5 impervious to internal rivalry.

So, the resident pixel master from Real Automotive not only proceeded to envision the potential looks of the upcoming third-generation CX-5 but also instructed the host to portray the unofficial design project as a potential hook for Mazda's renewed EV efforts. As such, aside from ICE-powered Skyactiv models, this model could also arrive on the market as a pure EV to make up for the failed MX-30.

Suppose you think that a Mazda CX-5 EV is too farfetched. In that case, the CGI expert at Q Cars portrays the unofficial next-generation compact crossover SUV as a lot more futuristic than the current generation and slims down the expectations to hybrid and/or plug-in hybrid powertrain options. So, which unofficial vision would you like to see come true and why?