Mazda partners up with Toyota to deliver the CX-50 Hybrid for 2026 and, as Mazda already produces the gas-only crossover at their joint-owned plant in Alabama, adopting the “plug-and-play” Toyota Hybrid System wasn’t a far-fetched concept. And indeed, the CX-50 Hybrid delivers the expected excellent fuel efficiency and around-town smoothness, but its battery capacity is only so great, and in the canyons, it can only deliver full power for a short period, leaving this CX-50 Hybrid feeling more practically-natured than engaging, or in Mazda terms, more scoot-scoot than zoom-zoom.
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