2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid Long-Term Review, Part 3: A Good Deal?

Over the next few weeks, we'll be getting to know the 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid. Here is the third chapter of our long-term test of the model.

See also: 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid Long-Term Review, Part 1: Let's Talk!

See also: 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid, Long-Term Review, Part 2: The Same, But Not

This week, three questions about the 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid: Does it represent an attractive financial proposition? Why an "old" battery? And why not a PHEV version?

You have to spend an extra $3,000 to get a hybrid version of the CX-50. For example, a non-hybrid CX-50 GT starts at $48,815. The same GT but as a hybrid: $51,815. In the U.S., by the way, the electrified vehicle demands an extra $3,500 from buyers. 

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