Mazda killed the CX-70 and left the CX-90 with two rows in only two of nine trims

Mazda has confirmed that the two-row CX-90 replaces the CX-70 in the United States for the 2027 model year, ending the run of a two-row crossover that Mazda announced in January 2024. The new lineup runs to nine trims, and only two of them can be ordered with two rows of seats instead of three.

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Mazda announced the pricing and packaging on October 27, 2026. The cheapest trim starts at $39,700 before destination, and the plug-in hybrid versions climb to $58,700.

All nine 2027 CX-90 trims

In its 2027 CX-90 pricing and packaging release, Mazda lists nine trims. Six use the 3.3-liter turbocharged inline-six: the 3.3 Turbo Select at $39,700, the 3.3 Turbo Preferred at $43,850, the 3.3 Turbo Premium Sport at $46,880 as a two-row and $48,080 as a three-row, the 3.3 Turbo Premium Plus at $50,670, the 3.3 Turbo S Premium Sport at $53,540 as a two-row and $54,740 as a three-row, and the 3.3 Turbo S Premium Plus at $57,970.

The other three are plug-in hybrids: the PHEV Preferred at $50,695, the PHEV Premium Sport at $55,500 and the PHEV Premium Plus at $58,700. Prices exclude a destination charge of $1,645, or $1,690 in Alaska, plus taxes, title and fees, and dealers set the actual selling price.

Which two trims keep two rows

The two-row layout is limited to the 3.3 Turbo Premium Sport and the 3.3 Turbo S Premium Sport. Each can still be had with three rows, so those two trims carry a choice that the other seven do not have. Mazda says the new two-row arrangement is available in the Premium Sport grade at both power levels, and that two of the new exterior colors, Melting Copper Metallic and Zircon Sand Metallic, are offered only on two-row models.

The rest of the range stays three-row. The Preferred carries a third-row bench for eight seats in total, the Premium Plus offers seven with captain chairs or eight with a bench, the Turbo S Premium Plus is a seven-seater, and the plug-in trims seat seven. A shopper who wants a two-row Mazda SUV therefore has exactly two ways in, both on the inline-six. Carscoops counted the same split, nine trim levels with just two available with two rows, and its figures include the destination fee: the Select lists at $41,345 once the $1,645 charge is added to Mazda’s $39,700.

What the CX-70 was and what replaces it

The CX-70 was Mazda’s two-row version of the CX-90. Motor1 reported in January 2024 that Mazda had set a January 30 reveal for it, describing a model with the same body as the CX-90, a larger cargo area and a choice of the turbocharged 3.3-liter six or the 2.5-liter plug-in hybrid rated at 323 horsepower.

The 2027 CX-90 absorbs most of that role but not all of it. The turbocharged six makes 280 horsepower and 332 pound-feet on 87 octane, while the Turbo S makes up to 340 horsepower and 369 pound-feet on 91 octane. The plug-in hybrid, rated at 323 horsepower, stays three-row only, so a two-row plug-in no longer exists in the Mazda showroom.

Mazda’s release describes the changes as simplifying the lineup and giving customers more intuitive choices based on how they shop today. It attributes the statement to no executive, and it offers no explanation for the CX-70’s sales performance. AutoEvolution reported on October 21, citing Driving.ca, that the CX-70 was certain to be discontinued, and listed year-to-date U.S. deliveries through September 2026 of 34,999 for the CX-90 and 9,686 for the CX-70. Mazda’s own newsroom has not published those totals, so the delivery split rests on that report.

A second, smaller price signal sits in the same reporting. AutoEvolution put the 2026 U.S. starting prices, before destination, at $39,300 for the CX-90 and $42,750 for the CX-70. The 2027 two-row Premium Sport at $46,880 starts $4,130 above that reported CX-70 base price, though it is a higher trim than the entry model. The CX-90 Select, at $39,700, is $400 above the reported 2026 CX-90 starting price. The release posted on Mazda’s North American newsroom does not state an on-sale date.

Equipment on the two-row Premium Sport trims

Carscoops described the Premium Sport as an eight-seat or seven-seat vehicle with second-row captain’s chairs, now joined by the two-row configuration at $48,525 including destination against $49,675 for the three-row. The Turbo S Premium Sport, at $55,185 on the same basis, adds the 340-horsepower engine, Sport, Off-Road and Towing drive modes, a black exterior with 21-inch black wheels, Bose 12-speaker audio, a power liftgate, a panoramic moonroof and a full set of Mazda driver-assistance features.

Carscoops also called Mazda’s U.S. SUV range "a little convoluted" with the CX-30, CX-50, CX-5, CX-70 and CX-90 all on sale, which frames the CX-70’s removal as a consolidation. Mazda’s release adds a revised rear suspension crossmember on every 2027 CX-90 and quieter electric-drive motor insulation on the plug-in hybrids. The release lists no rating for cargo room in the two-row versions, the main practical benefit the CX-70 was expected to offer.

This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.

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