The CX-90 range starts at roughly $80,000 drive-away and climbs all the way to about $102,000 for the Azami turbo petrol variant we tested. That puts the big Mazda squarely in luxury car territory, lining up against the likes of Lexus’s RX350 and Genesis’s GV80. The Mazda’s cabin isn’t out of place in this company. The quality of materials used and the attention to detail in the design is impressive.
The CX-90 has an extensive arsenal of active safety technology including lane-keep and blind-spot assist, radar cruise control, front and rear cross-traffic alert with braking, driver fatigue monitoring and auto high-beam. The Mazda will also slam on the brakes if you try to turn into oncoming traffic and tells you when it’s safe to open the doors. The CX-90 hasn’t been independently crash tested in Australia but it shares a platform with the CX-60, which scored five stars.