Mazda CX-90
A plug-in hybrid option in the family segment, with eight seats and 74.2 cu ft of maximum cargo, from $39,300.
Every measurement, sourced
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| MSRP range | $39,300 – $57,570 |
| Space | |
| Row 1 legroom | 41.7" |
| Row 2 legroom | 39.4" |
| Row 3 legroom | 30.4" |
| Row 3 headroom | 36.9" |
| Cargo behind row 3 | 14.9 cu ft |
| Cargo behind row 2 | 40 cu ft |
| Max cargo | 74.2 cu ft |
| Exterior | |
| Length | 201.6" |
| Width (excl. mirrors) | Not published |
| Height | 68.3" |
| Capability | |
| Max towing | 5,000 lbs |
| Seating | |
| Max seats | 8 |
| Second row | Captain’s chairs or bench |
Child-seat hardware in the third row
| Curtain airbags cover row 3 | Yes |
| Row 3 lower anchors (LATCH) | 1 |
| Row 3 top tether positions | 3 |
| Row 3 seatbelt reminder | Yes |
Verification status: partial — supported by a secondary or prior-generation source.
CURTAIN = TRUE, FIGURE-DERIVED (owner-surfaced 2025 manual, operator-verified 2026-08-28 at 700 dpi). PROSE ALONE DOES NOT CARRY IT and never did: a full-text search of all 715 pages returns ZERO row-enumerated curtain language (no 'third row', '3rd row', or 'all three rows' anywhere near an air-bag passage). The SRS section says only that curtains are 'stored in the front pillars, side edges of the roof, and the rear pillars' and reduce injury 'mainly to the driver and front and rear outboard passengers'' heads'. THE FIGURE CARRIES IT: the roll-over illustration on printed p.3-6 (PDF p.45, 'In response to a vehicle roll-over, both curtain air bags inflate') draws a THREE-ROW cabin — front pair, a second-row occupant, and a third-row bench with two headrests — and the deployed curtain panel extends past the third-row seatback to the rear pillar the prose names. Verified by rendering the figure region at 700 dpi, not read off a thumbnail. MODEL-YEAR CAVEAT: this is the 2025 CX-90 manual (mazdausa.com owner-manual PDF); the record is MY2026. Same generation (CX-90 launched MY2024, no redesign), and the 2026 DIGITAL manual carries identical curtain prose, so the figure is current evidence — the Palisade precedent (2026 book cited for a 2027 model). Same evidence class as GV80/Atlas/Telluride: figure-derived, so verificationStatus stays PARTIAL. LATCH: PROSE-STATED, 'second-row/third-row right seats' — 1 lower-anchor position, third-row RIGHT; corroborated by the installation section whose only third-row heading is 'third-row right seat'. CROSS-MARKET CONFLICT: the same manual''s Mexico i-Size table marks all third-row ISOFIX 'No' — certification scope, US LATCH section authoritative. TETHERS: figure-caption list enumerates third-row right/center(some models)/left = 3 on the 3-person bench (2-seat third rows: 2, inferred not stated). REMINDER = TRUE, ROW-ENUMERATED BY MAZDA ITSELF (owner-surfaced, operator-verified 2026-08-29 by downloading the figure asset directly). The prose on that page is genuinely non-committal — 'the warning lights turn on if the seat belts are not fastened', with footnote *2 'the number of seats displayed on the warning light differs depending on the specification' — which is why the first pass recorded ambiguous. But the page's FIGURE (contents/img/68143000-kkusa01-001.png, 2026 digital manual, 'Seat Belt Warning Light (Rear Seat) (Red)') is Mazda's own instrument-display graphic and carries manufacturer-authored TEXT LABELS reading '2nd ROW' and '3rd ROW', each with three belt icons. Mazda names the third row in its own artwork, so this is row-enumerated evidence rather than inference — the same standard as the Ascent, whose warning-light layout enumerates all six rear positions. Downloaded and read at source, not off a screenshot.
Sources
Hardware facts only. No U.S. crash-test programme instruments third-row occupants, so this site publishes what the vehicle has rather than a rating. Confirm against the owner's manual and sit in the vehicle before buying. Compare third-row child-seat hardware across the segment → How we source safety data →
Persona scores
- Tall adults3/10
- Car seats6/10
- Towing0/10
- Luxury feel5/10
- Value7/10
- EV interest6/10
- Shoppers who want a plug-in hybrid three-row — Mazda sells one above the mild-hybrid gas engine.
- Eight-seat capacity from $39,300.
- 41.7 inches of front-row legroom and 39.4 in the second.
- Third-row legroom of 30.4 inches is sized for children and short trips.
- 14.9 cu ft behind the third row is the least of the family models here.
- Mazda publishes only mirror-to-mirror widths and no body width, so that cell reads not published.
Data sources
- Mazda USA CX-90 trim comparison (server-rendered spec tables)·covers: row1LegroomIn, row2LegroomIn, row3LegroomIn, row3HeadroomIn, cargoBehindRow3Cuft, cargoBehindRow2Cuft, cargoMaxCuft, lengthIn, heightIn, towingMaxLbs, seatingMaxVerified
- Mazda USA newsroom — 2026 CX-90 pricing and packaging·covers: msrpMin, msrpMaxVerified
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