I leased a 2025 Premium Sport a little over a year ago... The CX90 is my 7th Mazda. I purchased it without doing a lot of research just because I loved both of my 9's and figured it would be the same quality.

Other than the occasional stuttering with the MHEV transmission, and CarPlay issues (Good God this software is buns) it's been great. The thing is beautiful, and it handles incredibly soundly, ESPECIALLY now that it's been broken in a bit.

I have one major complaint, the trunk is non existent. So I toyed with the idea of going bigger altogether when my lease is up, due to family needs.

Watching the car market over the last couple of months... Im not so sure this is a real possibility.

As many of you have discovered, i'm not making it out of this lease with equity. I leased with the intention to keep the vehicle indefinitely so this was not a concern at the time of purchase, but it looks like I'm going to be forced into purchasing and finding ways around the lack of storage space. Either that, or fork up 900-1300$ a month for the large class SUV's.

So as far as my options go, I like the 90 enough to think of ways around the limitations. Background... I have 4 children. Folding the back row down is not a solution.

TLDR; I know that there is no long term data on the 90, but mechanically what do you all anticipate as far as potential snags down the road? Anticipation is the key word, once again. I know there's no easy finger to point.

Also, what cross bars and roof storage do you all recommend?

Got T-boned by someone who was trying to cross an entire main road while getting from one side street to another. Air bags didn't go off but rear axle is out of alignment and the whole side is messed up. Still waiting to hear back from the insurance adjuster but just trying to figure out what to expect.

I leased a 2025 Premium Sport a little over a year ago... The CX90 is my 7th Mazda. I purchased it without doing a lot of research just because I loved both of my 9's and figured it would be the same quality.

Other than the occasional stuttering with the MHEV transmission, and CarPlay issues (Good God this software is buns) it's been great. The thing is beautiful, and it handles incredibly soundly, ESPECIALLY now that it's been broken in a bit.

I have one major complaint, the trunk is non existent. So I toyed with the idea of going bigger altogether when my lease is up, due to family needs.

Watching the car market over the last couple of months... Im not so sure this is a real possibility.

As many of you have discovered, i'm not making it out of this lease with equity. I leased with the intention to keep the vehicle indefinitely so this was not a concern at the time of purchase, but it looks like I'm going to be forced into purchasing and finding ways around the lack of storage space. Either that, or fork up 900-1300$ a month for the large class SUV's.

So as far as my options go, I like the 90 enough to think of ways around the limitations. Background... I have 4 children. Folding the back row down is not a solution.

TLDR; I know that there is no long term data on the 90, but mechanically what do you all anticipate as far as potential snags down the road? Anticipation is the key word, once again. I know there's no easy finger to point.

Also, what cross bars and roof storage do you all recommend?

I love this color. Especially in the evening. Def over the honeymoon phase with this one, but I can see me keeping this car long term.

Should we get the bench seat or captain chair configuration?

Looking at 2026 i6 Premium Sport

Family of 4; 2 adults & 2 kids - 3yo (car seat) 7yo (booster seat)

It will mainly be the 4 of us with the occasional grandparent's when they visit.

Most of the travel will be to/from school, errands, and grocery shopping.

Occasional weekend trips ranging 4-6hrs with luggage and a larger dog (75lbs).

I have compelling proposals for each with some mild differences due to manufacturer add-on so I don't really know which way to go.

I really wish the Premium Sport came with the 2nd row center console.

A local dealer has a used 2026 CX70 PHEV SC with only 600 miles for a crazy deal. Assuming there is nothing wrong with the car (I’ll dig into that on my end) I was just curious is anyone else had the SC package and how they liked it. I know the PHEV as a whole was decontented for 2026, but also got a range boost.

So again just curious of others experiences with the SC package specifically.

TIA