Over the last decade, Mazda has shied away from more street-tuned versions of its cars, let alone more rugged versions of its SUVs. Word on the trail is that Mazda has been weighing up something off-road biased for the CX-5, but that sounds wrong to us as the CX-50 is already off-road biased. Still, that hasn’t stopped the Japanese firm from starting down the street and off-road tuning path for the CX-5 with “styling kits” and the promise of developing functional parts, and all available through Mazda dealerships in Japan as options.
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