Mazda CX-70 vs Toyota Highlander
Mazda’s two-row midsize SUV, whose 3.3 Turbo S makes 340 hp and 369 lb-ft on premium fuel with i-ACTIV AWD® standard on every trim. This page sets the CX-70’s sourced specifications beside a midsize SUV it is cross-shopped with, one row at a time, with the source and the model year named on every row.
Mazda CX-70 vs Toyota Highlander
Two rows, and they are both about the engine: the CX-70’s inline-six carries the higher maximum horsepower and the higher maximum torque than anything offered in the Toyota Highlander lineup. That is deliberately the whole of the claim. These are not the same shape of vehicle — the CX-70 is a two-row and the Highlander is a three-row, so it holds more behind its second row than this car does, it is rated for the same maximum towing capacity, and its hybrid version is rated for far better mileage than this one. All three of those are in our research and none of them is a row here. If space or economy is what decides your choice, these two rows are not the ones to read. Each row below names its source and the model year that source describes.
Every row above names its source and the model year that source describes; verification of a comparison is the dealer’s responsibility. Competitor figures are that manufacturer’s own published specifications for the model year shown. Rows the CX-70 does not lead are recorded in our research and are not published here, and no price row appears at all — competitor MSRPs are published excluding destination while Mazda’s include it, so no like-for-like price comparison exists.
The Mazda CX-70 in Mobile, AL
A Two-Row Answer to a Three-Row Question
The 2026 CX-70 runs from 280 hp to 340 hp with the 3.3 Turbo S on premium fuel and makes 369 lb-ft, carries i-ACTIV AWD® on every trim, holds 39.6 cu ft behind its second row and 75.3 cu ft folded, and tows up to 5,000 lbs properly equipped. It has two rows of seats and no third, which is the point of it: the space a third row would take is given to the two rows it has. That is a legitimate thing not to want, and this comparison is honest about which way it cuts — the vehicle compared here seats more people and carries more cargo, and what the CX-70 answers with is the engine.
How to Read This Comparison
Every figure in the table above carries a source and the model year that source describes. Mazda’s guidelines put verification of a comparison on the dealer, so a row that could not be sourced to a manufacturer publication is left out rather than estimated, and a row the CX-70 does not lead is recorded in our research and not published here. Ask us for the documentation behind any row and we will show it to you.
CX-70 Comparison Questions
How much power does the Mazda CX-70 make?⌄
From 280 hp with the 3.3 Turbo up to 340 hp and 369 lb-ft with the 3.3 Turbo S on premium fuel. Those two figures are both rows of the comparison above.
Does the Mazda CX-70 have a third row?⌄
No. The CX-70 is a two-row, five-seat midsize SUV; the three-row Mazda in the same family is the CX-90. That is why cargo volume behind the second row is not one of the rows above — the vehicle compared here publishes a larger figure, and our research records that rather than the page.
Where can I compare the Mazda CX-70 near Mobile, AL?⌄
Dean McCrary Mazda is at 1739 E I-65 Service Rd S in Mobile, serving Daphne, Spanish Fort, Saraland and Theodore. Drive a CX-70 and judge the comparison for yourself.
How are the figures on this page sourced?⌄
Each row names the publication it came from and the model year that publication describes. Verification of a comparison is the dealer’s responsibility, so no row appears here without a citation, and a row nobody could source is left off the page rather than estimated.
