Actually I don't think Mazda will put the 2.5T engine in the CX-5 unless they can get better fuel economy out of it. It is expected to do 23 city, 31 highway mpg on the upcoming Mazda6. So it will do worse than that on a CX-5 and I don't see Mazda wanting to go lower than 23 city mpg for a CX-5. This is where the diesel engine would have been really helpful, lots of low end torque but better fuel efficiency.
It's no so much about fuel economy if they drop it in. It's more to compete with the top spec turbo variants of the VW Tiguan, Hyundai Tucson, bottom end Audi's etc.
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