2024 CX-50 improvements?

[geocord]

Has anybody driven the 2024 and compared it to the 2023 model? Especially interested in the stated improvements to suspension and steering effort.

 

[Ravimgs]

Has anybody driven the 2024 and compared it to the 2023 model? Especially interested in the stated improvements to suspension and steering effort.

Suspension improved, but Steering ..not yet. I guess it starts from Nov production as per Mazda

 

[PA.CX50.T]

I love the steering on my 2023. It's one of its best features! Coming from a GTI, so......love it.

 

[mimar65]

The elapsed time between test driving a 23 and purchasing a 24 is too long for me to make a definitive statement but I do feel that the steering is lighter at lower speeds.

 

[curvesahead]

We test drive a 23 early last year and was a tad harsh over bumps , flash forward to my wife's recent move from her 21 CX5 to the CX50 the improvement is very, very good! It's a date I say fun car to drive and she and I both prefer the ride and car to the CX5.

 

[N7turbo]

The elapsed time between test driving a 23 and purchasing a 24 is too long for me to make a definitive statement but I do feel that the steering is lighter at lower speeds.

Hmm I don't think this was an issue. I test drove a '23 (well, 2 of them) and the steering was noticeably lighter (boosted more?) than my CX-5's at low speed. I didn't like it because it didn't seem to match up with where I expected the car to go. It tightened up closer to the CX-5s at speed. I guess if you spent years driving CX-50's you'd be used to it, but the "parking lot" steering didn't seem as linear as I like.

 

[N7turbo]

We test drive a 23 early last year and was a tad harsh over bumps , flash forward to my wife's recent move from her 21 CX5 to the CX50 the improvement is very, very good! It's a date I say fun car to drive and she and I both prefer the ride and car to the CX5.

That is good to hear. Maybe I'd be interested in a CX-50 refresh in 2026. But maybe not if the cladding and fake vents remain.