The CX-50 is among the latest fashions within the Mazda’s vary, with US deliveries having simply began. Nevertheless, the primary instance of the SUV has already appeared on Copart after sustaining injury in each the entrance and the rear finish following a collision.

The Mazda CX-50 was unveiled in November 2021, with manufacturing in Huntsville, Alabama beginning in late January 2022. The pictured instance has a manufacturing date of March 2022, that means that the poor SUV received crashed lower than two months after rolling off the manufacturing unit.

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The CX-50 seems to have been crashed from the again the place it has sustained the first injury, almost definitely affecting the chassis. The bumper and tailgate are deformed and the rear fenders are bent, as if one other automobile rear-ended the Mazda. The angle of one of many rear wheels means that the suspension and rear axle have additionally been affected by the crash.

The injury on the entrance is much less outstanding however nonetheless fairly critical for the reason that bumper, bonnet, and fenders will should be changed. Fortunately the engine bay seems to be intact, so there’s some hope for sourcing loads of brand-new and undamaged components from the automobile. Inside, the driving force’s airbag has been deployed, including as much as the excessive value of repairs.

The truth that it comes fitted with aftermarket roof rails means it’s a buyer automobile and never a automobile from Mazda’s press fleet. Nonetheless, there isn’t any information on the mileage for the reason that instrument cluster is totally digital and never working.

The 2023 CX-50 begins from $26,800 within the US, topping out at $41,550 for the most costly variant. The pictured instance in Copart has an estimated retail worth of $42,658 which implies we have now to do with a flagship 2.5 Turbo Premium Plus trim. Certainly the Turbo badge on the deformed tailgate, the bigger – now relocated – exhaust pipes and the view of the engine bay affirm that this CX-50 is fitted with the extra highly effective turbocharged Skyactiv-G 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine producing 256 hp (191 kW / 259 PS).

We guess that the brand new proprietor of the wrecked SUV will likely be joyful to promote components together with the heated and ventilated leather-upholstered seats, the Bose 12-speaker premium audio system, and the infotainment/navigation show which needs to be unhurt. How a lot would you pay for a brand-new full-spec Mazda CX-50 that has been crashed like that?