Confidence ignited by intuition
Mazda’s predictive i-ACTIV AWD is an on-demand system featuring sensors that check road conditions 200 times every second. Built to sense, and respond to these conditions, i-ACTIV AWD helps to ensure a more confident drive.
Sensing conditions


Driver intent

Road conditions

Slip protection

Calculation

Response
Uncompromised fuel efficiency
i-ACTIV AWD was designed to deliver exceptional responsiveness and to challenge the convention that an AWD vehicle must be inefficient. In order to deliver the benefits of AWD and excellent fuel efficiency they set out to reduce the weight of the AWD components and to minimize frictional losses.


Reducing frictional losses

Weight reduction
Experience it yourself
Discover all the benefits of i‑ACTIV AWD, available in our CX‑3, CX‑5 and 2016 CX‑9 models.