CX-3: Mazda's entry into the burgeoning subcompact crossover segment went on sale this summer as a 2016 model, offering a choice of front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive and the same 2.0-liter, Skyactiv gasoline engine offered in the Mazda3, Mazda6 and CX-5. It's a brand-new product, and it won't get anything more than minor updates through 2018.

CX-5: Mazda gave the CX-5 a face-lift for the 2016 model year. Like the Mazda6, it got richer interior appointments and Mazda Connect. The compact crossover will get a mild exterior update in the first half of 2016 for the 2017 model year.

CX-9: Mazda's midsize crossover is getting a clean-sheet redesign for the 2017 model year, completing the overhaul of Mazda's lineup using Skyactiv powertrains and Kodo design. It will go on sale in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2016 after a debut at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show. Only a three-row version will be offered.

With the redesign, Mazda set out to make the seven-seat cross-over lighter and more efficient to match family-hauling rivals such as the newly redesigned Honda Pilot. Mazda also sought to phase out the 3.7-liter, V-6 engine from the current CX-9, a relic of Mazda's tie-up with Ford Motor Co. Mazda lacked a Skyactiv engine with enough oomph to do the job, so it developed a turbocharged version of the 2.5-liter, four-cylinder Skyactiv widely used across the lineup.

Performance variant: By adding a turbocharged, 2.5-liter engine to its parts bin, Mazda gained a suitable engine for a performance variant of an existing product. In fact, Mazda built the business case for the engine around that possibility.

Car buff magazines have speculated that Mazda plans to revive the Mazdaspeed3, the quicker version of the Mazda3. But the hot-hatch segment, which includes the Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R, the Subaru WRX and WRX STI, and the Ford Focus ST and RS, is crowded. Mazda's exact plans are unclear, but the company is thinking of using its engine for a different purpose: a high-powered, range-topping version of the CX-3, CX-5 or Mazda6.

For a hint of Mazda's plans, look no further than the Koeru crossover concept that the company plans to unveil at the Frankfurt auto show, which is being touted as delivering "driving performance."

MX-5 Miata: The fourth-generation MX-5 Miata roadster went on sale in the U.S. this summer with a 2.0-liter Skyactiv engine. Mazda plans to supply a reworked MX-5 with a turbocharged, 1.4-liter engine to Fiat Chrysler for sale as the Fiat 124 Spider. Mazda also is working on a retractable hardtop version of the MX-5 with a unique, fastback-style silhouette, Automotive News learned last year.