Category: Mazda

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MAZDA 6e E SMART MOVE A START

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There’s a touch of Jekyll & Hyde about the new Mazda 6e. On the one hand it has the looks of a fashion magazine cover model, on the other, the innovative EV has made a complete surrender to the infotainment touchscreen. I will admit I’m a fan on the first count. And I’m not alone in that, as the svelte sedan, Mazda’s first mainstream electric vehicle, attracted votes from close to t00 motoring journalists to be named 2026 World Car Design of 2026. Built by Changan Mazda in China –… Read more

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MAZDA CX-90 MOVES TO MATCH EUROPEAN ARISTOCRATS

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  Mazda has been hard at it to match the European haute couture of SUVs from the likes of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Range Rover. Now, the Japanese automobile manufacturer has paused to take stock of its high-end ambitions. The move is intended to enhance equipment at the same time as paring prices for the Mazda CX-60, CX-70, CX-80 and CX-90 models, resulting in MY26 3.3 litre inline-six petrol and diesel variants priced the same across all grades. At more than five metres long, the wide-body CX-90 is a seven-seater in… Read more

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PLENTY STILL GOING ON WITH MAZDA CX-5

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  It may have been the runt of an exclusive Mazda SUV pack, but the CX-5, in its 14-plus years on the road, led a storied life. Since its inception in 2012, the mid-size has been revered around the world, recently amassing five million sales. Locally, more than 325,000 sales have made the CX-5 a household name, topping the Mazda Australia range, except for the Mazda 3, for the past seven years. The third generation beckons. Vinesh Bhindi, managing director of Mazda Australia, says the CX-5 will continue to hold… Read more

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AZAMI FLAGS UNIQUE MAZDA SUV COLLECTION

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For some reason Australia is the only market to get all four Mazda cathedral-like ‘Large Architecture’ SUVs – the CX-60, CX-70, CX-80 and CX-90. Indeed, Oz stands alone as the only right-hand drive market in the world to get the CX-70. The CX-70 is basically a CX-90 with two rows of seats rather than three and comes only in two trims – GT and Azami – with an optional SP Package and the G50e inline six- cylinder petrol engine. Introduced in 2024 as a sportier, two-row alternative to the CX-90,… Read more

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BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR MAZDA BT-50 UTE

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Tradie tackle transporter; domestic trash tip tripper; camping holiday gear hauler; Birdsville Track trouper on the way to the races, the Mazda BT-50 Dual Cab ute is fit for purpose for all of the above. Introduced to Australia two decades ago, it’s had plenty of practice. A true Mazda staple, rooted in the Isuzu D-Max, the versatile Dual Cab has taken a power lift with a 2.2-litre turbodiesel four-cylinder engine in place of the 1.9-litre diesel unit – that’s 120kW as opposed to 110kW. An eight-speed automatic transmission completes the… Read more

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MAZDA CX-60 IN MARKET FOR SUCCESS

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You have to hand it to Mazda, the Japanese automobile manufacturer never gives up in its quest to please . . . and thus, sell more product. With some early wobbles with its new-generation CX-60 family SUV, Mazda has pared back the powerplant and pricing while ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ in lifestyle stuff. With the 2.5 litre Skyactiv-G four-cylinder G25 petrol unit joining the CX-60 big boys in Pure, Evolve and Touring trim levels, the entry-level Pure price is $44,240, plus on-road costs, the Evolve and Touring (on test)… Read more

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MAZDA NUMBERS GAME IN PLAY FOR SUV BUYERS

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Mazda’s march upmarket with its reworked range of CX large sports utility vehicles, the new CX-80 only leads to a plethora of choices for potential buyers. But does it all add up? Mathematically, maybe but matching models with nomenclature could lead to confusion. In fact, Mazda admits there will be some subtle ‘nudging’ between the CX-60, CX-70, CX-90 and now by the CX-80 but is confident customers will have the nous to deal with the situation. Aping the three powertrains offered by its smaller CX-60 twin – an inline-six petrol,… Read more

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MAZDA CX-70: A MATTER OF GIVE AND TAKE

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As the Merlin of Mazda would say: Pick a number between 60 and 90, say 70. Now add CX and GT or Azami, then take away two seats and cap it off with a $10k-plus price advantage over its seven-seat twin. You now have the CX-70, the fourth SUV from the Japanese auto maker’s new rear/all-wheel drive ‘Large Product Group’ platform. It’s the same size as the ‘wide-body’ seven-seat CX-90 flagship, with the third row removed, Then there are the CX-60 and CX-80 twins, the latter riding on a wheelbase… Read more

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INTRODUCTION TO MAZDA RULING CLASS

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As in life, the automobile world lives by its own class system. So-called social stratification rules cover rungs strictly on a wealth basis. With vehicles measured on price, pedigree and performance the story is replete with strictly observed grades with little or no upward mobility. Most automobile manufacturers over time have stuck to the model playbook of ‘horses for courses’. Now, one of their ilk, Mazda, has broken ranks with a bid to take its larger SUVs upmarket, starting with the CX-60. Mazda has form in this, in the 1990s,… Read more

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MAZDA CX-90 G50E M HYBRID AWD AZAMI ROAD TEST

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I must be seeing double. Apart from the difference in size, the Mazda CX-60 and CX-90 could be twins. They look the same. They share the same chassis, the same engines and transmissions and their performance is very much the same. Everything is the same, same, same – or is it? STYLING At 5120mm and 2220kg CX-90 is the largest Mazda to date and is available in six- and seven-seat configuration, with a choice of petrol or diesel engines – both of them hybrids. That’s 38mm longer than the CX-60… Read more