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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 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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CX-30 HAS BEEN A SALES WINNER FOR MAZDA

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Launched here in late 2020 the Mazda CX-30 is a small-medium SUV that squeezes into the space between the company’s original SUVs, the compact CX-3 and the mid-sized CX-5. Between them, these three vehicles accounted for just over half of total Mazda sales in 2023 and were a major factor in the brand being locked solidly into second place behind Toyota in total sales. CX-30 was given a minor upgrade in late 2023 that included improved connectivity and fuel efficiency, together with a new model grade, the GT SP. The… Read more

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MAZDA3 SEDAN

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Mazda3 has been on sale here for almost 20 years on the Australian market. Indeed, you can make that 45 years if you include the 323 that preceded. The ‘3’ has been a consistently high seller for most of its life often contesting the top spots in both its small-medium segment as well as overall sales against perennial rivals like Toyota Corolla, Kia Cerato, Nissan Pulsar and Hyundai i30. The latest, fourth generation, Mazda3 arrived here in February 2019 year in five-door hatchback form with the four-door sedan joining it… Read more

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MAZDA CX-60 G40E AZAMI HYBRID

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The Mazda lineup is becoming increasingly difficult to understand. Once upon a time there was the Mazda2, Mazda3, and Mazda6 and it was easy to follow the progression (not forgetting the MX-5 and RX-8 sports cars). Then along came the SUVs, denoted by a CX in front of the number — CX-3, CX-5, CX-8 and CX-9. All good so far, except perhaps for CX-3 which actually sits on the same platform as Mazda2, making it smaller than its name might suggest. More recently the CX-30 and MX-30 were added, including… Read more

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CX-60 REWRITES THE RULEBOOK FOR MAZDA SUVS

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It appears the CX-60 has inveigled its way into the Mazda sports utility vehicle family with the bearing of an imperious European aristocrat. Indeed, an industry specialist who deals with vehicle brands daily says, at first sight, the CX-60 reminded him a lot of a Jaguar. Mazda makes no bones about taking the Yellow Brick Road to a spot ‘over the rainbow’ inhabited by the best mid-size SUVs around and the CX-60 debuts with three sophisticated new powertrains – inline-six turbocharged petrol and diesel engines, in mild hybrid guise, plus… Read more