Mazda's original factory has recently announced that the new SUV CX-60 will be premiered on March 8, before the official release of the original factory, many social media have revealed the full picture of its exterior interior, not only inheriting the family design vocabulary, with a larger body size than the CX-5, the interior has a large digital meter, a central suspension screen and other details, will also be Mazda's first car series to provide 2.5 liters of PHEV plug-in oil-electric hybrid, and is expected to have a new inline 6-cylinder Skyactiv-X Gasoline engines and the new generation of Skyactiv-D diesel engines are available.
Mazda SUV Product Program
The debut of this series, the CX-50, which has been debuted in November 2021 and was recently produced in the joint venture Alabama MTM (Mazda Toyota Manufacturing) factory with the US standard Toyota Corolla Cross, but it is a North American market exclusive to the product positioning between the CX-5 and CX-30, and will not be imported into markets outside North America, and it is also the latest in this series In the SUV product plan, the only works belonging to the "Small Product Group Small Car Product Group" and the rest including the CX-60, CX-70, CX-80 and CX-90 belong to the "Large Product Group Large Car Product Group".
In the full picture of the CX-60 that was first disclosed this time, the difference between the CX-60 and the CX-5 series can still be easily identified through the completely different headlight shapes and the suction dams located on both sides of the front. In particular, the LED daytime light bar extends to the chrome trim strip officially known as the "Soul Moving Wing", bringing a different front-end impression; in addition, the original designer also added an arrow-like model nameplate for the first time in the fender, which is also a rare design of Japanese SUVs.
The wheel arches on the outside of the car adopt a more delicate body color design, and there are also silver and black two-tone cut aluminum rings under the feet. In terms of rear, the CX-60 is similar to the CX-5 in the window frame, rear wheel arch and other contours, and the rear tail window has a similar D-shaped silhouette. The rear lights are significantly larger than the CX-5, and are dotted with L-shaped LED light guide bars, but they are not like the CX-9 series that connect the two tail light groups through chrome plating. In addition to the full and thick body of the same color rear retainer and black material, the CX-60 has a bilateral double out rectangular exhaust tailpipe design below the sides.
The interior of the CX-60 is quite different from the existing Mazda car series, such as the dashboard from the past non-full version of the 7-inch digital instrument, to the full screen digital instrument, the central large-size suspension screen using the new generation of Mazda Connect interface, the central saddle is MZD knob and other control keys, and the gear seat has also been changed to a wire-transmitted design similar to the MX-30. According to the information obtained by foreign media, the car is built using the original construction method named "Musubu", and the center console and door panels are made of Japan's unique textile binding method, plus the brand's new style of 3-spoke steering wheel.
Detailed power data has not yet been released, but the CX-60 will be the brand's first car to use PHEV plug-in hybrid, is expected to be equipped with a 2.5-liter inline 4-cylinder naturally aspirated engine and a single motor, the combined horsepower is expected to look up to 223kW, about 304 horses, and the PHEV car dealership will adopt a four-wheel drive setting. In addition to the PHEV models, the CX-60 is expected to introduce the new in-line 6-cylinder Skyactiv-X petrol engine and the new generation of Skyactiv-D diesel engines mentioned above, both of which will be equipped with a 48V light oil system.