Some time ago, Jeremy Thomson, head of Mazda's UK region, said: "Mazda's goal is to become a true luxury brand car company. "A lot of people may not believe this news, Mazda? Don't get stuck in traffic are sneaking a smile. But mazda, who has always been paranoid, is clearly not joking. In the minds of many consumers, there is no rear drive and no luxury (Wuling Hongguang laughed), so Mazda gave us a new car with a six-cylinder engine and a longitudinal rear drive - CX-60.
At present, CX-60 has been officially listed in the European market, priced at 43950 pounds (about 364,000 yuan), if CX-60 at this price to introduce domestic sales, the landing will exceed 400,000, today to see what Mazda can do with 400,000.
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The future Mazda will look like this?
As a new car created by the new rear-drive platform, the Mazda CX-60 is not only the crystallization of Mazda's new technology, its exterior design concept is more likely to affect the styling style of the subsequent Mazda new car.
Seeing the new CX-60, but it didn't give me a stunning feeling, it was like the female companion next to you, changing the makeup style, giving you a little freshness, but still the familiar her.
In terms of body size, the Mazda CX-60 is 4745mm long, 1890mm wide, 1680mm high, and has a wheelbase of 2870mm.
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Interior: Slightly conservative but not inferior
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327 horses! 0-100km/h acceleration in 5.8 seconds!
Everyone is developing new energy vehicles, the former rotor demon Mazda also brought a plug-in hybrid model to the CX-60 this time, people's plugs and mixes are used to save fuel, and Mazda's home plugs and mixes are more like to enhance power.
The CX-60 PHEV will be powered by a Skyactiv-G 2.5L four-cylinder direct injection petrol engine and a drive motor with a maximum power of 100 kW, which together can burst out a maximum horsepower of 327 horses and a maximum power of 500 Nm, allowing the mid-size SUV to accelerate 0-100 km/h in 5.8 seconds. The new car is equipped with a 17.8 kWh battery pack, which can travel 63 km in pure electric mode and reach a maximum speed of 100 km/h in pure electric mode.
What about the said six-cylinder engine? Don't worry, the CX-60 gasoline version will be equipped with a 3.0-liter six-cylinder e-SKYACTIV X gasoline engine, but unlike previous rumors, this is a naturally aspirated engine, not equipped with a turbocharger, and Mazda has not yet added a 48V mixing system to the 6-cylinder engine to further improve fuel economy. Of course, the CX-60 also offers a 3.3-liter six-cylinder e-SKYACTIV D diesel engine, so that's not much to go into here.
Whatever the powertrain, the driveline will match the new 8-speed automatic transmission. Conventional automatic transmissions have torque converters to comb the power from the engine, but will lose a little horsepower, in order to pursue more efficient transmission efficiency, Mazda with multi-plate clutch and motor to replace the traditional torque converter, bringing a more direct, faster transmission effect. However, the author also has a doubt, this change can indeed improve the transmission efficiency, but without the torque converter, will the shift smoothness be affected?
As for the chassis segment, the Mazda CX-60 features front double wishbones, rear multi-link suspension, and an I-ACTIVAWD all-wheel drive system that distributes power to the front and rear axles through an electronically controlled multi-chip clutch.
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Summary
Impacting the luxury market, does the Mazda CX-60 have a play? What can you think of a longitudinal rear-drive or a medium-sized SUV with a four-wheel drive? The most familiar are BMW X3, Mercedes-Benz GLC and other models. From the bottom point of view, the CX-60 at least meets this threshold, and the 2.5L insertion and mixing system or the 3.0L e-SKYACTIV X also has a good bottom, chassis tuning is not to worry, Mazda's strengths. Looking at it this way, is it possible for the CX-60 to break through in the luxury market? People are BMW, you are Toei BMW, do you think there is a play?
Mazda CX-60 introduction is finished, but I don't know if there is anyone I am a little disappointed in my heart, not that the Mazda CX-60 is not good enough (not driven and can not be conclusive?). Because we'd rather see the all-new Mazda 6 with the legendary longitudinal rear-drive, inline six-cylinder than an SUV.