As a century-old car company, Mazda has a strong cultural heritage and technical precipitation, and it is also a unique brand, often doing some unreasonable things to deal with, like the world-famous rotor engine, which is from Mazda's hand.
With the passage of time, in today's era of small displacement turbocharged engines, Mazda has always adhered to the naturally aspirated engine, and has always adhered to the spirit of "unity of man and horse", which cannot help but feel admired.
And when everyone thought that Mazda would slowly turn to the new energy market, Mazda announced that it would build a longitudinal rear-drive/four-wheel drive platform and an in-line six-cylinder engine, giving the majority of fans an unexpected surprise. To know that other car companies are promoting pure electrification platforms, and Mazda has done things that run counter to the trend of the times, which has to be admired.
In addition to developing new platforms and technologies, Mazda is also improving its product matrix and launching new cars, of which the Mazda CX-60 is a blockbuster product it launched this year. Just recently, Mazda officially released its new mid-size SUV - Mazda CX-60, the new car is based on a new platform to build an SUV product, equipped with a number of powertrains, including plug-in hybrid, which is also Mazda's first plug-in hybrid model.
It is understood that the new car will roll off the production line at the Yamaguchi Prefecture plant in Japan on March 11 and be sold in the Japanese, European and Australian markets. Among them, the car launched four models in the BRITISH market, with a price range of 43,950 pounds to 48,050 pounds, about 36.44-39.84 million yuan.
In terms of appearance, the Mazda CX-60 adopts a new "Kodo-Soul of Motion" design concept, although it is quite different from the shape of its other models, but it is unchanged, and the overall style is still very Mazda. The front face still adopts a family shield type air intake grille, the size of the grille has been increased, and the interior is vertically arranged with blackened trims, which looks very textured.
The biggest change comes from the headlight group on both sides, the shape is very chic, especially the "L" type daytime running lights, which is the finishing touch of the entire front face, with a high degree of recognition, and presents a good visual impact.
On the side of the body, the overall silhouette is very rounded and smooth, the lines are very elegant, and under the background of the large-size double five-frame wheels, the new car is more like a coupe ready to go, and the sense of sport is very strong.
In addition, due to the longitudinal rear-drive layout, the new car has a slender engine compartment, and it is thanks to this that the Wheelbase of the Mazda CX-60 has reached 2870mm, which is larger than many midsize SUVs. However, its vehicle size is not very large, the length, width and height are 4745/1890/1680mm, and the visual effect will be more compact and exquisite.
The rear part of the car, the shape is also relatively full and round, the most personalized is the taillight shape, very slender and sharp, and the front LED daily driving echo. At the same time, the bottom also adopts a bilateral four-out exhaust layout, which further emphasizes the sportiness of the new car.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the Mazda CX-60 is also available in 8 body colors, including dark black, dark crystal blue, sonic silver, platinum quartz, arctic white, rhodium white premium metallic paint, mechanical gray and soul red crystal paint.
In terms of interior, the overall layout design of Mazda CX-60 is also quite novel, equipped with a full LCD dashboard, a floating central control large screen, a three-frame multi-function steering wheel, a new style of electronic shift mechanism and a regular center console, reflecting a good sense of technology. At the same time, the new car also retains many physical buttons, which is more convenient to operate and easier to get started.
In addition, the interior materials are the focus, using a large area of Nappa leather and real maple wood components nestled with each other, as well as the center console trim and door trim panels will use "Japan's unique textile binding method", so that the new car's sense of grade and luxury will be raised more than one step.
In terms of configuration, it is understood that the new car will be equipped with HUD head-up display system, front seat ventilation and heating, steering wheel electric adjustment, rear seat heating, L2 level assisted driving system, 12-speaker BOSE sound and Mazda personalized system.
In terms of power, the European version of the Mazda CX-60 can provide 3 kinds of powertrains, including Mazda's first plug-in hybrid system, which consists of a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine + an improved version of the electric motor, the system has a comprehensive power of 328 horsepower, the system has a comprehensive torque of 500 Nm, and the acceleration time of 100 kilometers is 5.8 seconds.
In terms of pure electric endurance, it is equipped with a 17.8 kWh lithium-ion battery pack with a pure electric mileage of 60 kilometers, which can be fully charged within 4 hours using conventional AC charging mode.
In addition to the plug-in hybrid model, the Mazda CX-60 can also provide a 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder gasoline engine and a 3.3-liter inline six-cylinder diesel engine, although the official has not yet announced the power parameters of these two engines. However, it is understood that the 3 power systems are matched with an 8-speed automatic transmission, equipped with a four-wheel drive system as standard, while the inline six-cylinder model also adopts a rear-drive layout.
Overall, Mazda really opened up this time, 3.0 liters inline six cylinders + 8AT + rear drive, who dares to say that Mazda has no control, no acceleration ability? However, it is regrettable that the car is currently mainly for overseas market sales, and it is still unknown whether it will be introduced into China in the future. Of course, even if the introduction of domestic, may also be in a situation of applause, foreign countries have to sell more than 360,000, at least 450,000 domestic more, landing down 500,000, this price to buy Mazda, presumably is the absolute true love powder.