In June last year, Mazda announced the sustainable development of the brand in 2030, when it announced that it would pass the new "SKYACTIV Multi-Solution Scalable Architecture" rear-drive chassis platform, equipped with the inline six-cylinder + 48V MHEV light oil and diesel power unit (e-Skyactiv X/e-Skyactive D), and even THE PHEV plug-in oil power, EV pure electric power and other options. In order to comply with the trend of the electrification industry. Such a combination was also implemented for the first time on the CX-60 released in March this year. Just when the outside world is vowing that the major overhaul of Mazda 6 is expected to benefit, that is, Mazda6 RWD is very likely to be successful, the original factory executives recently poured cold water on the outside world when they were interviewed.
Recently, Joachim Kunz, head of the engineering and development department of Mazda in Europe, gave a slightly disappointing answer when asked by foreign media whether there will be a rear-drive motorhome or Coupe sports car in the future. "Of course we would love to see a mazda6 successor that combines a rear-drive chassis, an inline six-cylinder engine, and even a new Coupe coupe, and we'd love to bring it, but at this stage, the most important goal is to sell SUV products well," he said. Kunz also added that the current SUV market continues to be hot, which is the same for Mazda, because this is the best-selling model for the brand. The mazda6 after-driving version that was interpreted earlier by the outside world was not considered at all in the original factory.
However, since the European executive is only in charge of the European market, some claims that such a response cannot be directly applied to the product planning of the rest of the market. On the one hand, due to the earlier launch of the CX-60 new CX-60 for the Japanese and European markets (Large Product Group), has adopted a new rear-drive platform, to slightly transform it, and applied to a four-door sedan, it should be easy to palm, or the brand has production costs and other considerations, this part is only Mazda itself knows, can only wait for the original factory to further release more product information in the future to solve the doubts.
With the advent of the CX-60, in the future, Mazda will also launch a wide body CX-70 (double-row configuration) and CX-90 (three-row configuration) with the same mechanical architecture and local market for the consumption habits of the US market, and it is estimated that it will provide power options such as PHEV and inline six-cylinder gasoline. The former is powered by a 2.5-litre SkyActiv-G four-cylinder petrol engine with an electric motor lithium battery pack. Available at 323hp/51kgm on the CX-60.