The Mazda CX-5 has been the automaker’s best-seller this 12 months to this point, recording over 130,000 models offered as of date. It is a robust contender, so to talk, and Mazda is about to bolster the mannequin with one other crossover that bears the same nameplate, albeit with a small variation.
Mazda has confirmed the CX-50’s arrival as the beginning of the crossover barrage as much as CX-90. In contrast to earlier studies although, it will not be changing the CX-5 within the lineup. The truth is, it is certain so as to add 150,000 models to Mazda’s US gross sales – that is if we’re to take Mazda CEO Akira Marumoto’s phrase, chatting with Automotive Information.
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In keeping with Marumoto, the CX-50’s introduction is an try and bolster and develop the automaker’s SUV lineup. The US is a crucial marketplace for the model, representing round 70 % of its world gross sales. The CX-50 is supposed to strengthen Mazda’s foothold within the SUV-hungry market.
“We’ve got developed the automobile in keeping with requests from North American prospects, so we’ve got excessive expectations for the CX-50,” Marumoto informed Automotive Information.
Marumoto stated that the CX-50 might be across the similar measurement because the CX-5 however it’s going to have a wider tread and greater cargo room, which ought to go well with the American prospects’ tastes.
The Mazda CX-50 is anticipated to have its world reveal on November 15 based mostly on the most recent teaser that got here out this week. It is certain to enter manufacturing in January 2022, to be constructed side-by-side with the Corolla Cross within the new Toyota-Mazda manufacturing unit in Alabama.
Pricing for the Mazda CX-50 is but to be revealed, although it is protected to say that it ought to command somewhat little bit of premium over the CX-5, as with the case of the CX-30 over the CX-3.
