The CX-60 sits atop an all-new native rear-wheel-drive platform – a format Mazda says permits for improved dynamic steadiness (as proved by the MX-5) and refinement – which will probably be used for 4 new fashions by 2025, together with the three-row CX-80 and the broader CX-70 and CX-90 SUVs for the US market.
Mazda’s dedication to the dynamic attraction of its mainstream fashions was a driving issue within the structure’s improvement. In addition to optimising weight distribution and being fitted with double-wishbone entrance and multi-link rear suspension, it’s geared up as normal with a brand new Kinematic Posture Management operate, as utilized by the Mazda MX-5, which promotes flatter cornering and sharper turn-in by various braking pressure to every wheel.
Measuring 4745mm lengthy by 1890mm large and 1675mm excessive, it’s distinctively bigger than the CX-5 it will likely be offered alongside, and whereas the visible resemblance is apparent, the CX-60 marks an evolution of the model’s Kodo design language, with heavy affect from 2017’s beautiful Imaginative and prescient Coupé idea. The obvious variations are a flatter therapy for the entrance finish and a markedly altered silhouette, that are cues anticipated to outline the Japanese model’s new fashions over the approaching years.
Inside, the CX-60 follows the driver-centric ‘Jinba Ittai’ (horse and rider) philosophy frequent to all its fashions, however with a tangibly enhanced concentrate on high-quality supplies and a focus to element. One notable improve over the CX-5 is a considerably bigger 12.3in central touchscreen – up from 10.25in.
Obtainable to order within the UK now forward of deliveries early subsequent yr, the CX-60 diesel is priced from £42,990 for the entry stage Unique trim, £48,380 in mid-run Homura guise, or
£50,730 for the rang-topping Takumi automotive. The already-on-sale four-pot PHEV is priced from £43,950.
