Mazda CX-80 Three-Row SUV Confirmed For 2023 Launch In Europe

The MX-5 sports activities automotive is not the one rear-wheel-drive Mazda offered in Europe because the CX-60 has landed on the Outdated Continent. Do you have to want more room, the automaker’s UK department has introduced the three-row CX-80 can be launched sooner or later in 2023 as an even bigger variant with seven seats. Technical specs have but to be revealed, however the two SUVs will probably be similar, save for the scale distinction.

Not solely does the CX-60 trip on an RWD-based platform, but it surely’s additionally the primary Mazda to make use of a brand new household of inline-six gasoline and diesel engines complemented by a plug-in hybrid setup. The CX-80 will most likely inherit the powertrains and the selection between rear- and all-wheel drive linked to an eight-speed computerized transmission. Very similar to the Miata we talked about at first, the midsize SUV has one thing referred to as Kinematic Posture Management, which diminishes physique roll by making use of the brake to the inside rear wheel whereas cornering.

How massive is the CX-80 going to be? Mazda would not say but, however we’ll remind you the usual two-row CX-60 is 4,740 millimeters (186.6 inches) lengthy and has a wheelbase measuring 2,870 mm (113 in). In its heaviest configuration, which might be the PHEV, the CX-60 weighs almost 2,100 kilograms (4,630 kilos). Evidently, the CX-80 can be barely heavier because of extending the physique to suit the third row of seats.

The CX-60 and CX-80 should not coming to North America, however Mazda is planning equal fashions because the CX-70 and CX-90, respectively. The previous has been confirmed to obtain a 3.3-liter inline-six gasoline engine with a special tune than the 280 horsepower and 331 pound-feet (450 Newton-meters) of torque accessible within the Australian-spec CX-60.

Search for the US-bound CX-70 to debut quickly, probably as a 2024MY. The CX-90 will observe at a later date.