Mazda CX-60: mid-size crossover with a long hood drove on camera
The day after the official introduction of the new Mazda CX-50 compact crossover for North America, unofficial images of the larger CX-60 crossover, whose main markets will be Europe and Japan, appeared online.
Mazda announced in October that it would introduce five all-new crossovers over the next two years that have no predecessors. Three crossovers – CX-50, CX-70 and CX-90 – are primarily intended for the North American market, although they may appear outside of it (for example, recently). Crossovers CX-60 and CX-80 are intended for Europe, Japan and other markets with similar consumer priorities.
The CX-60, CX-70, CX-80 and CX-90 crossovers share the fact that they are built on a new modular platform with a longitudinal internal combustion engine and basic rear-wheel drive. Mazda announced this platform in 2019 along with a new family of 6-cylinder inline petrol and diesel engines that will also be offered in hybrid powertrains. New engines and a “longitudinal” platform should finally move the Mazda brand into the premium segment, making it a full-fledged competitor to Acura, Infiniti and Lexus, as well as German Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Prices, of course, will rise, but consumer qualities, as Mazda promises, will not disappoint.
Mazda's next preview appears to be the CX-60 mid-size SUV, filmed on a mountain road in Japan during a corporate photo shoot: two crossovers, white with chrome trim and red with glossy black, had model index plates instead of numbers. A video with them at the time of our publication was available on the CSK Review YouTube channel.
Unofficial images are not of the best quality, but still allow us to evaluate the design features of the upcoming novelty: a long hood and a short front overhang are characteristic features of a model with a longitudinally mounted engine. At the same time, the CX-60 has a more refined street aesthetic than off-road, like the junior CX-50 crossover with its brutal black plastic body kit, rounded wheel arches and the desire to compete with Subaru. Network commentators have already noted that the CX-60 has a heavy channel, but we would not like to rush to conclusions and waited for proprietary images – perhaps from some angles such a tape will look quite elegant.
The CX-60 will be offered exclusively in a 5-seat version, while the larger CX-80 crossover will be a 7-seat three-row. The American CX-70 and CX-90 will also have 5 and 7 seats respectively, but they will be larger (especially wider) than their Euro-Japanese relatives and perhaps have a more off-road aesthetic in the vein of the CX-50.
The official premiere date of the Mazda CX-60 has not yet been announced, but we believe that due to a leak, this could happen as early as this year with a promise to start sales in 2022.
