Mazda Motor Corporation today announced plans to expand its SUV lineup starting from 2022. The new models will include the Mazda CX-50 to be produced in their new US plant, as well as models in their Large Product group, including the Mazda CX-60, Mazda CX-70, Mazda CX-80 and Mazda CX-90, all of which are slated for introduction over the next two years between 2022 and 2023.

Mazda aims to offer customers a diverse choice of SUVs able to provide both the driving pleasure and the latest environmental performance to meet demands in the continuously growing global SUV segment.

The Mazda CX-50 is a crossover SUV that will be added as a new core model to the lineup and be introduced in the US market. This model belongs to the Small Product group just like the Mazda3 and Mazda CX-30. The production of the CX-50 will begin in January 2022 at the new Mazda-Toyota joint venture factory, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, USA, Inc. (MTMUS), built in Huntsville, Alabama, in the US.

Between the Mazda CX-50 and Mazda CX-5, one of these models will be a rebadged Toyota Corolla Cross, while the other will be a premium Mazda model, replete with the straight-six engine and rear-wheel drive configuration.

Having a wide price range coming in above that of the CX-50 or currently available CX-5, models from the Large Products group, i.e., the CX-60, CX-70, CX-80 and CX-90, will offer two body types with two seating arrangements: two rows and three rows.

Markets with narrower roads and smaller parking lots such as Europe and Japan, will welcome the introduction of the two-row seat CX-60 and the three-row seat CX-80. Meanwhile, the CX-70 and CX-90 will hit the road in North America and other markets where larger models with a big presence are preferred. Both models feature the wide body type, with the CX-70 having two rows of seats and the CX-90 having three. These models will expand Mazda’s mid-size crossover SUV lineup.

Mazda SUVs to be introduced from 2022 onwards include:

The Large Product group models will offer a variety of choices of electrified powertrains. The European market, where electrification is already in-full-swing, will primarily see the introduction of plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models with straight-four gasoline engines combined with an electric motor. The straight-six new generation SkyActiv-X gasoline engine and SkyActiv-D diesel engine will also be introduced in combination with a 48V mild hybrid system (MHEV). The aim being to achieve both high output and high environmental performance.

In North America where high-power performance is valued, Mazda will introduce both turbocharged straight-six gasoline engine models and PHEV models to meet customer requirements and respond to environmental regulations.

In Japan, a straight-six Skyactiv-D diesel model with a 48V MHEV and PHEV models will be introduced to the Japanese lineup.