Mazda CX-80 rendered: RWD, 6-cyl successor to CX-8 adds class to the 7-seater SUV recipe
Sanjay · Feb 7, 2022 10:27 AM
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Mazda will be launching several new SUVs beginning 2022, and just last week the Mazda CX-50 started production in North America. Now, Japanese media have taken a shot and rendered the Mazda CX-80, an upcoming model that’s a little bit more relevant to us Malaysians.
One of the five new SUVs announced – alongside the CX-50, CX-60, CX-70, and CX-90 – the CX-80 will be sold in Japan and Europe, which gives it a good chance of appearing here, considering some of our Mazda models are imported from Japan.
Top to bottom: The rendered CX-80 takes after the CX-50's look, but with a cleaner, more premium look
The CX-80 will be a three-row, seven-seater SUV, and it's heavily touted to be the successor of the Mazda CX-8. It’s expected to be slightly bigger than that as well, whilst leaning more into the brand’s more premium aspirations.
The CX-80 is a ‘Large Group’ product, so it will be offered with 3 powertrain options, depending on markets – a rear-wheel drive (or all-wheel drive) 6-cylinder regular combustion engine, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and a 48 mild-hybrid (MHEV).
The powertrain line-up will include gasoline (SkyActiv-X) and diesel (SkyActiv-D) options. Power figures are something that’s still unknown at this point of time.
The Mazda CX-80 is slated to go on sale in Japan beginning 2023, with international markets to follow after that.
With humble beginnings collecting diecast models and spending hours virtually tuning dream cars on the computer, his love of cars has delightfully transformed into a career. Sanjay enjoys how the same passion for cars transcends boundaries and brings people together.
