Two years after launching the CX-60, Mazda now puts the cherry on top of its European range with the spacious and refined CX-80, an SUV almost five meters long equipped with six or seven seats, depending on the configuration the customer chooses. . The brand’s new flagship has the virtue of knowing how to combine traditional Japanese aesthetics with a modern design and a technological load and features that allow it to measure itself on an equal footing with traditionally considered brands. premium.
The CX-80 represents the latest evolution of Mazda’s Kodo design philosophy, focused in this case on the elegance and purity of lines of Japanese minimalism. Devoid, therefore, of any unnecessary element, the new model is the repository of the approach practical from Mazda’s designers and master craftsmen, whose goal is to produce cars that could only have been manufactured—by hand—in Japan.
If we talk about dimensions, the length of the model is exactly 4.99 meters and comes with an extraordinary wheelbase of 3.12 m, which is key to enabling abundant space in the second and third rows of seats. The trunk offers 687 liters of capacity with the last row folded and the second in its normal position, and 1,971 liters if both are folded. When all the seats are used, there are 258 liters left that allow you to transport a cabin suitcase and a couple of backpacks.
In the second row of seats, the CX-80 comes in three possible configurations that give rise to six or seven seats, as we said. The second row can have two independent seats, separated either by a center console or by a passage area to the third row, while another option includes three seats. The seats can slide lengthwise – 12 centimeters – and recline between 15 and 33 degrees. For their part, the two seats in the third row fold down to form a flat surface.
The technology of the new Mazda CX-80 lives up to what is expected from the brand’s reference model in Europe, and presents three main innovations: a new voice control through Alexa, a hybrid navigation system with the advantages of online and offline services, and the new trailer hitch view, which uses the center display and advanced graphics to help position the vehicle in relation to a trailer.
The Hiroshima firm has planned two e-Skyactiv engines to power the CX-80. The first of them is a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) with a four-cylinder gasoline engine and an electric motor that add up to 327 horsepower and a battery that provides 60 kilometers of electric range. In the second we find a highly efficient inline six-cylinder e-Skyactiv D diesel engine combined with Mazda’s 48 VM Hybrid Boost light hybrid system, which contributes to excellent consumption and emissions figures within its category.
The e-Skyactiv PHEV version—labeled 0 emissions—accelerates from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 6.8 seconds and has average fuel consumption in the WLTP cycle of 1.6 liters/100 km and CO2 emissions of only 35 -36 g/km. The e-Skyactiv D engine – Eco label – makes it possible to accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 8.4 seconds, consumes 5.7-5.8 liters per 100 kilometers and emits between 148 and 151 grams of carbon dioxide. carbon per kilometer.
The two engines are complemented by an eight-speed automatic transmission and Mazda’s i-Activ AWD all-wheel drive system. In addition, they incorporate a four-mode driving selector, to which is added an EV mode—entirely electric—in the plug-in hybrid variant of the vehicle.
High altitude equipment
The standard equipment of the new Mazda flagship includes elements premium such as the driver’s seat adjustable in eight directions and the passenger’s seat in six, heated steering wheel and front seats, three-zone climate control, 12.3-inch TFT color central touch screen and HMI rotary control, voice control through Alexa , DAB radio with eight speakers, Bluetooth, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, hybrid navigation, head-up display and cruise control.
The CX-80 features a double wishbone front suspension and multi-link rear suspension that guarantee both remarkable ride comfort and great road holding. Added to this is an extensive panoply of advanced driving assistance systems that have earned the new model a 5-star safety rating in EuroNCAP tests.
Among the new safety attributes that debut here, the Unresponsive Driver Support function of the traffic and cruise assistant (CTS), the forward collision mitigation device incorporated into the emergency braking (SBS) and the new traffic avoidance assistant stand out. in the opposite direction of Emergency Lane Keeping (ELK).
The brand new CX-80, which combines an imposing appearance with a refined aesthetic and equally sophisticated ride comfort, is offered in nine body colors, two of which are new: Artisan Red, a darker red than Soul Red Crystal already characteristic of Mazda, and the distinguished Melting Copper.
Regarding the range, which starts at 60,444 euros according to the tariff price – without discounts -, it is divided into five levels: Exclusive-line, Homura – sportier -, Takumi – more luxurious -, Homura Plus and Takumi Plus . All of them are available in a seven-seater version; The Homura and Homura Plus variants can be ordered in a six-seater format, with two independent seats in the second row separated by a passage area, and the Takumi Plus includes an additional configuration similar to the previous one but even more exclusive with the two separate seats. through a center console.
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