The Mazda BT-50 is a 2-door single cab / 2-door extended cab / 4-door double cab from Mazda, built from 2006, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: Diesel engine.
How it came about
The Mazda BT-50 is a compact pickup truck (first generation) / mid-size pickup truck (since the second generation) marketed by the Japanese manufacturer Mazda since 2006. It is a larger version of the predecessor B-Series pickup and is not sold in the Japanese and North American markets. The second-generation Ranger has been designed by Ford Australia, with a Mazda derivative sold as the BT-50. The third-generation BT-50 was revealed in 2020, based on the Isuzu D-Max.
The hardware
Power comes from Diesel engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1763 -. It shifts through a 5-speed M5OD manual / 5-speed automatic. The wheelbase is 2985 mm (double cab). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Mazda B series; assembly was at Rayong. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Nissan Qashqai, the Audi R8, the Hyundai i30 — show what else the money bought that year. Its Mazda stablemates include the Mazda T2000 and the Efini MS-8.
What it costs now
EPA combined economy is 24 mpg, about $2,600 a year in fuel at the EPA's assumptions. Condition, mileage and specification move any single car a long way from a headline figure.
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