Mazda CX-80

Start with what the Mazda CX-80 is: a 5-door SUV with Petrol engine, built from 2024, in the decade the industry is turning electric. What it meant takes a little longer.

How it came about

The Mazda CX-80 is a mid-size crossover SUV with three-row seating produced by the Japanese automaker Mazda since 2024. Based on the shorter, five-seater CX-60, the CX-80 is the fourth vehicle to use Mazda's rear- and all-wheel drive with longitudinal engine layout categorized as Large Product Group, with same powertrains found in the CX-60 including a plug-in hybrid.

The CX-80 is marketed in Japan, Europe, Australia, and Asia, while North America receives the wider-body CX-90. It is a flagship model in Europe and Japan, while in Australia and some Asian countries it is a smaller offering alongside the CX-90. It replaced the CX-8 in markets where it has been discontinued.

The hardware

The engine is Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 2131–2240 kg. Drive goes through a 8-speed Skyactiv-Drive automatic. The layout matters: drive goes to all four wheels, which is what lets the power be used on a wet road. The wheelbase is 3120 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Family and rivals

In the Mazda line-up the Mazda CX-80 has a clear place: it replaced the Mazda CX-8 (Japan, Australia and New Zealand); the factory was Hōfu (Hōfu Plant No.&nbsp. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Tesla Cybertruck, the Nissan Z, the Kia EV6. Its Mazda stablemates include the Mazda BT-50 and the Mazda T2000.