The first plug-in hybrid car, the CX-60, is also the most powerful street car ever.
The new CX-60 is coming to the fore at Mazda’s offerings in Europe in the second half of 2022, not only as a green license plate hybrid car, but It will also be available with six-cylinder petrol and diesel engines, even with rear-wheel drive. This already gives enough reason for those who love to drive to be excited, even if the format features long-known boredom notes and carries some new features.
It’s as if the much-acclaimed Kodo’s design language is starting to wear off, showing that aside from a slight difference or two, the CX-60 feels like a slightly elongated CX-5. The hood became larger mainly due to the space needed for the longitudinally compact six-cylinder engines (the CX-5 carries its four cylinders through its nose), concave curves appeared on the doors that beautifully refract the light, and for the first time on the Mazda3 they were visible. Even the lights have changed compared to the CX-5, an LED strip that acts as a daylight has appeared connecting the LED headlights to the grille at the front, and the LED taillights have also become more spacious.
In the plug-in hybrid version, the 2.5-liter Skyactiv-G four-cylinder petrol engine is powered by a 136-horsepower electric motor integrated into the eight-speed automatic transmission. But of course, the CX-60 PHEV also has a pure electric mode, in which case the 17.8 kWh battery theoretically allows for an emission-free range of 63 km (WLTP, at speeds up to 100 km/h).
However, in hybrid mode, it can be more fun to drive, because the drive system then Maximum power 327 hp It is the largest value in Mazda’s history (the record to date was the last 280hp Wankel RX-72 22 years ago). The CX-60 PHEV’s 500 Nm of system torque and 5.8 seconds when accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h were also respected.
The high voltage battery was centered between the front and rear axles, as deep as possible, so the center of gravity was low. This, combined with continuous all-wheel drive with advanced suspension (double-wishbone in the front, multi-link in the rear) and a semi-neutral weight distribution, the Mazda promises a very pleasant ride, despite the fact that the highly built car can weigh. 2 tons.
In Europe, the PHEV is expected to account for half to two-thirds of sales, the remainder being two all-new six-cylinder engines with a 48-volt soft-hybrid engine, The 3.3-liter Skyactiv-D diesel engine and the 3.0-liter Skyactiv-X petrol engine which arrive in late 2022 and early 2023, respectively. The SPCCI Petroleum Technology Equal With the popular 2-liter Skyactiv-X engine from Mazda3, Which means that you can ignite the mixture of gasoline and air not only by a candle, but also by the diesel method, by compression, which is why the consumption also raises diesel engines.
Over the next three years, Mazda will release five all-new hybrid models, all based on the new “Multi-Directional Scalable Platform” that forms the basis of the CX-60. According to Mazda, this floor plate, which is primarily rear-wheel drive (but compatible with all-wheel drive) and allows adequate weight distribution, will give the CX-60 (and other new models) an edge over the front-wheel drive competitors in terms of driving dynamics and comfort. In 2023, a longer wheelbase, three-row, seven-seat version of the CX-60 (CX-80) will arrive, and soon a new Mazda6 will arrive, also built on a rear-wheel platform, which will be an open attack on the BMW 3.
