The Mazda CX-60 is a

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produced by the Japanese automobile manufacturer

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since 2022. It is the first vehicle to use Mazda's

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layout, which includes a line-up of

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engines. It is also the first Mazda vehicle to feature a

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option. The CX-60 is marketed in Europe, Japan, Australia and several other markets, while the North American market will receive the wider CX-70. By size, it is larger than the CX-5 and smaller than the CX-9. It is comparable in size to the CX-50, and wider but shorter in length than the CX-8.

Overview

The CX-60 was revealed on 8 March 2022 as part of Mazda's newly established "Large Product Group," which includes a range of larger vehicles using rear- and all-wheel drive layout. Due to the switch to the rear-wheel drive-based layout, the model is moved upmarket towards models from luxury brands. The model is a two-row vehicle which uses rear-biased, full-time all-wheel drive marketed as "i-Activ AWD". It also features Kinematic Posture Control system which applies the brakes to the inside rear wheel to contain body roll. The petrol plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model was the first variant to be released. It uses the existing 2.5-litre ''

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'' engine combined with an electric motor and a 17.8 kWh

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battery which resulting in combined outputs of and of torque. It has a towing capacity of with a claimed figure of 5.8 seconds. Electric only mode top speed is . Other engine options include two newly-developed units, which are 3.3-litre ''e-Skyactiv D'' diesel and 3.0-litre ''e-Skyactiv X'' petrol with spark-compression-ignition technology, both inline six-cylinder units with 48V

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system and will be released in late 2022 and 2023 respectively. In October 2022, a 3.3-litre ''Skyactiv-G''

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petrol engine was announced for some markets such as Australia, producing . Every CX-60 is equipped with an 8-speed automatic gearbox with a

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and integrated electric motor/generator which replaces hydraulic converter as an input clutch in order to preserve the cornering performance of a rear-wheel drive system.

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* (UK) {{Mazda road car timeline 1990s–present CX-60 Cars introduced in 2022 Mid-size sport utility vehicles Crossover sport utility vehicles Rear-wheel-drive vehicles All-wheel-drive vehicles Hybrid sport utility vehicles Partial zero-emissions vehicles Plug-in hybrid vehicles Cars powered by longitudinal 4-cylinder engines