Mazda launches the CX6 electric SUV on a Chinese platform
- Japanese automaker Mazda unveiled the new generation of its D-segment sedan, the Mazda 6, exclusively as a fully electric vehicle and based on a Chinese platform, as the model used a Changan platform (Mazda partners with Changan in China). Mazda is employing the same strategy with its new battery electric D-segment SUV, the CX-6 e, which also uses the Changan platform. This represents a significant shift: in the early 2000s, Chinese carmakers used foreign platforms to design their cars; today, it is the opposite.
- The new CX6e is essentially the SUV version of the Mazda 6e sedan. This SUV, measuring 4.85 m long and 1.62 m high, competes with the Peugeot e-5008 and Tesla Model Y, both of which are 6 cm shorter. Unlike these two rivals, the Mazda CX6e will only be available as a five-seater.
- Despite its Chinese platform, Mazda designers have defined a style reminiscent of other models in the brand's lineup (Kodo style). The silhouette of the CX6 e can thus evoke that of the Mazda 3 sedan, albeit in a more imposing form.
- The motor is a 258 hp electric unit driving the rear wheels, coupled with a 78 kWh LFP battery providing a range of 484 km according to the WLTP cycle. The motor technology apparently comes from Changan, which already produces the Chinese version of the CX-6e, called the EZ-60. Like the Mazda 6e sedan, the Mazda CX-6 e SUV will be produced in China and exported to foreign markets, including European markets.