Mazda Launches the CX60 in the Philippines

Many have touted Mazda as the BMW of Japan as both brands focus heavily on the driving experience. Mazda's vehicles tend to be more driver-focused than their Japanese mainstream competitors. But from a BMW driver’s point of view, there's one important thing that differentiates Mazda from BMW and other premiere German brands.

Most BMWs are rear-wheel drive or rear biased AWD. Mazdas, with the exception of their dedicated sports cars, are front-wheel drive or heavily front biased all-wheel drive. That affects their driving dynamics as it’s hard to get them to oversteer under power. It also affects the balance of the car as most of the weight is at the front.

That changes with Mazda's current generation of crossovers. Mazda just launched the CX60 in the Philippines, their first rear-wheel drive biased crossover with a longitudinally mounted inline 6 engine and near 50/50 weight distribution.

The CX60 will come in diesel and petrol variants. Both have 3.3L 6-cylinder engines. The Petrol variant puts out 284hp and 450Nm of torque. And the diesel variant puts out 254hp and 550Nm of torque. The former can do 0-100kph in 6.9 seconds while the latter can do it in 7.3 seconds. Both variants come with an 8-speed transmission

Both variants have a mild hybrid system with a 48v electric motor. Although it’s only a mid-hybrid system, Mazda claims that this will be exempted from number coding.

Power gets sent to all four wheels but only 10% of the power goes to the front, 90% goes to the rear.

Both variants come standard with ADAS, a 12.3in infotainment screen, facial recognition, a 360 camera,a 12 speaker bose sound system and 20 inch wheels

We’ll talk about the CX60 in greater detail when we get a review unit.

Prices:
Mazda CX-60 3.3L AWD HEV Turbo – P 2,790,000
Mazda CX-60 3.3L AWD HEV Turbo-D Sport – P 2,890,000

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