Mazda CX-60 price decreased again with new four-cylinder engine

After on the commence passing on it at open, Mazda Australia has added a designate-leading naturally aspirated four-cylinder petrol engine to the CX-60 SUV lineup – and it’s an engine you’ll already be acquainted with from the CX-5 midsizer.

The contemporary powertrain, dubbed G25, is the first rear-wheel pressure proposition for the CX-60 range. This reduced complication when put next to the existing trio of all-wheel pressure engines has brought the CX-60’s designate of entry correct down to $47,990 driveaway.

That way the CX-60 now begins firmly in territory beforehand occupied easiest by the CX-5 in Mazda showrooms—on the replacement hand, for the same designate as an entry-level CX-60 Pure G25 RWD, Aussie investors can accrued procure a better-geared up (but smaller) CX-5 G25 Touring AWD.

It’s reasonably a step down from the place the CX-60 started off with a unfold of top class engines and pricing to rival entry-level Volvo XC60 and Lexus NX alternatives—a technique that within the first map observed local Mazda bosses decide-out of the entry-level engine.

Nonetheless, contemporary repositioning of the CX-60 faraway from being an aspirational rival to the Audi Q5 and BMW X3 and into ‘substantial automobile for the money’ territory is recognized to beget created a role for the G25 engine, which is expected to account for a third of CX-60 sales in Australia.

The G25 powertrain is a 2.5-litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder petrol producing 138kW and 250Nm. Those numbers are a lot like what you’ll receive in a CX-5 or Mazda 3, despite the indisputable truth that within the CX-60, it makes employ of an eight-journey multi-plate clutch computerized transmission.

Three trims are on hand—disagreeable model Pure, level-two Evolve and mid-tier Touring, with luxury GT and Azami specs reserved for the three other engines: a 3.3-litre turbo petrol inline ‘six (207kW/450Nm), 3.3-litre turbo diesel ‘six (187kW/550Nm), and a 2.5-litre PHEV (241kW/500Nm).

Despite a $6000 decrease entry designate when put next to the previous disagreeable engine (the G40e light hybrid 3.3-litre petrol), equipment stages were preserved with the smaller mill.

Traditional on the least expensive CX-60 G25 Pure grade ($47,990 driveaway) are the next objects:

• 18-lumber alloy wheels carried out in grey
• Computerized LED headlights
• Sad fabric seat upholstery
• Eight-system manually-adjustable driver’s seat
• Leather-primarily based steering wheel and power shifter
• 10.25-lumber infotainment camouflage
• 7.0-lumber digital instrument cluster
• Eight-speaker stereo
• Satellite tv for laptop navigation, wi-fi Apple CarPlay/Android Auto
• Dual-zone local weather administration with rear air vents
• 360-degree digicam, entrance and rear parking sensors
• Self sustaining emergency braking (with junction map)
• Blind negate monitoring and automobile exit warning

Driveaway pricing is easiest offered on the Pure, whereas the G25 Evolve grade reverts to variable pricing at a rate of $49,240 plus on-twin carriageway prices. For the Evolve, equipment swells to consist of:

• 12.3-lumber digital instrument cluster
• Wireless tool charger
• Sad artificial leather-primarily based upholstery
• Energy tailgate
• Cruising and visitors make stronger (proper adaptive cruise administration and lane withhold support)
• Entrance mistaken visitors alert
• Driver monitoring design

Within the smash, the G25 Touring grade ($52,240 plus on-twin carriageway prices) involves the next extras:

• Sad trusty leather-primarily based upholstery
• Heated and vitality-adjustable entrance seats
• Reminiscence for the mirrors and driver’s seat
• Rear console with LED lamp

A almost total range of CX-60 engines is nonetheless on hand in Australia, with easiest a European-specification RWD diesel six-cylinder possibility no longer offered in this market.

Mazda’s five year/limitless kilometre guarantee applies to the CX-60.

2025 Mazda CX-60 designate and specs

All prices are plus on-twin carriageway prices, except indicated.

• Pure G25 RWD: $44,240 (contemporary, $47,990 driveaway)
• Evolve G25 RWD: $49,240 (contemporary)
• Pure G40e AWD: $50,240
• Touring G25 RWD: $52,240 (contemporary)
• Pure D50e AWD: $52,240
• Evolve G40e AWD: $55,240
• Evolve D50e AWD: $57,240
• Touring G40e AWD: $58,240
• Touring D50e AWD: $60,240
• Pure P50e PHEV AWD: $63,290
• GT G40e AWD: $64,240
• GT D50e AWD: $66,240
• Evolve P50e PHEV AWD: $68,240
• Azami G40e AWD: $68,440
• Azami D50e AWD: $70,440
• Touring P50e PHEV AWD: $71,290
• GT P50e PHEV AWD: $77,290
• Azami P50e PHEV AWD: $81,490