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2025 Mazda CX-80 plug-in hybrid review: A true replacement for the CX-8 and CX-9?

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Another day, another large SUV from Mazda. 2025 Mazda CX-80 PHEV: Price and equipment Plug-in power in the CX-80 is available in the Touring ($75,000), GT ($82,000), and the flagship Azami ($87,200) trim levels – none of which are particularly cheap. There’s also three-zone climate control and LED lighting.

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Junkyard Find: 1988 Mazda 323 Base Hatchback

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Today's Junkyard Find is a rare example of Mazda's entry in the sub-six-grand field for '88, found in a self-service yard in northeastern Colorado. Mazda began selling the second-generation Familia in North America in 1971, as the 1200 (with piston engine) and R100 (with Wankel engine). Even the home-market ads got wailing guitars.

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Mazda Says Turbocharged Miata Best Left for Tuners

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With reports of Toyota developing a turbocharged version of the GR86, many are wondering when Mazda is going to release a boosted variant of the MX-5. & However, Mazda doesn’t seem to think there’s any need and has suggested that chasing power would risk spoiling the model’s sublime balance.& There’s truth to those words.

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Japan and China have massively different views on EVs. I think my money is now on Japan | Opinion

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READ MORE: You can forget a cheap Japanese electric car in Australia: Red-tape ends Mitsubishis dream of sub-$30K eK SUV READ MORE: Electric HiLux incoming! READ MORE: EV fightback! Can the 2026 Honda-Nissan-Mitsubishi merger finally get Japan competitive against Tesla and the Chinese? Everything just moved.

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What do you get if you mix a Mazda CX-90 with a Toyota LandCruiser and a Nissan Pathfinder? You get the Kia EV9, and it might just be better than all of them | review

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While it’s not cheap, the EV9 comes loaded with equipment and technology to help justify a circa-$100K starting price when it arrives in Australia in the fourth quarter of 2023. It’s indicative of the attention to detail, something that flows through to lighting. With all that in mind, read on for our Kia EV9 review. seconds (or 5.3

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The Toyota FT-Se Concept Probably Isn’t the Next MR2

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Mazda has been doing this for years with would-be RX successors. When Toyota first previewed the MR2 in 1981 as the SA-X Prototype, the whole point was to offer customers a car that was incredibly engaging to drive while also being cheap to own. A modernized MR2 would presumably be smaller, simpler, and more practical.

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How far can your EV travel? We rank the driving range of every electric vehicle in Australia

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Range figures are according to the WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light-Duty Vehicles Test Procedure) cycle. Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo at lowest ride height 466km: Genesis GV60 AWD, $110,700 Not cheap, but the Genesis GV60 compact SUV with a motor over each axle and 77.4kWh battery is refined, fast, comfortable and laden down with gear.