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2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda’s electric upmarket gamble

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2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda has been telling us for years it wants to be a premium brand. It is the first of four SUV models it is launching to the world based on a new platform with all-new engines and featuring Mazda’s first petrol-electric plug-in hybrid drivetrain. 2024 Mazda CX-60 Azami.

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Mazda unplugs CX-90 PHEV for Australia, for now

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Mazda’s new three-row SUV, the premium-buyer-focused CX-90, will land in Australia without a plug-in hybrid option, with the brand instead opting for a pair of six-cylinder engines – one petrol and one diesel – instead of the Mazda CX-90 PHEV, at launch. It won’t be at launch.

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Why Mazda electric cars won’t be tackling Tesla any time soon

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Mazda says it will be offering internal combustion engined models in Australia for years to come because it anticipates the transition to electric cars to be gradual. 2023 Mazda CX-60 PHEV. 2023 Mazda CX-60 PHEV. Mazda does sell one EV in Australia, the MX-30 , which has an uncompetitive range and pricing.

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Mazda CX-60 PHEV to sell from $72,300 plus on-roads

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The new Mazda CX-60 plug-in hybrid EV will sell from $72,300 before on-road costs when it arrives in Australian dealerships from June 2023 – and it has its eyes on the world’s biggest luxury brands. Mazda CX-60 PHEV. litre four-cylinder petrol engine with a 100kW electric motor. PHEV the CX-60 hero.

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Shock report! Used EVs are losing value faster in Australia and taking longer to sell

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Used electric vehicles take longer to sell in Australia than petrol and diesel cars and have below average retained value, a new report has found. Petrol engines accounted for more than 1.3 million sales and diesels over 600,000. That was around double Mazda and Ford in second and third. 2021 Nissan Leaf e+.

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Diesel v Petrol: the choice is narrowing

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Diesel or petrol? Why, diesel, of course. It is greener; it has lower CO2 and, as we’re both told and financially incentivised, less CO2 is better for the environment. All you need to do is select the lowest CO2 car you can and you’re fine, right? If only it were that simple. Let’s not get [.].

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Mazda to boost SKYACTIV production by 25%

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Mazda will increase production of its fuel efficient SKYACTIV engines by 25% in response to popular demand. The four-cylinder SKYACTIV-G petrol engines and SKYACTIV-D clean diesel units, which appear in the CX-5 [below] and Mazda6, significantly improve fuel economy and CO2 emissions, compared to [.].

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