Mazda have just launched the all-electric CX-6e medium SUV onto the Australian market. Effectively an electric equivalent to Mazda’s petrol CX-60 medium SUV, it follows hot on the heels of the recently launched Mazda 6e medium passenger sedan.
The CX-6e is technically classified here as a ‘medium SUV’: with its swooping rear roofline and hatch, in looks it could also be described as a ‘crossover’.
Available in two variants, the ‘GT’ and ‘Azami’, in reality little differentiates the two apart from tyre/wheel size and mirrors. (The GT uses 235/55 tyres on 19-inch rims with standard mirror-based mirrors whilst the Azami has 255/40 tyres on 21-inch rims and camera-based digital interior and exterior mirrors).
The GT is currently priced from $56,990 on the road (in Victoria), with the Azumi priced at an extra $3,000 at $59,990 on-the-road (in Victoria).
Interestingly, neither the CX-6e or the 6e are ‘Made in Japan’ – rather they are built in China as a product of the now 20 year-old Changen Mazda joint venture.
As such, the CX-6e (like the 6e) is based on the same platform as the latest Deepal S07. Mazda are however keen to emphasise it is in no way a rebadged S07 – rather it is built in a separate factory under Mazda control with completely different exterior sheet metal and interior, along with Mazda specific suspension tuning.
Having now spent around 5 hours on varying road conditions in both versions, it definitely comes across as ‘not a Deepal S07’, although the question then arises: ‘ but is it a Mazda?
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