Mazda announced the release of five new crossovers

Mazda is preparing to expand its crossover lineup with five new models, the company revealed some information about them. The promising vehicles will have indices from CX-50 to CX-90, modern powertrains and will target the markets of developed countries.

The most compact novelty in this lineup - CX-50 - will be based on a common platform with Mazda3, CX-3 and CX-30. It is known that the "parketnik" will have all-wheel drive, its production will be set up in January 2022 at the plant in Huntsville, Alabama. The CX-50 will be sold only in the United States.

CX-60 and CX-80 crossovers will focus on Europe, Japan and some other markets. The first of the two models will be five-seater, and the second - seven-seater. Japanese are going to equip cars as a four-cylinder turbo engine (and will offer rechargeable hybrids, capable to move exclusively on electric traction), and the new turbo Skyactiv-X and Skyactiv-D six-cylinder engine (their characteristics have not yet been published). The latter will get in addition a "soft" hybrid component, consisting of 48-volt motor-generator and a small battery. Such a system is able to recover energy in the battery during braking and generate it when starting from a place or to maintain the work of onboard electronics. In Europe, the cars will be on sale in 2022. 

As for the CX-70 and CX-90 crossovers with two and three rows of seats respectively, it is known that they will get wide bodies, will be based on a rear-drive platform, rumors of which have been circulating for several years. Mazda wants to equip these two models exclusively with inline six-cylinder turbocharged engines, the latter will also be complemented by hybrid variants. The CX-90 is considered as the direct successor of CX-9 in the U.S. market, and in general, these two crossovers Japanese brand wants to sell on other continents, including Europe.

In the first half of 2022 Mazda is going to premiere a new modification of the compact crossover MX-30 - it will be a serial hybrid with a rotary-piston engine.