Mazda has free first exterior image of its CX-8 crosswalk, the latest addition to the company’s loyal expanding SUV line-up. Mazda has formerly showcased the CX-8’s interior with a picture released back in April but the recent photo is the first time the voter’s exterior is revealed.
As expected, the CX-8’s diagram is a cross between the larger CX-9 and the small CX-5, adopting the former’s drawn out side profile and rear styling and convergence it with the latter’s front facia. Like the rest of Mazda’s contemporary offerings, the CX-8 is a good looking SUV.
Fashioned to appeal to families who need a thirdly row seat but find the CX-9 a little too doozer, the CX-8 can be configured in either 2-2-2 or 2-3-2, with the old featuring “captain chairs” for the moment row seat. It offers space for six or seven passengers, depending on the shape.
Measuring 4,900 mm long, 1,840 mm across-the-board and 1,730 mm high, the CX-8 is about as wide-cut as a CX-5. Its wheelbase of 2,930 mm is matching to that of the CX-9 but its width is about 120mm narrower and its extent is 162mm shorter.
The Mazda CX-8 is regrettably a Japanese domestic market-but model, created to better fit Altaic roads and tight urban leeway. According to Mazda, the CX-8 will be the flagship of its SUV job-up in Japan, as the CX-9 isn’t sold there.
Not all assumption is lost however, as according to Mazda Continent spokesman Tony Mee, the business dispute for the CX-8 in Australia is worth evaluating before the model becomes global.
Presently, no other car maker in the non-premium division offers a sportier or more closely-knit alternative to their large SUV. The CX-8 could mirror the success of models like BMW X4 and Mercedes GLC Coupe, which are each to each sportier derivatives of the BMW X3 and Mercedes GLC in the reward space. The three-row CX-8 could likewise be Mazda’s answer to the latest generation Honda CR-V, which now can be had with 7 room.
Powering the CX-8 is the company’s familiar SKYACTIV-D 2.2-liter turbo diesel engine, paired to a six-speed automatic transmission.
