2018 Mazda CX-8 (Japan Only)
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2018 Mazda CX-8 (Japan Only)
The 2018 Mazda CX-8 has been revealed in its home market of Japan this week, giving us a first look at the brand’s new seven-seat SUV.
Sitting below the larger CX-9 in Mazda’s global line-up, the CX-8 is the company’s first three-row crossover in the Japanese market – as the CX-9 isn’t sold there.
Power comes exclusively from an updated version of the familiar 2.2-litre twin-turbo diesel, which already does service in the smaller CX-5 SUV and Mazda 6 medium car, developing a meatier 140kW of power and 450Nm of torque in the new model – up from 129kW and 420Nm in current applications.
Drive is sent to either the front or all-four wheels, via a six-speed automatic transmission.
Stylistically, the CX-8 is a mashup of the smaller CX-5 and larger CX-9, sporting design elements from both cars at the front and the rear, though it’s closer to the CX-9 in size.
Measuring 4900mm long, 1840mm wide and 1730mm tall, the CX-8 is 175mm shorter, 129mm slimmer and 17mm lower than a CX-9.
193 inches long, 72.4 inches wide and 68 inches tall, making it 6.9 inches shorter, 4.9 inches narrower and 0.7 inches lower than the CX-9. The wheelbase of the two Mazda SUVs is an identical 115 inches.
Japanese buyers can opt for either six- or seven-seat layouts, with the former featuring three rows of captain’s chairs.
With the third row in place, the CX-8 has 239 litres of boot space. Fold that rearmost bench down, and that expands to 572L – interestingly, that’s 9L more than a CX-9 with the third row in use, however, it’s 238L short of its bigger brother with the second row up.
Equipment highlights depending on variant include a 360-degree camera system, nappa leather upholstery, real wood trim and G-Vectoring Control.
Sitting below the larger CX-9 in Mazda’s global line-up, the CX-8 is the company’s first three-row crossover in the Japanese market – as the CX-9 isn’t sold there.
Power comes exclusively from an updated version of the familiar 2.2-litre twin-turbo diesel, which already does service in the smaller CX-5 SUV and Mazda 6 medium car, developing a meatier 140kW of power and 450Nm of torque in the new model – up from 129kW and 420Nm in current applications.
Drive is sent to either the front or all-four wheels, via a six-speed automatic transmission.
Stylistically, the CX-8 is a mashup of the smaller CX-5 and larger CX-9, sporting design elements from both cars at the front and the rear, though it’s closer to the CX-9 in size.
Measuring 4900mm long, 1840mm wide and 1730mm tall, the CX-8 is 175mm shorter, 129mm slimmer and 17mm lower than a CX-9.
193 inches long, 72.4 inches wide and 68 inches tall, making it 6.9 inches shorter, 4.9 inches narrower and 0.7 inches lower than the CX-9. The wheelbase of the two Mazda SUVs is an identical 115 inches.
Japanese buyers can opt for either six- or seven-seat layouts, with the former featuring three rows of captain’s chairs.
With the third row in place, the CX-8 has 239 litres of boot space. Fold that rearmost bench down, and that expands to 572L – interestingly, that’s 9L more than a CX-9 with the third row in use, however, it’s 238L short of its bigger brother with the second row up.
Equipment highlights depending on variant include a 360-degree camera system, nappa leather upholstery, real wood trim and G-Vectoring Control.
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