Mazda CX60 3.3 diesel
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Anybody driving one of these?
Wasn't even aware they made a straight six diesel.
Seems to have pretty decent power and economy and reasonably priced used.
Thinking it would make a brilliant tow car and in Soul Red metallic looks fabulous.
Not so keen on the MHEV side of it but if it was reliable it seems like quite an enticing car?
Wasn't even aware they made a straight six diesel.
Seems to have pretty decent power and economy and reasonably priced used.
Thinking it would make a brilliant tow car and in Soul Red metallic looks fabulous.
Not so keen on the MHEV side of it but if it was reliable it seems like quite an enticing car?
LightweightLouisDanvers said:
Anybody driving one of these?
Wasn't even aware they made a straight six diesel.
Seems to have pretty decent power and economy and reasonably priced used.
Thinking it would make a brilliant tow car and in Soul Red metallic looks fabulous.
Not so keen on the MHEV side of it but if it was reliable it seems like quite an enticing car?
2.5 ton max tow weight vs 3.5T for disco or Touareg Wasn't even aware they made a straight six diesel.
Seems to have pretty decent power and economy and reasonably priced used.
Thinking it would make a brilliant tow car and in Soul Red metallic looks fabulous.
Not so keen on the MHEV side of it but if it was reliable it seems like quite an enticing car?
Bouncy / unsettled ride is the biggest issue with the cx60
Depends upon what you want it to do.
We have one of the last RWD versions - you can't order with that now i believe - and we use it for towing a 1500kg caravan.
Great car, economical - returns around 30-mpg when towing and 47/48 mpg during every day normal non towing, it seems to be really wide inside, reasonabaly well equipped - we have the base spec version - goes like a stabbed rat if you have it in sport mode, otherwise it trundles along quite nicely and is quite a comfortable ride for me. We swapped in a Kia Sportage for it and in that i felt like i was sat on it, whereas with this i feel like i'm sat In it.
The HUD is great and is set into the instrument binnacle rather than a flip up panel like our Mazda 3, has skyactive tech so if you leave it on when coasting along or going down hill it cuts to 4 cylinders and has the whole stop start malarkey. The lights are great on it too, really bright which i often find at night i don't need full beam.
Downsides? The paint is butter soft so PPF is your friend here, doors sound a bit tiny and the boot is not as big as it looks but can take a reasonable amount. The tank is tiny too, think it's around 57 litres or so.
Oh i forgot it's a mild hybrid so somewhere there is a battery giving extra oomph.
I was specifically warned off buying the 2.5 petrol PHEV by a Mazda salesperson as they are having no end of issues with the engines in those, we have several at work and they are forever in for issues but the diesel seems to be immune to it.
Power wise, ours is less than 200bhp but has somewhere around 500nm of torque and it will shift our 1500kg caravan without any issues whatsoever, never once feels like it is struggling
We have one of the last RWD versions - you can't order with that now i believe - and we use it for towing a 1500kg caravan.
Great car, economical - returns around 30-mpg when towing and 47/48 mpg during every day normal non towing, it seems to be really wide inside, reasonabaly well equipped - we have the base spec version - goes like a stabbed rat if you have it in sport mode, otherwise it trundles along quite nicely and is quite a comfortable ride for me. We swapped in a Kia Sportage for it and in that i felt like i was sat on it, whereas with this i feel like i'm sat In it.
The HUD is great and is set into the instrument binnacle rather than a flip up panel like our Mazda 3, has skyactive tech so if you leave it on when coasting along or going down hill it cuts to 4 cylinders and has the whole stop start malarkey. The lights are great on it too, really bright which i often find at night i don't need full beam.
Downsides? The paint is butter soft so PPF is your friend here, doors sound a bit tiny and the boot is not as big as it looks but can take a reasonable amount. The tank is tiny too, think it's around 57 litres or so.
Oh i forgot it's a mild hybrid so somewhere there is a battery giving extra oomph.
I was specifically warned off buying the 2.5 petrol PHEV by a Mazda salesperson as they are having no end of issues with the engines in those, we have several at work and they are forever in for issues but the diesel seems to be immune to it.
Power wise, ours is less than 200bhp but has somewhere around 500nm of torque and it will shift our 1500kg caravan without any issues whatsoever, never once feels like it is struggling
Edited by theoperative on Thursday 5th November 19:52
Edited by theoperative on Thursday 5th November 19:54
theoperative said:
Downsides? The paint is butter soft so PPF is your friend here.
A friend is just getting a warranty repair done by Mazda on his chipped bonnet (soul red)Edited by theoperative on Thursday 5th November 19:52
Edited by theoperative on Thursday 5th November 19:54
Worth a try if you feel it's badly stone chipped.
Trevor555 said:
theoperative said:
Downsides? The paint is butter soft so PPF is your friend here.
A friend is just getting a warranty repair done by Mazda on his chipped bonnet (soul red)Edited by theoperative on Thursday 5th November 19:52
Edited by theoperative on Thursday 5th November 19:54
Worth a try if you feel it's badly stone chipped.
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