After a long wait for the new Mazda with rear-wheel-drive platform and one inline-six engine, this company revealed the specs of its new SKYACTIV-D. this engine will be used on CX-60, CX-70, just like as the 80 and 90 variants. This big engine with the capacity of 3.00 or 3.3-liter will be offered in both variant of gasoline and diesel one.
Zoom-Zoom company is the developer f this engine for Mazda. SKYACTIV-D with its standard specs of Diesel engine with 3.3-liter capacity is indicated as 228-hp at 4,000-4,200 rpm. To much power with this low torque. However, perfect for the RWD vehicle. The maximum torque is 500 Nm, according at low 1,500 rpm-3,000 rpm. Also, the other version of this engine is e-SKYACTIV D which is just the same as diesel one but with a mild-hybrid setup. The output is 251 hp at 3,750 rpm, while the torque is 550 Nm.
This engine uses an eight-speed automatic transmission system. The power is delivered to the front and rear axles. For a car like CX-60 SUV with weight of 1,900 kg with the diesel version of this speed, the speed up time to 100km/h is 7.3 seconds. The top speed is also 220 km/h.
Unfortunately, there aren’t enough information about the 3.0-liter gasoline model, but as far as we know, we would expect an output of 320 hp and 500 Nm of torque. CX-60 PHEV is much heaver than the other version due to more facilities and the electric unit on it. It weighs 2,050 kg. in case of having the version of gasoline-electric SUV of it, the speed up time reaches to 5.8 seconds and the maximum speed is 200 km/h.
The other mentioned topic with this new engine is distributing the weight. Unlike the PHEV which has 50:50 weight distribution, the diesel one is 55:45. Its heavier the nose. The battery pack of PHEV is a 17.8-kWh enough for a 63 km pure electric drive.
The new CX-60 and the widebody CX-70 will be available in US. As Mazda claimed they are ready to have a three-row CX-80 for international market too and CX-90 for US. Need more two years’ time.