Mazda is about to unveil a brand new crossover on November 15, with the timing pointing to an official debut on the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Present beginning two days later.
The automaker posted a teaser video on Monday to social media, which exhibits a crossover with a kayak strapped to its roof driving by way of a lush forest.
The crossover is regarded as a brand new mannequin line to be known as the CX-50. Opposite to earlier reviews, the CX-50 will not experience on Mazda’s upcoming Skyactiv Multi-Solution Scalable Architecture able to supporting inline-6 engines and rear-wheel drive. Relatively, it’ll share a platform with the prevailing CX-30 and MX-30 crossovers.
The CX-50 shall be a compact crossover, doubtless with normal all-wheel drive. It will not exchange the present CX-5 compact crossover in Mazda’s lineup, with Mazda anticipated to market the CX-50 as a extra premium, lifestyle-oriented providing.
There’s at all times a brand new terrain. The journey begins 11/15. pic.twitter.com/HgmvMVHNsp
— Mazda USA (@MazdaUSA) November 8, 2021
The CX-50 is the thriller mannequin that Mazda plans to construct at its newly constructed plant in Huntsville, Alabama, which is shared with Toyota. It is the place Toyota is already constructing the Corolla Cross. Manufacturing of the CX-50 is scheduled to begin in January. The plant has the capability to construct 300,000 autos yearly.
In keeping with Roadshow, bigger CX-70 and CX-90 crossovers powered by inline-6 engines and primarily based on Mazda’s new Skyactiv platform talked about above will observe. The CX-70 is predicted to function a non secular successor to the previous CX-7 whereas the CX-90 is predicted to instantly exchange the present CX-9. Plug-in hybrid expertise is predicted to be obtainable in each new crossovers.
The primary car primarily based on the brand new platform is due in 2022, although its identification is unclear. One chance might be a replacement for the Mazda 6.
Keep tuned.
