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“Are you still deserving a gasoline car or do I buy a hybrid?”

“Electric? No, man, if I do a lot of kilometers on the highway, if I spend the day going down to Cádiz and I can make 25,000 kilometers a year easy”

“Diesel? What do you say, man … how am I going to buy a diesel at this point …”

“Isn’t it bad option?”

This conversation is the one I have had multiple occasions with people looking for a car. People who barely step on the city and move along high -speed roads, either in their day to day or with long trips on weekends that make him go to more than 20,000 kilometers a year.

I will tell you a secret, There is a car for you.

If you are this driver profile. If the electric car is horrified. If you like diesel touch and its huge pair. Mazda has developed the engine that every diesel car lover can desire. It’s big, it’s delicious. And it is an endangered species.

Mazda CX-60 Technical Card

A countercurrent

Mazda has been swimming between two waters for years. For price, materials and finishes, we are not talking about a general company. But at the same time there is that feeling of being a point below the Premium Germans In my opinion, more by status than by the level of your adjustments and finishes.

Of course, it is not as effective as the latter. His designs are more sober but also elegant. They are simple but what they propose do so topped. Added to their countercultural decisionswe will all agree that it is a company that makes different things.

“We want to be the first brand Premium No European, ”they tell us. The challenge, therefore, is to overcome Lexus who also has a magnificent finishes and also bets on the simple and sober before the German artifice games. Playing above is his great challenge.

What does play in favor of Mazda is that he does what nobody does. It is the company that made the rotary engine its saint and sign, which has rescued it for an extended range electric And that does not rule out Repeat formula With a Purely sports model. It is the company of Mazda MX-5, a car that It has no market competition. The brand of manual exchange boxes and Small screens that are better not to touch.

And it is one of the few companies that bet on the countercurrent in their mechanics. Your recent Gasoline Atmospheric 2.5 Motor And, above all, this Diesel 3.3 liters and six cylinders online That we have had the opportunity to play are two of the biggest surprises in a market where electrification is launched and has been developing smaller and smaller displacement engines.

Yes, a diesel in 2025

This E-Skyactiv D engine is available at Mazda CX-60 and CX-80. In our case we have been able to try it in the “little one” of these two SUVs. Cars that have a lot to do because, simply, we talk about the same platform that lengthens in the CX-80 until offering a gigantic battle of XX meters, which allows you to offer a version with seven seats.

But I have the sensation (we could not try this same engine in the CX-80, since in that case we opted for the plug-in hybrid mechanics) that it is in the CX-60, more content in size and weight where the engine yields to its maximum.

Good feelings come to one since he feels after the steering wheel. The hoop is fine and round. We almost laugh by having to remember this but it is not others seeing according to what proposals in the market. The steering wheel buttons are very well topped and fit perfectly. Its functions are clear and precise.

After the steering wheel, the instrument box has become a 12.3 -inch screen. The visualization is very simple and is projected by simulating classic watches. A little more dynamic or customizable than when they combined watches and a central screen but, in my opinion, elegance is lost and much is not won. It gives some sorrow this loss taking into account the rest of the set.

The Head-Up Display is a good size, with a correct shine and a very good resolution. It shows the indications of the browser or, if necessary, of maps if we have connected the Apple Carplay or Google Maps if we have Android Auto.

In the central part, the driver’s seats and co -pilot are separated by a large console, with the gear lever, a space for two bottles, the handbrake, a small roulette for the control of the multimedia system and a larger one for the control of the central screen. Behind, a large glovera with USB-C inputs.

Before reaching the screen, negative point and positive point. The negative is that the space for Wireless mobile phone load It is small and with a little rough surface, it is easy for the mobile phone to move through the hole, losing the connection and, therefore, interrupting the load. It is an evil that should be solved because it can be a totally useless space. In addition, it is a bit narrow and the larger phones may not enter completely.

Above, a panel for the control of the complete air conditioner, with all the profits that we can expect and with perfectly executed physical controls. Everything is where it should be. The ergonomics is perfect in this Mazda CX-60 despite being a wide car in which it could be difficult to reach what places.

On this panel, the central screen of the instrument box is of good quality. It is not the best in the market but it shows the information with a high resolution, bright colors and, in general, very good performance. The infotainment system cannot be simpler.

The main menu barely consists of an entrance to the adjustments, the multimedia environment and the browser. The latter is clear and the instructions are easy to read. However, in Mazda they are aware that most users will use Android Auto either Apple Carplay and seem to have invested the minimum money in their proposal. He has the basics, yes, and the voice control has been added the Alexa assistant.

The screen, in these things of Mazda, is not tactile when the car is running. In addition, it would be uncomfortable to handle in this situation because it is very far from the driver who would have to make a conscious effort to reach it. The handling with the roulette, in addition, is very simple and you do not feel the need to go to the panel.

Refinement is breathed confirmed when we start up. The automatic change is somewhat slow but has two small cams after the steering wheel that allow us to reduce a couple of marches and facilitate work when we need an extra power to enter a highway or highway.

It is here where your diesel engine is enjoyed. On low turns, the six online cylinders and 3.3 liters barely feel. The car is very soundless, the rumor of the engine is almost imperceptible and the non -existent vibrations. But it is when one sinks the foot in the accelerator when everything dismembers.

The feature account stretches an improper linearity of a diesel. On one occasion I have surprised myself by checking where the cut was marked because the sensations resemble those of an atmospheric gasoline. In that thrust, the sound of the engine is noticed with a characteristic sound of technology and triggers the car quickly above the allowed legal speeds. You have to quickly lift your foot if you don’t want to get into a mess knowing that a lot of engine is left on the road.

This thrust helps the 17 hp of a small electric motor between the combustion block and the transmission that handles the situation when it circulates sailing because the diesel engine is completely turned off. When both work together and generate the 254 hp mentioned, taking advantage of their 550 nm of torque, it is when you remember why there are so many people in love with a diesel car.

As for their ADAS AID TO DRIVINGthe tests performed by the type of route were minimal. Yes, we verify that the detection of the lane is good and that it redirectly firmly but without startling to the center of the lane when we forced an exit of it. From cruise control, however, we did not have the opportunity to check its performance.

In addition, it should be noted that it has an easily accessible physical button to instantly turn off the speeding alarm sounda solution that is missed in many other companies and that facilitates not being aware of this obligation of the European Union.

From consumption, we can say little that in the contact it was a driving on a route of about 100 kilometers that were mostly run by secondary road. However, fuel spending was 6 l/100 km, slightly above 5.3-5.5 l/100 km that homologate according to WLTP cycle.

In summary, a very interesting option if your day to day is still based on large kilometers by fast roads and looking for a refined, well -established, agile and very comfortable car if what you are looking for is devouring kilometers and you prefer to forget about plugs, loaders and waiting.

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