Photo: kelsonik / Instagram
The crossover SUV situation is getting overly crowded in Mazda's camp. Some wonder if this is the right thing to do for such a small automaker, while others envision the latest product as even ritzier – even though solely in CGI at the moment.
Coming to a European dealer near Old Continent dwellers later this year during the fall season, the new Mazda CX-80 is the three-row counterpart of the CX-60 and features 20/40/20 split second-row seats or a couple of captain's chairs. Naturally, since it's twinned with the CX-60 on the company's new rear- and all-wheel drive with longitudinal engine layout platform called the Large Product Group, it features almost the same assortment of powertrains – a mild hybrid 3.3-liter e-Skyactiv D turbo inline-six diesel plus the inline-four 2.5-liter e-Skyactiv plug-in hybrid option.
The CX-80 is forbidden fruit in America because it will be sold in Europe, Australia, and Asia – whereas North American customers get to choose the wider and slightly longer CX-90. The same situation can be observed with the CX-60, as the five-seat version for North America is the CX-70. Of course, many are now wondering if Mazda is doing the right thing by spending money on 'one-percent-different' models for different regions – the CX-80 is just four inches shorter than the CX-90, for example.
The problem is that Mazda made two SUVs with three rows of seats featuring the same wheelbase but two different lengths – it doesn't sound cheap to many. Anyway, there are also those who appreciate the market differences and would rather have one or the other. No worries, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators doesn't like to take sides, and Nikita Chuicko, the virtual artist better known as kelsonik on social media, thinks now is the right CGI time to play with Mazda's new 2024 CX-80, even if it's a forbidden fruit for America.
To make the customers there a little envious of the CX-80 possibilities, the pixel master has decided to treat the all-new, first-ever Mazda CX-80 with his signature 'Shadow Line' transformation where he CGI-deletes the chrome details for a more serious black-contrasting atmosphere. As always, he also adds a couple of aftermarket wheel sets of larger dimensions than OEM – and he also gives us the before/after option to see what changed, along with a quick visual comparison between the CX-90 and CX-80 to see what's different between the two related models.
So, what do you think – is it wise of Mazda to give customers so many crossover SUVs and so few passenger cars when also considering the smaller CX-5 and CX-50, not just the CX-60, CX-70, CX-80, and CX-90 mid-sizers?
The CX-80 is forbidden fruit in America because it will be sold in Europe, Australia, and Asia – whereas North American customers get to choose the wider and slightly longer CX-90. The same situation can be observed with the CX-60, as the five-seat version for North America is the CX-70. Of course, many are now wondering if Mazda is doing the right thing by spending money on 'one-percent-different' models for different regions – the CX-80 is just four inches shorter than the CX-90, for example.
The problem is that Mazda made two SUVs with three rows of seats featuring the same wheelbase but two different lengths – it doesn't sound cheap to many. Anyway, there are also those who appreciate the market differences and would rather have one or the other. No worries, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators doesn't like to take sides, and Nikita Chuicko, the virtual artist better known as kelsonik on social media, thinks now is the right CGI time to play with Mazda's new 2024 CX-80, even if it's a forbidden fruit for America.
To make the customers there a little envious of the CX-80 possibilities, the pixel master has decided to treat the all-new, first-ever Mazda CX-80 with his signature 'Shadow Line' transformation where he CGI-deletes the chrome details for a more serious black-contrasting atmosphere. As always, he also adds a couple of aftermarket wheel sets of larger dimensions than OEM – and he also gives us the before/after option to see what changed, along with a quick visual comparison between the CX-90 and CX-80 to see what's different between the two related models.
So, what do you think – is it wise of Mazda to give customers so many crossover SUVs and so few passenger cars when also considering the smaller CX-5 and CX-50, not just the CX-60, CX-70, CX-80, and CX-90 mid-sizers?
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