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EXPERT RATING
8.2

Likes

  • Nice sporty/luxury balance
  • Broad choice of engines
  • Comfortable, smooth ride at last – even on 20s

Dislikes

  • Styling inside and out is beginning to seem a bit dated
  • Getting expensive in PHEV guise
  • Some suspension patter still comes through inside
Byron Mathioudakis
Contributing Journalist
6 Jun 2025
2 min read

The CX-60 GT is the overtly sporty version of the Hiroshima brand’s big mid-sized SUV.

Hailing from Japan and released in mid-2025, the GT – like all MY25 CX-60s ­– features improved suspension and transmission calibrations, to make it a comfier, smoother riding experience.

Commencing from $64,240 before on-road costs, the GT includes niceties like adaptive LED headlights, a Bose 12-speaker audio upgrade, a powered/heated steering wheel, a panoramic sunroof, hands-free tailgate operation, heated rear seats, glossier trim and 20-inch alloys.

These features build on the Touring’s leather trim, 360-degree view camera, ground-view monitor, front/rear parking sensors, 12.3-inch touchscreen, a wireless charger, dual-zone climate control, head-up display, satellite navigation, wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, DAB+ digital radio, tyre-pressure monitors, traffic sign recognition tech and folding/heated exterior mirrors.

The CX-60 GT also comes standard with a host of safety items that have aided it in its quest for a five-star ANCAP crash-test accolade, from eight airbags and adaptive cruise control to plenty of advanced driver-assist safety items such as Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB), blind-spot monitoring, vehicle exit warning, lane-departure, lane-assist and lane-keep tech, front cross-traffic alert, forward obstruction warning, rear cross-traffic alert, turn-across traffic alert, Cruising/Traffic Support (that assists drivers in slow-moving traffic with automatic accelerator, brake and steering control to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle ahead), and a see-through view front camera.

The G40e is a popular CX-60 engine choice, consisting of a 3.3-litre in-line six-cylinder (I6) turbocharged petrol engine, delivering 209kW of power and 450Nm of torque. On the combined cycle, it averages 7.4L/100km for 174g/km of carbon-dioxide emissions.

The 3.3L I6 turbo-diesel powered version, labelled as the D50e, makes 187kW and 550Nm, sips 5.0L/100km on average for 132g/km, and costs $2000 more.

Then there is the P50e – a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). It lines up Mazda’s long-lived 2.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with a 129kW electric motor and a 17.8kWh Lithium ion battery, for 241kW and 500Nm in total. A 2.1L/100km result, with a CO2 figure of 49g/km, contribute to a combined average 2380km of distance between refills, as well as a 76km battery EV-only range.

Finally, there’s an in-house eight-speed, wet-plate-clutch automatic transmission, driving all four wheels.

These are specifications that read like a BMW's!

Read the full 2025 Mazda CX-60 review

Pricing Guides

$69,050
Price is based on the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price for the lowest priced Mazda CX-60 2025 variant.
LOWEST PRICE
$50,240
HIGHEST PRICE
$89,050
Byron Mathioudakis
Contributing Journalist
Byron started his motoring journalism career when he joined John Mellor in 1997 before becoming a freelance motoring writer two years later. He wrote for several motoring publications and was ABC Youth radio Triple J's "all things automotive" correspondent from 2001 to 2003. He rejoined John Mellor in early 2003 and has been with GoAutoMedia as a senior product and industry journalist ever since. With an eye for detail and a vast knowledge base of both new and used cars Byron lives and breathes motoring. His encyclopedic knowledge of cars was acquired from childhood by reading just about every issue of every car magazine ever to hit a newsstand in Australia. The child Byron was the consummate car spotter, devoured and collected anything written about cars that he could lay his hands on and by nine had driven more imaginary miles at the wheel of the family Ford Falcon in the driveway at home than many people drive in a lifetime. The teenage Byron filled in the agonising years leading up to getting his driver's license by reading the words of the leading motoring editors of the country and learning what they look for in a car and how to write it. In short, Byron loves cars and knows pretty much all there is to know about every vehicle released during his lifetime as well as most of the ones that were around before then.
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