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Mazda CX-80 vs Mazda CX-9

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Mazda CX-80
Mazda CX-80

$55,200 - $92,769

2025 price

Mazda CX-9
Mazda CX-9

$24,888 - $49,990

2021 price

Summary

2025 Mazda CX-80
2021 Mazda CX-9
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 6, 3.3L

Turbo 4, 2.5L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
8.4L/100km (combined)

8.4L/100km (combined)
Seating
7

7
Dislikes
  • Drab design for a premium SUV
  • Heavy steering at lower speeds
  • Air conditioning system needs work

  • Expensive AWD option
  • Six-seater's compromises
  • Older ANCAP safety rating
2025 Mazda CX-80 Summary

Despite the similar naming conventions, the new Mazda CX-80 large SUV isn’t a revamped version of the popular CX-8 model even though it technically replaces it.

The CX-80 is actually a seven-seat version of the mid-size CX-60. If you're confused, you're not the only one. The CX-80 joins a loooong list of SUVs that Mazda has brought to our market (including the CX-80 and 90) and while it offers more passenger space than its predecessor, does bigger mean better when it comes to family hauling?

My family of three have spent three weeks with the one-up-from-entry grade Touring G40e to find out for you.

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2021 Mazda CX-9 Summary

The second-generation Mazda CX-9 may have been on sale in Australia for nearly five years now, but it remains the second best-selling large SUV using unibody construction (as opposed to old-school, off-road-focused body-on-frame).

That said, it is getting on a bit, so Mazda’s given it an update with a twist for 2021, hoping to inject a little bit more life into its flagship model.

And when we say twist, we mean it. After all, who would’ve thought there’d ever be a six-seat CX-9? Well, we’ve checked it out to see if it’s the version we needed all along. Read on.

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