Mazda CX-80 Review & Prices

The CX-80 has a high-quality cabin with seats for up to seven, but it’s a big and bulky car for UK roads

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At a glance
Model
Mazda CX-80
Body type
SUVs
Available fuel types
Diesel, Hybrid
Acceleration (0-60 mph)
s
Number of seats
6 - 7
Boot space, seats up
566 litres - 4 suitcases
Exterior dimensions (L x W x H)
4,995 mm x 1,890 mm x 1,710 mm
CO₂ emissions
This refers to how much carbon dioxide a vehicle emits per kilometre – the lower the number, the less polluting the car.
35 - 151 g/km
Fuel economy
This measures how much fuel a car uses, according to official tests. It's measured in miles per gallon (MPG) and a higher number means the car is more fuel efficient.
49.6 - 176.6 mpg
Insurance group
A car's insurance group indicates how cheap or expensive it will be to insure – higher numbers will mean more expensive insurance.
37A, 38A, 39A
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Is the Mazda CX-80 a good car?

The Mazda CX-80 is the latest entry into the big seven-seat SUV market, and it’s trying to take on the premium powerhouse German competition by packing lots of high-tech equipment and the option of a big six-cylinder diesel engine. 

It’s a bit like buying Marks & Spencer own-brand Champagne. It might be as technically good as the posh-label stuff, but will people take it as seriously?

From the outside, you can pretty easily tell that the CX-80 shares its basic structure with the CX-60. It’s far from the prettiest car that Mazda makes, with a honking great grille and tiny headlights that make it look a bit like it’s sucking on a lemon. 

Look down the side and you’ll instantly see that this CX-80 is much longer than the CX-60, taking it past the five-metre mark, and giving the CX-80 a lengthy 3.1-metre wheelbase.   

Inside, the CX-80 scores with cabin that looks high-quality, especially if the CX-60 is anything to go off, but you need to be careful about how you spec it. Top-spec Takumi and Takumi+ models get cream leather and big slabs of pale wood, set off by some gaudy chrome trim, which makes the whole thing look like a slightly tacky Las Vegas hotel bathroom. Much better to go for a lower-spec Homura or Homura+ which have a more plain and elegant-looking black leather interior.

The Mazda CX-80 is spacious enough for most families to travel comfortably, but alternatives offer a slightly bigger boot with all seven seats in place

The dashboard layout is the same as the CX-60's - and it's very good. Mazda puts its infotainment screen up high and away from you, so it’s not a touchscreen and instead you use a ‘click-wheel’ controller on the centre console to select what you want. In Mazda's other cars it's a far easier system to use when you’re driving than a touchscreen, and it helps that Mazda sticks with physical air conditioning controls. The digital instruments should be much easier on the eye than those of most alternatives too, if the CX-60 is anything to go by, even if there are only limited ways in which you can adjust what’s on display. There’s also a clear head-up display.

As standard, the CX-80 comes with seven seats, but if you go for a Homura+ or Takumi+ model, then the seating layout switches to a more luxurious six-seat setup, with ‘club-class’ style individual seats in the middle row (it’s a no-cost option for the Homura+ but costs extra for the Takumi+ because it includes a centre console with extra cup holders and a storage area). 

The boot isn’t especially massive. There’s 258 litres of luggage space if all the seats are in use, which is fine but a Hyundai Santa Fe or Peugeot 5008 offer more. Fold the third row away and the most you can squeeze in is 687 litres. That’s a lot, but it’s almost small compared to what you can get from Skoda, Hyundai or Peugeot. With all seats flat there’s 1,971 litres of space, which again is less than the competition. 

The CX-80 comes with a choice of the same engines as the CX-60, so you can pick from a 2.5-litre petrol plug-in hybrid and a 3.3-litre straight-six diesel. Mazda claims that the plug-in hybrid can go for 38 miles on a full charge of its battery, but that’s likely to be about 25 miles in the real world. The 3.3 diesel is a far better engine. It’s smooth, and sounds like a BMW straight-six diesel when it revs, and it’s incredibly economical — close to 50mpg is do-able in real-world conditions.

If you’re interested in this seven-seater, check out the latest Mazda CX-80 deals on Carwow. You can also browse the latest used Mazdas from our network of trusted dealers, and when it’s time to sell your current car, Carwow can help with that, too.

How much is the Mazda CX-80?

The Mazda CX-80 has a RRP range of £48,920 to £58,755. However, with Carwow you can save on average £3,244. Prices start at £45,989 if paying cash. Monthly payments start at £490.

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The CX-80 is quite well priced, especially when you consider its lengthy standard equipment list and the fact that the plug-in hybrid model is the most affordable one. So while its base price is way above what’s asked for a Peugeot 5008 or a Skoda Kodiaq, those cars only come with compact mild-hybrid petrol engines in their cheapest form. 

The Mazda is priced more closely to the likes of the Hyundai Santa Fe and the Kia Sorento, and in fairness is closer to those cars in terms of size and brand appeal. It’s significantly cheaper than any seven-seat SUV from BMW, Audi, or Mercedes but then again Mazda — hard though it tries — still can’t really compete with those badges.

Mazda CX-80 FAQs

It depends. If you’re looking at the plug-in hybrid CX-80, then frankly incredible fuel economy can be realised if you plug it in regularly and use its electric range to full effect. On longer motorway journeys, though, it gets very thirsty indeed — expect sub-30mpg at times. The 3.3-litre diesel is a much better performer, with claimed fuel economy of 50mpg, and able to get very close to that in real-world conditions.

Fully charged up, the plug-in hybrid CX-80 has a claimed electric-only range of 38 miles, but in real-world conditions, that’s likely to be closer to 25 miles or thereabouts. If it’s the diesel you’re asking about, on a full tank at least 500 miles should be do-able.

As with all current Mazda products, the CX-80 is made in Japan, at Mazda’s factory in Yamaguchi, about 85 miles from the company’s headquarters in Hiroshima.

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