- Indonesia set to get 2022 Mazda CX-5 as soon as next month
- CBU Japan
- Malaysia's CX-5 facelift won't arrive so soon
For those waiting for the sleek new 2022 facelift to launch in Malaysia soon, sorry to burst your bubble as Indonesia is set to get it ahead of us. For the Indonesian market, the CX-5 is imported (CBU) from Japan.
Zircon Sand is the new colour
It also marks the arrival of the updated CX-5 in the ASEAN region.
PT Eurokars Motor Indonesia (PT EMI) has dropped a teaser of the new 2022 Mazda CX-5 facelift at the ongoing Gaikindo Jakarta Auto Week (GJAW). Our colleagues over at Autofun Indonesia mentioned that the new 2022 Mazda CX-5 facelift will debut on 1-April 2022.
They also added that two variants will be made available on that date, namely the CX-5 Elite Edition and the CX-5 Kuro Edition.
Left-hand drive model pictured
Although Mazda has a plant in Kulim that assembles the CX-5, the model's local launch won't happen so soon as there is a lead time required for local assembly. Earlier, we estimated that the new 2022 Mazda CX-5 could launch here in late-2022 or early-2023.
Only 1 powertrain is offered there: a naturally-aspirated 2.5-litre 4-cylinder petrol engine capable of delivering 190 PS at 6,000 rpm and 252 Nm at 4,000 rpm. The engine is hooked up to Mazda’s tried-and-tested 6-speed torque converter automatic.
As a brief recap, Mazda debuted the updated 2022 Mazda CX-5 facelift in September 2021, bringing with it refreshed styling, a new colour, as well as revised suspension tuning. The model went on sale in Japan two months later in November 2021.
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