Mazda has ushered in 2023 with a mild price increase to its range of SUVs and hatchbacks, as well as confirming the Mazda6 sedan and wagon will live on in Australia.
The price increases are very mild, mostly small increases of $120 to the MSRP of the popular SUV and hatchback range.
A Mazda spokesperson told CarsGuide “Market changes, raw materials and production costs and currency fluctuations among other factors can all affect price setting. Mazda has made a small price increase on some models to reflect those changes.”
Some larger increases are present, consisting of a $350 increase across the CX-9 range. As reported, the Mazda6 ushers in a 20th anniversary spec at the top of the range, with prices jumping between $420 for the base G25 Sport, to $1120 for the Atenza.
Despite supply issues currently plaguing the industry, Mazda says it has ample supply of its range to see out the entire year and customers aren’t waiting months for new arrivals, with the Mazda spokesperson saying “Our stock levels have improved considerably, and are back to pre-Covid levels of availability across almost the entire Mazda range”.
Items that are in globally limited supply like blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert are also said to be accessible across its entire range, and that additional spec changes between model years have not been required.
Models like the BT-50, CX-3, CX-5 and CX-9 are said to be available immediately in dealers at the moment, while newer arrivals are due before the end of the first quarter of 2023.
Mazda is on the cusp of rolling out major updates to its SUV line-up, including its most powerful vehicle ever made, the CX-90, and its smaller sibling, the CX-60.
Both cars will employ a newly developed 3.3-litre inline six-cylinder engine, while a plug-in hybrid variant combining the brand’s 2.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine with an electric motor for outputs of 243kW.
Mazda will continue its march into ever more expensive territory with these models. The CX-60 has had its pricing confirmed for Australia already, reaching $87,252 for the top-spec PHEV. This will eclipse the current range-topping CX-9 Azami LE which wears an updated price-tag of $75,165.
This leaves scope for the CX-90 to hit or exceed the $100,000 mark. Stay tuned closer to its Australian arrival for more accurate pricing and specs.
Keyword: Prices creep up across Mazda range, including Mazda 2023 CX-5, CX-3, CX-8 and CX-9, but the brand is also bucking the wait-list trend