2026 Mazda CX-60 Update: PHEV Premium Collapses to $5,000, Diesel Matches Petrol, New $44,240 G25 Pure Entry

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If you have been circling a plug-in hybrid mid-size SUV, Mazda has just made your maths a lot friendlier. The updated 2026 CX-60 range is now on Australian showroom floors, and the headline is not really the incremental safety kit. It is that the P50e plug-in hybrid is $7,150 cheaper than it was last week, and now sits just $5,000 above the equivalent petrol or diesel rather than the roughly $12,000 premium Mazda used to demand. For anyone weighing PHEV convenience against a straight petrol or diesel spend, that is a very different decision.

Mazda has also gone the other way on price for the petrol six, lifting G40e variants by $900, and cut the D50e diesel by $1,100 so that petrol and diesel now cost exactly the same money in every trim. And at the bottom of the range, the CX-60 gets a cheaper front-of-house price with a new G25 Pure RWD variant from $44,240 before on-roads, or about $47,990 driveaway, replacing the old $50k-ish entry point. The same pricing philosophy has been applied across the wider Large Product Group of CX-70, CX-80 and CX-90.

2026 Mazda CX-60 Pricing

Prices are before on-road costs, using the same Pure to Azami Takumi grade walk buyers have seen since launch. The G25 slots below all the inline-six variants and is only offered in Pure trim with rear-wheel drive.

Read down any column and the pricing structure is much cleaner than before. Petrol and diesel now match in every trim, and the PHEV column always sits exactly $5,000 above that. Compare that to the previous range where opting into the P50e added closer to $12,000 over a G40e petrol equivalent and it is easy to see why Mazda has finally called this the reset moment for the CX-60.

What Has Changed and Why

The CX-60 launched in Australia in early 2023 to mixed reviews. Great cabin, strong platform, but a ride quality that copped criticism and a PHEV that felt expensive against a well-optioned petrol or diesel. Mazda has spent the intervening period tweaking damper tunes and steering feel, and this 2026 update is the price side of the same argument. Bring the PHEV within touching distance of the six-cylinder cars and it becomes a real decision instead of an expensive tax on wanting a plug.

The other lever is the new G25 Pure entry point. Every CX-60 sold in Australia until now used one of the 3.3-litre inline-six mild-hybrid drivetrains or the 2.5-litre PHEV. Adding a 2.5-litre four-cylinder petrol brings the range under $45,000 for the first time, which matters for fleet buyers who cannot get sign-off on a $50k list price, and for private buyers cross-shopping a top-spec Hyundai Tucson or RAV4.

Standard kit has been tidied up too. Every 2026 CX-60 now includes Front Cross-Traffic Assist, Cruising and Traffic Support (the semi-autonomous highway follower that used to be reserved for Evolve trim and above), and the Driver Emergency Assist system that can bring the car to a stop if it thinks you have become incapacitated. Mazda Connected Services, previously only on the CX-70 and CX-80, has also finally been added to the CX-60 and CX-90 for over-the-air update capability and remote climate control from a phone.

Specs and Powertrains

Dimensions are unchanged: 4,740mm long, 1,890mm wide and 1,675mm tall on a 2,870mm wheelbase, with a five-seat cabin and a boot that opens at 477 litres and expands to a bit over 1,700 litres seats-down. That puts the CX-60 in the same footprint fight as a Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Tucson or BMW X3, but with a longer bonnet and a rear-drive-based platform that lends it a more premium proportion.

Safety

The CX-60 carries a 5-star ANCAP rating awarded in 2022 based on Euro NCAP testing, and the 2026 update brings the whole range up to a common active-safety level. Standard safety kit now includes AEB with vehicle, pedestrian, cyclist and motorcyclist detection, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, front cross-traffic assist, adaptive cruise, lane-keep assist, driver monitoring, and Mazda's Cruising and Traffic Support system for hands-on highway following. Driver Emergency Assist can slow and stop the car if it detects the driver has stopped responding.

How It Compares

On CarSorted the natural cross-shop set for a CX-60 buyer is the mid-size SUV pool. A Toyota RAV4 Cruiser Hybrid lands around $50,000 to $55,000 driveaway with 160kW combined, front-wheel or all-wheel drive and Toyota's rock-solid resale, but it is a smaller car with a plainer cabin. A top-spec Hyundai Tucson in Highlander Hybrid trim sits in similar money with a nicer interior than the RAV4 but again a front-drive-based layout.

The G25 CX-60 undercuts both on list price, and gives you the longer-bonnet, rear-drive proportions of a $70,000-plus car for RAV4 money. It is slower and less economical than the Toyota, but the cabin genuinely presents like a premium SUV. If you want to see that gap laid out side by side, our CX-60 vs Tucson comparison walks through the numbers.

On the plug-in side, the newly-cheaper P50e now runs roughly $56,640 in Pure trim before on-roads. That is very close to a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV ES in top trims and undercuts a base Outlander PHEV Exceed Tourer. The Outlander PHEV wins on outright electric range (86km WLTP after its recent update) and on seven-seat capacity. The CX-60 wins on power (241kW to the Outlander's 225kW), 0 to 100 (5.9s to 8.0s), the six-cylinder-adjacent character and a genuinely upmarket cabin. Buyers who wanted an Outlander PHEV but felt it was too utilitarian inside now have a straight cross-shop that did not really exist a week ago.

Against the German bench, the story hasn't changed but the value case has sharpened. Our CX-60 vs BMW X3 comparison already showed the CX-60 G25 undercutting a base X3 20 xDrive by close to $42,000 at list. The 2026 update keeps that gap wide open.

Warranty and Servicing

Mazda continues to cover the CX-60 with a 5-year unlimited-km warranty. The P50e's high-voltage traction battery is separately warranted for 8 years or 160,000km, matching Australian PHEV norms. Servicing runs on 12-month or 15,000km intervals through Mazda's capped-price program. Roadside assist is included for the duration of scheduled Mazda servicing.

The Same Story Across the Large SUV Range

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Mazda has run the same playbook across the whole Large Product Group. The three-row CX-80 gets the identical G40e-up, D50e-down, P50e-down pattern, along with the same $5,000 PHEV premium. Diesel now becomes the value pick in the seven-seater too, with the Pure D50e AWD opening at around $56,100 before on-roads, roughly $7,000 below the previous entry Touring.

The wider-body CX-70 two-row and CX-90 three-row have gone one further, with straight-out price cuts of between about $3,200 and $8,051 across their ranges. Petrol and diesel are now priced identically on both, and the PHEV premium on the CX-70 in particular has been cut by more than $10,000 on top-spec variants. The CX-90 range now opens at $66,100 before on-roads for the base Touring, and the CX-70 opens at $73,020 for the base GT.

For a brand that had been quietly copping heat over Large Product Group value, the whole reset lands as a coherent single move rather than four separate announcements. Petrol and diesel cost the same, PHEV costs $5,000 more, and the entry-level rungs get materially cheaper.

What This Means for Buyers

Three groups win here. First, anyone cross-shopping the CX-60 against a top-spec RAV4 Hybrid or Tucson. The new $44,240 G25 Pure gets you into a rear-drive, premium-feeling SUV for the same money as a fully-loaded front-drive hybrid, and lets you spend the badge premium on features rather than on Mazda badge tax. It is not the fuel miser the RAV4 Hybrid is (7.5 L/100km against Toyota's ~4.8 L/100km), but for city and freeway commuting on a value budget it is a very different feel of car for the money.

Second, high-kilometre buyers. The D50e diesel is now priced identically to the G40e petrol, which was not the case last week. On the CX-60 Touring, that means paying nothing extra for the diesel and gaining a claimed 4.9 L/100km against the petrol six's 7.4 L/100km. Over 25,000km a year, that is roughly a 625-litre annual fuel saving, worth around $1,200 at $1.90 per litre. On a three-year ownership window that pays back a few sets of tyres.

Third, and biggest, plug-in hybrid shoppers. The P50e's $7,150 cut and the collapse of the PHEV premium from about $12,000 to $5,000 changes the payback maths for anyone with a driveway they can plug into. Assume 15,000km of typical urban and suburban driving a year, roughly 60% of it covered by the P50e's 76km of WLTP electric range on domestic power at about $0.30 per kWh, and the plug-in saves close to $1,300 a year against the petrol six's fuel bill. On a three-year ownership window, the $5,000 PHEV premium is now within reach of paying back on fuel alone, before you count fringe benefits like near-silent EV commuting and lower service intervals on the combustion side.

On CarSorted, the CX-60 sits in our directory alongside a deep set of mid-size SUV competitors. If you want to see it against a specific rival, our CX-60 vs Hyundai Tucson and CX-60 vs BMW X3 comparisons are the closest cross-shop pairs. And for anyone still weighing PHEV vs straight hybrid, our EV vs Hybrid cost comparison lays out the running-cost side in more detail.

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