Huge changes are coming to Mazda’s range of large SUVs due to poor sales. President Masahiro Moro revealed that the brand is working on an “unprecedented” range of revisions for its CX-60, CX-70, CX-80 and CX-90 models in a startling move, given it usually only alters its products every few model years.

Originally launched from 2022 for the CX-60 (June 2023 in Australia), the quartet of large SUVs debuted a new platform for Mazda. It was the first rear-wheel drive (or in all-wheel drive models, rear-biased) Mazda product that wasn’t the MX-5 roadster since the 929 ended production in 1999. In addition to a new platform, Mazda developed a range of new inline six-cylinder engines, a new plug-in hybrid system and a new in-house eight-speed automatic transmission as well.

Mazda set a global sales target of 200,000 units for the large SUV range when they were released, but in 2025, they sold 150,637 units as a whole or just shy of 50,000 units short of their target. In Australia, Mazda staff were quoted saying that it aimed to sell 6600 CX-60s, 720 CX-70s, 7800 CX-80s, and 1200 CX-90s annually but in 2025, each model fell short by a lot, particularly the CX-70 that sold only 379 units.

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In the first half of 2026, sales fell further with the CX-60 down 7.0 per cent on the same period in 2025, the CX-70 down 30.4 per cent, the CX-80 down by 30.1 per cent and the CX-90 down by 12.7 per cent. The company recently launched changes to each lineup with cheaper pricing by up to $8687 and pride parody for diesel variants, but it’s too early to tell if they’ve made any difference.

Moro told Hiroshima’s Chugoku Shimbun: “We will make changes to the exterior, interior and powertrain, and implement upgrades on a scale unprecedented to date. We will be working on the exterior, interior, and powertrain, and will be upgrading them on a scale never seen before. We will cultivate these into products that people will say are Mazda’s flagship. It will take time, but we will definitely achieve this.”

The president didn’t reveal further details, but mechanical changes such as a smoother transmission and more balanced ride quality are likely to be high on the list as the large SUVs have faced criticism over those two issues. Mazda even went as far as launching a ‘Series II’ update for the CX-60 with retuned suspension and a smoother gearbox in 2025, which improved it, but not completely.

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The company has also confirmed that the next generation of its SkyActiv engine family is in development with proper hybrid tech, and will reportedly debut next year on the CX-5 medium SUV. However, the new gear could also make it into the six-cylinder engines of the large SUV family. That means we could see SkyActiv-Z variants of the CX-60, CX-70, CX-80 and CX-90 around the same time, while we’re also expecting styling and interior changes, including possibly the large touchscreen from the new CX-5.

Whatever the updates for the Mazda large SUV range are, we’re likely to see them sometime in 2027 as the company will likely want to boost its sales as soon as it can and get a return on what should be a serious investment. Watch this space.