Everyone has some biases to varying degrees. The most famous ones are probably the sweet-versus-savory debate over doufunao and the vegetarian-versus-meat debate over zongzi, which truly show how hard it is to please everyone. The same is true for buying a car. In the era of fuel vehicles, most people did not trust domestic brands. With the arrival of the new energy era, people have反过来 stopped trusting joint venture brands, since the joint venture camp indeed does not have many new energy models that can hold their own. However, today's protagonist is not among them. It is the "Mazda EZ-60."
Intelligent strength outclasses same-class domestic models
When it comes to the brand "Mazda," I believe everyone is familiar with it. After all, it was a dominant force in the fuel vehicle era.
As the auto market enters the new energy era, Mazda, with abundant strength and technical reserves, has also quickly completed its track switch in the Chinese market and launched multiple heavyweight new cars. Among them, the "Mazda EZ-60," priced at just over 100,000, became a popular choice in the new energy mid-size SUV segment after launch thanks to its extremely strong product strength.
As the saying goes, hearing is false and seeing is true. Let us first look at it from the most basic household perspective. You should know that in the price range of just over 100,000, even if people choose a domestic fuel vehicle, they usually can only buy a compact SUV, and a family of several people sitting in it feels a bit cramped.
In contrast, the Mazda EZ-60 is a genuine mid-size SUV, with a body width of 1935mm and a wheelbase as long as 2902mm, even stronger than many mid-to-large SUVs one class higher. Combined with a trunk volume that can be expanded to a maximum of 2036L, it not only surpasses most same-price domestic new energy SUVs in space, but also better meets the vehicle usage needs of Chinese extended families for large space.
However, this is only an appetizer. Even at the "intelligence" level, which is the strongest selling point of domestic new energy models, the Mazda EZ-60 is not afraid of a head-on clash. When most models at the same price are still equipped with the 8155 chip, the Mazda EZ-60 comes standard across the lineup with the stronger MT8676 chip. As the world's first mass-produced automotive-grade chip using a 4nm process, it is not only comparable in performance to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295, but also has better heat dissipation, reducing delays caused by heat when the infotainment system runs for a long time.
The intelligent cockpit equipped in the Mazda EZ-60 not only has a powerful 4nm automotive-grade chip, but also comes standard across the lineup with a 26.45-inch 5K integrated large screen certified by both TÜV Rheinland low blue light eye protection and HDR Vivid, as well as an optional 100-inch naked-eye 3D HUD supporting eye tracking. With just these two top-tier luxury technology configurations, it is enough to crush domestic high-end electric cars priced in the 300,000 to 400,000 range.
Not only that, the 2026 Mazda EZ-60 also comes standard across the lineup with L2-level intelligent driving. Moreover, unlike other same-class models that differentiate high and low trims in intelligent driving, the Mazda EZ-60 treats everyone equally. For example, from more than 20 high-precision perception hardware components throughout the vehicle to high-level intelligent driving functions including navigation assist and multi-scenario parking, no matter which version of the Mazda EZ-60 you choose, its software and hardware in this regard are the same. This not only helps users save the trouble of choosing, but also achieves technological equality in the driving experience.
Range-extender and pure electric dual power options available
While everyone is still immersed in the leading intelligent strength displayed by the Mazda EZ-60, they may not realize that its performance in the powertrain system will make many people react with astonishment. It offers both pure electric and range-extender dual power systems for choice.
Take the most popular range-extender model first. When domestic hybrid and range-extender models only began gradually increasing pure electric range to 200 kilometers after the Spring Festival, the Mazda EZ-60 had already arrived with an ultra-long 200-kilometer pure electric range when it first appeared last year, leading its peers far behind on the timeline. In pure electric models, the Mazda EZ-60 also played the trump card of "same price for oil and electricity," bringing a 600-kilometer pure electric range into the 150,000 level, keeping the same price as the range-extender version, so that users with different needs no longer have to struggle over which to choose because of price differences caused by oil and electricity.
Seeing this, I believe many people will think this is the end. After all, being able to buy the above at the 150,000 level is already excellent value for money!
However, Mazda says it is far more than that. As an established joint venture automaker with handling as an important selling point, Mazda put great effort into the overall tuning of the EZ-60. For example, it not only adopted a top-level chassis team and, through more than 200 tuning schemes, increased body roll stiffness by 20% and pitch suppression by 10%, but also, through the equipped continuously variable damping suspension, effectively suppressed body roll and shaking while also improving road vibration filtering, bringing a more comfortable driving and riding experience and top-level handling performance.
Daxia Car Talk: There is no doubt that as a mid-size new energy SUV priced at only the 150,000 level, whether in terms of super-large space, leading intelligence, or the rare dual power system and top-level tuning foundation in its class, the super-strong product strength displayed by the Mazda EZ-60 can be said to be a standout presence in the entire new energy SUV market under 200,000!
