The 2018 Mazda CX-8 has been revealed in its home market of Japan this week, giving us a first look at the brand’s new seven-seat SUV.

Sitting below the larger CX-9 in Mazda’s global line-up, the CX-8 is the company’s first three-row crossover in the Japanese market – as the CX-9 isn’t sold there.

Power comes exclusively from an updated version of the familiar 2.2-litre twin-turbo diesel, which already does service in the smaller CX-5 SUV and Mazda 6 medium car, developing a meatier 140kW of power and 450Nm of torque in the new model – up from 129kW and 420Nm in current applications.

Drive is sent to either the front or all-four wheels, via a six-speed automatic transmission.
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