Mazda CX-80 review

There are five trims available on the CX-80: entry-level Exclusive-Line starts proceedings at £48,920 for the PHEV (the diesel costs around £2,500 extra across the board), then Homura at £52,070, Homura Plus at £54,720, Takumi at £53,020 and finally the top-spec Takumi Plus is £55,670.

By contrast, the Kodiaq and Sorento are broadly cheaper, and while the GLB you can trim yourself up to almost £60k if you're not careful.

What do you get with the different trims? 

The entry Exclusive-Line is well equipped: it comes on 18in wheels and has auto lights and wipers, a reversing camera, 12.3in infotainment screen with wireless phone connectivity, heated front seats and steering wheel, three-zone climate control, head-up display and cruise control. There’s also a raft of safety equipment to help prevent crashes and such. 

The ‘sportier’ Homura trim brings 20in black alloy wheels, some styling upgrades, ambient lighting and a 12-speaker Bose sound system, as well as electrically adjustable heated/ventilated front seats.

Homura Plus throws in LED headlights, panoramic sunroof, 360-degree parking cameras, radar cruise control and wireless phone charging. 

The Takumi spec is plush rather than sporty, and comes with 20in grey alloys, the electric front seats, ambient lighting, Bose setup and heated rear seats as well as the white leather interior trim. Takumi Plus adds in the same stuff as the Homura Plus model.

Which one should I go for? 

With such a decent base level of specification we’d say go for the entry-level car, unless you really want some of the bells and whistles of the upper trims.

There’s a £1,400 Comfort pack you can option on the Exclusive-Line car that throws in 20in alloys and electric heated/ventilated front seats and heated rear seats, but we’d stick with the smaller wheels if we could.

The PHEV powertrain is a no brainer despite the diesel being the better engine: unless you do mega miles, it’s just not worth paying the extra for the diesel.