Cupra Tavascan vs Mazda CX-9

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Cupra Tavascan
Cupra Tavascan

2025 price

Mazda CX-9
Mazda CX-9

$18,990 - $49,475

2021 price

Summary

2025 Cupra Tavascan
2021 Mazda CX-9
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Not Applicable, 0.0L

Turbo 4, 2.5L
Fuel Type
Electric

Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
0.0L/100km (combined)

8.4L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

7
Dislikes
  • No spare wheel
  • Base equipment levels not to China standards
  • Needs single-pedal driving/braking

  • Expensive AWD option
  • Six-seater's compromises
  • Older ANCAP safety rating
2025 Cupra Tavascan Summary

Timing is everything.

For instance, with all the bad publicity the man behind the brand is generating, right now might be the perfect time if you’re in the market for a Tesla Model Y alternative.

And that’s especially so if said alternative happens to be around the same price… such as the all-new Cupra Tavascan.

No, not an antacid for relief from indigestion, but the Volkswagen Group’s Spanish brand’s first medium-sized electric SUV.

Is it good enough to catapult Cupra into the big time in Australia?

Time to find out!

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2021 Mazda CX-9 Summary

The second-generation Mazda CX-9 may have been on sale in Australia for nearly five years now, but it remains the second best-selling large SUV using unibody construction (as opposed to old-school, off-road-focused body-on-frame).

That said, it is getting on a bit, so Mazda’s given it an update with a twist for 2021, hoping to inject a little bit more life into its flagship model.

And when we say twist, we mean it. After all, who would’ve thought there’d ever be a six-seat CX-9? Well, we’ve checked it out to see if it’s the version we needed all along. Read on.

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