Senior Journalist
Senior Journalist
This is the next Mazda6, but not as you know it. To be fair, it’s probably not even how Mazda would know it if it was up to the Hiroshima brand.
The 2026 Mazda 6e, set to launch in Australia next year, is based on the Deepal L07 with a fair amount of work having gone into ‘Mazda-ifying’ the EV.
With no electric cars in its line-up (in Australia, at least - forget the MX-30) during an increasingly electric time, Mazda has looked towards its joint-venture with Chinese carmaker Changan to source the basis of the first of its efforts to properly go EV.
Read the full Mazda 6e 2026 review: Australian preview drive.