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Marcus Craft

Contributing Journalist

5 min read

When showing off your product you may as well go big. That was surely an underlying principle when Mazda was deciding on a venue in which to showcase the lion's share of its CX range.

The Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds (SHPG), about 60km north-east of Queenstown on New Zealand's south island, is a world-renowned counter-seasonal winter testing facility covering 500ha of land about 1500m above sea level.

The event was aimed at showcasing the range's 'SkyActiv Vehicle Dynamics' in action.
The event was aimed at showcasing the range's 'SkyActiv Vehicle Dynamics' in action.
Read the full Mazda CX-5, CX-8 and CX-9 2018 snow review.