This Mazda BT-50 review and road test leaves no stone unturned. Everything from performance to price is unpacked…
New Mazda BT-50: road test
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Like it or loathe it, the new Mazda BT-50 ute is here to do business offering tradie and “lifestyle” punters a choice of body styles, three equipment grades, two turbodiesel engines and two transmissions.
The prices for the Thai-made truck range from $32,590 for the XT Freestyle cab-chassis 4×2 manual up to, gulp, $52,710 for the dual cab GT auto. Cheaper single cab-chassis arrives further down the track. Most current BT-50 sales were in base spec’ single cab-chassis to tradies but Mazda wants a larger slice of the lifestyle pie this time putting greater focus on dual cab 4×4. A new one tonner is a rarity, they only go through generational change once in a blue moon. The new BT-50 marks a decided shift in styling direction away from a utilitarian and boxy workhorse look to a more rounded wedge shape. It’s big (200mm longer than before) and bold and polarising especially around the rear with almond shaped tail lights that leave nobody in doubt it’s a BT-50.
Have you driven, seen, or do you own the new Mazda BT-50? Feel free to share your thoughts below…