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or signup to continue reading quartet of new large-platform SUVs is now complete. The fourth and final SUV based on the Japanese brand's new rear/all-wheel drive 'Large Product Group' platform architecture has now arrived in Australia, where it's being released at the same time as the . Try not to get confused, because there's a lot of overlap across all four models.

As the newest model, the is the focus first up. It's exactly the same size as the 'wide-body' seven-seat flagship, but the third row has been removed, which means it's only available as a five-seater. So you'd be forgiven for thinking it was more closely related to the mid-sized , which is also only a five-seater, but in reality it shares its 'narrow-body' design with the large CX-80 seven-seater.



Therefore the CX-70 is the twin to the CX-90, but despite the reduced seating capacity it's slightly more expensive at the bottom of the range and it's only available in two variants, although against the equivalent CX-90s it's actually around $10,000 cheaper. But the price at face value is what people will be paying attention to, so the CX-90's narrowly lower starting price is understandably confusing. Then there are the CX-60 and CX-80 twins, even though the CX-80 rides on a wheelbase that's 250mm longer which gives it three-row capacity.

The CX-80 is also cheaper than the CX-60 at the bottom, though that's because its range includes a stripped-back entry variant while the CX-60's doesn't. Even so, the CX-70 is consid.

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