Mazda buck the trend with six cylinder diesel

Range-topping SUV has space for all, writes Rob Auchterlonie

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Pull up at a filling station and there's near 100 per cent certainty that you'll be able to top up, which might not be the case if you're down to your last 20 miles in your electric car.

One of the reasons there is still a healthy clamouring for petrol and diesel vehicles, despite what Ed Miliband and his team are trying to force us all into.

It's like being told to run before you can properly walk and hence the resistance from chunks of the motoring public.

Figures for the first quarter of 2025 shown car sales split down to 49 per cent petrol, 24 per cent hybrid and 21 per cent electric. What about diesel, you ask? Just six per cent.