New BT-50

The All-New Mazda BT-50 hit centre stage at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney last year, making a big impact on the potential for high-end design, style and durability within the Australian utility market.

Presented as an “active lifestyle vehicle”, the All-New Mazda BT-50 design features an athletic and refined exterior while offering a comfortable and sporty interior to rival Mazda’s current passenger car standard.

Exterior

The new model was developed from the ground up as a brand new type of vehicle. As well as strength and dependability, the All-New BT-50 presents a refined exterior design and provides the perfect solution for those who lead active lifestyles, including families, workers and pleasure-seekers.

The exterior design features a sporty and dynamic design representing a new direction in the utility market.

Interior

The All-New Mazda BT-50 offers levels of interior refinement and comfort never before seen on a utility.

The cockpit is designed to wrap around the driver and provide an environment that supports enthusiastic driving while raising the expectations of a sporty and responsive driving experience that goes beyond any conventional utility.

Smooth flowing lines throughout the cabin provide a look never before seen on a utility while the dashboard has been designed to create optimal space for driver and passengers alike. An enhanced instrument panel offers improved readability of the driver-oriented meters and advanced Human Machine Interface (HMI) techniques have been adopted throughout the development process ensuring that operation of all controls and switches is both comfortable and intuitive.

Durability Testing

The development process sees the All-New Mazda BT-50 put through its paces in a number of different tests that are designed to replicate the most demanding real-world driving conditions the new model may face.

For example, the purpose of the high speed dyno cell is to place extreme loads on the All-New BT-50’s powertrain and this part of the development process replicates driving over half a million kilometers under some of the toughest conditions.

Upon completion of unique testing and the culmination of a number of other real-world engineering tests, the vehicle is taken to the development workshop for evaluation.

A team of up to thirty specialist powertrain engineers spend months scrutinising and assessing each and every component of the vehicle to ensure that it meets Mazda’s high durability standards.

Overall, this gruelling evaluation and testing regime ensures that the All-New Mazda BT-50 will be prepared to handle everything that’s thrown at it, and then some.

Technology

Dynamic Stability Control (DSC)

Local testing will ensure that the All-New BT-50’s DSC system is calibrated for the many different driving conditions. With the All-New BT-50 being capable of carrying a wide variety of loads and traversing road surfaces ranging from mud to bitumen, the DSC system has to be able to react in all circumstances.

Calibrating the DSC system to take into account these different conditions presented a challenge as Mazda Australia Engineering and Compliance Manager, Wayne Watson explains.

“If you consider how the All-New BT-50 is likely to be used, it becomes clear just how many situations have to be taken into account to ensure that the Dynamic Stability Control system meets the needs of each and every driver,” he said.

“Mazda engineers have spent months calibrating and fine tuning the Dynamic Stability Control system to ensure maximum safety and durability.”

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