Mazda MX-30 FULL REVIEW all-new Mazda EV - Autogefühl
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- This is our in-depth review of the Mazda MX 30 EV. We're taking a look at Exterior, Interior and the driving experience.
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Great review, as usual. The car? Not so much.
cheers!
I would like to know the range of the MX-30 when going 110 130 Km/h auf der Autobahn ??
Like the exterior, some of the interior. Not good or practical from passenger point of view. Good for commute or city driving! Not for long drive on motorway! Would have been better if had range of 200 plus miles ! 125 miles is just for local drive.
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That's admirable to state, but I feel your reviews are very fair and never present themselves as advertising.
I already got mine. I love it. Power & range & size enough for me. I commute maximum 100km / day. But my average it 30km. Low weight & luxury cabin, perfect combination.
I have 3 problems:
a. from B pillar on ear level, there is a humming constant noise
b. the back visibility sideways, because of the tiny rear door is limited, and a bit annoying in the city traffic
c. the charging cables have no reservoir in the trunk under the floor mat
Everything else is A+ for me.
Here in the UK the MX-30 had not so good reviews because of the short range, but I think it is a great alternative to smaller city-focused EVs like Honda e and MINI Electric which have similar range and price. Also you have the benefit of Mazda's great design and a taller crossover-style. However it is not a practical alternative to more expensive crossover EVs like Kia e-Niro and Peugeot e2008 because of small range and small rear seats. Many people in cities still prefer a crossover so I hope Mazda MX-30 will be successful. Great review by the way, I like how much detail you put in and use common sense to make conclusions.
Once again Mazda proved here that their designer is top notch, never fail to deliver the best outcome of every model including this first EV in their fleet. The interior is as good as the cx-30 if not better.👌 👌 😀 😀
It's so unsuitable for my needs, yet I'm still yearning for it! Great design features, great build quality and a super video. Thanks.
A very competent and fair analysis review of the MX-30 by Thomas. Thank you. I’m totally smitten by this unique Crossover SUV Coupe styled BEV, and despite the initial reservations about the 35.5kWh Battery range, I’ve completely come to my senses and realised I don’t ever need more than that range in my present lifestyle - I’m perfectly okay with that.
Home charging is an absolute necessity - unless you live virtually next door to a row of charging stations or you’ve got charging readily available at work.
Home charging at 6.6kW/h is the key to exploiting this vehicle to the fullest.
I’ve even considered the MX-30 R-EV over this one - that has a 50 litre fuel tank and a 0.8L Wankel Rotary Generator - giving almost 400 miles in conjunction with the reduced 17.5kWh battery.
It’s an interesting option - but I’d still rather prefer the MX-30 EV instead - unless I regularly needed to travel longer distances between charger points.
This IS a car I want. The 2nd hand values are already calling out to me.
Disclosure: in late 2004, I purchased a 1998 Mazda MX-3 1.6i DOHC Coupe; it had already had 5 owners (all the same family) and had only 33k miles on the clock.
I drove it for 8.5 years before parting with it at 77k miles. Nothing went wrong. Nothing broke. And it was hands down the most exotic head turning vehicle I had ever owned.
I still miss it.
I can see that same quality build in the MX-30 - that’s my next car.
Thank you for a great review!
Finally test drove this car yesterday. WOW. The back seat is not huge but comfy. Gravel road, no worries. Thomas is spot on. Seriously impressive.
I have been obsessed with the MX-30 ever since it was announced. Such a stunning car, combining future with the Mazda heritage
CX-30 would be a much better choice. The money you save on the RRP price heavily outweighs the fuel savings you get on the MX-30.
I love this interior, just how it should be, how good Mazda has become
I like the bright interior version. "Standard equipment, double thumbs up" - yes. HUD, ACC, BLIS!, good news. Nice simple instruments. Glad the ride was ok. Interesting and entertaining Review. Many thanks Team.
Design looks different (no big grill), but not too different. Interior, great. Except for the back seat leg room. Driving experience, great. I don't think those doors are a problem. I guess you don't have to get out of the car, you can only slightly open the door. Very interesting car.
Very good, very good entry to the EV market. Impressed
By far THE BEST car review i've ever come across!
I love this interior, just how it should be
Mazda cx30 would be awesome in that type of interior.
Nah the screen is so small and far back
@@Froeg I agree, polestar did a great job with the screen. However that middle Mazda panel is good looking, not gonna lie
Mazda interiors are really great. They're very good quality and have high quality finishes and good build quality. Even the switches and knobs feel good quality. Better than some premium carmakers. I think Mazda have overtaken VW now for mainstream premium interiors. Usually Japanese car interiors are not great. They're plasticy and cheap feeling but Mazda is different. Whoever is in charge of Mazda interiors, they need to be commended for a job well done.
Mazda would be glad to read this comment. Mazda has spent a lot of research and development into driver interactions. Everything from how a driver can perceive a font (which is one reason Mazda changed to two consistent fonts - one marketing, and one for human interaction), to the position of vertebrae on seat cushions. One part of this branch is what Mazda calls "shokkaku", which translates to "sense of touch".
Kenta Kubo from Mazda is an associate professor of psychology who was hired to deal with this very problem. Along with several engineers including, Asami Yonezawa they want to answer the question: What constitutes good touch? And how can you measure something so subjective? The point Mazda wanted to determine was what type and amount of force is required to operate any switch and how much feedback should be provided back to make its use ideal.
Kubo utilised the Russell’s Circumplex Model of Affect, a psychological emotional model to determine how Mazdas switches should feel. Kubo explained in interviews, “Everyone’s perception of touch is different. That’s why we used this model - how much force is needed to get an appealing click.”
Kubo said, “If a button is too active you become exhausted, too smooth you become bored. We wanted an ‘up’ value that felt extremely pleasant”.
They developed the new button feel over several years and it was first seen on the new Mazda 3.
Google "Asami Yonezawa" and "shokkaku" and there are more interesting stories describing how much effort they have gone into.
@@inodesnet Interesting. I know premium carmakers do this with fonts and ergo seats and their switches are tuned to require 1 Newton of force or something like that. Never seen a mainstream carmaker do it. So good on Mazda. The new CX5's interior was really nice when I sat in one. I was very surprised.
@@SDav21 there are many wonderful differences and quite a few similarities between Japanese and German cultures that make their way from a way they live their life through to how they produce something.
I spend a lot of time with family in Japan, so I am more familiar with how they live and work.
I think one particular life philosophy they have I love is to know that perfection is a life goal (i.e. no one is perfect, you get better and improve as you practice your profession or art).
But they have a black and white, almost clinical approach to how things are done which can unfortunately remove soul and sensation from the things they produce.
The Koreans are a little more free thinking, but they have always turned to European design centres to put a bit of life into the look of their products.
Mazda's wake up call was when Ford decided to dump and run to save money back in 2010. It allowed them to completely reinvent themselves which involved a lot of cleansheet, R&D, engineering work on engines (none of them follow the lead from others). They even completely changed the location of engineers and designers to be side by side with new software to ensure that both seamlessly fed into each other.
But the focus on the human aspect was a master stroke.
The last time I was at Mazda HQ in Hiroshima (2019), I happened to be there on the day Mazda invited Mazda car mechanics from around the world for a car repair competition (for record, the Australian team won the competition).
But I overhead some of the US team talking about how impressed they were about feed back loops.
For one particular issue, from reporting the issue to Mazda in Japan to having a fix be engineered, tested and onto production vehicles took under 7 months.
That's impressive in itself!
Some car makers would wait until a revised model to insert a change into the production line. Mazda was treating the production line like a software engineer would code. That's true continuous improvement.
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good review!
I ordered one for myself! I wait for August to receive it.
I live on an island and I can't imagine a better car for my needs.
really, it's not all about speed or range. This is a car with an excellent value for money.
I'm a little annoyed, those revues, where cars are redicuralized based on aspects that are far from defining a car by itself.
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Enjoy!
Wow, its Crazy how good Mazda has become, i mean, i wont even mind switching from my current Q3 to this
I used to love my Audis, but VW in general is not as good as it used to be - even without dieselgate. The Mazda is probably a better car these days.
@@simonreeves2017 I feel like German cars are really overpriced just because their name if rather a Japanese relaible car either a Toyota or a mazda
you should, with such a shitty car
Erhhk I will always love Audi, but i agree with you, they aren't as reliable as Japanese car, the amount of repairs i have done with my Q3 is just ridiculous
It's interesting you mention the Q3. Autobild in Germany has one of the world's toughest tests on a car; it's Dauertest (endurance test). They purchase cars, drive them for 100,000km and service regularly, then dismantle the car into every single nut, bolt and panel to analyse wear and tear. Since they switched to a new style test in 2014, the Audi Q3 has proved to be their second least reliable vehicle. Two Mazda's rate very highly in the test however. The CX-5 wear and tear was compared to the Q3 stating that the Audi seemed to appear to have worn more than double the 100,000km (i.e. low durability) whereas the CX-5 seemed to have done half the distance, suggesting Mazda had chosen more durable component. To be fair to Audi though, some of their cars actually do very, very well in the new post 2014 rankings. However in the 15 years prior to this, Mazda had a couple of cars that we unique in that they were among a very small number of cars that Autobild deemed to be faultless in terms of reliability (their system rates cars by giving points to cars that have faults, recalls or abnormal wear and tear - almost every single vehicle had at least a couple of things over 100,000km).
Looks very nice. I applaud any legacy car maker that brings an EV to market. Many people may complain at the range, but in reality this is fine for most people commuting and running around, needing an overnight charge perhaps every other day.
If only Mazda would make this car with a 60kWh Battery, a bit more rear seat and trunk space, and tow hitch option for min. 500kg for maybe 35000€, this would be a huge seller I think. The Exterior and interior looks so darn nice though. Hopefully a MX-50 coming!?
Agree with the battery and space.
Towing anything will dramatically reduce an electric vehicles range.
@@dace8030 I don't care if the range get reduced by more than 50 % with only 500kg load. we only need it for driving 10-100km when driving trash/garden waste to the recycle/scrap station. or buying large stuff like furniture etc. In fact most scandinavians need towing for purposes like these. and it is a critical feature when buying a car. If EV manufactures wants to sell a lot of cars. this is important.
Kleiner Input zum Thema Fahrwerk:
Schaut man sich die Impulserhaltung an, wird ein schweres System (das Fahrzeug) weniger stark durch ein sich bewegendes Objekt (die Räder, welche zudem durch die Federn und Dämpfer gebremst werden) in Bewegung versetzt, als ein leichteres System.
Impuls=Masse*Geschwindigkeit
Um ein schweres Fahrzeug also ebenso anzuregen wie ein leichteres, müssen die Räder entweder deutlich schwerer sein oder deutlich schneller in Richtung Fahrzeug aufsteigen oder weniger gefedert oder weniger gedämpft werden.
Grundsätzlich liegen z.B. beladene Fahrzeuge deshalb erstmal "satter" auf der Straße.
Jo so habe ich es auch empfunden
I wasn’t even searching for this car, I was looking at the new Mazda 3 and when I saw the thumbnail of this video my reaction was 😮 woah! What is that! I love the styling que of this car! This may just be my budget eco friendly suv I didn’t know I needed! Love it , love it, Love it!
Do you love it??
Isn't it expensive?
Really happy with the use of sustainable materials. Great video as usual!
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Thomas is a great reviewer; wonderful site, will check with you guys first, in the future.
This electric Mazda is beautiful under the hood. Love the exterior.
Small point: let's hear the horn next time, hopefully not anemic.
And would be useful to mention all exterior colors available.
So well done! Thank you/Danke!
I test drove one recently and the horn was typical. I liked the car so much, I’m buying the demo model (big savings). Range and charging fits my lifestyle. Everything else was top notch and very Zoom Zoom.
I wish Mazda would make the fabric seats from the MX-30 available on the Mazda 3 as well. Not a fan of leather.
way to go!
Same here. Leather makes no sense where I live in sub-tropical Australia since it is often very hot to touch, does not breath as well (sweating!) and is generally less comfortable since it does not conform to the body as well. Yet nearly always buyers demand it on higher priced cars without even thinking since it is historically an indicator of luxury.
@@Daniel-dg3np Well there's a few points to be made. Leather is more expensive, tends to last longer, ages well over time and is a hell of a lot easier to keep clean. I would agree with the issues of heat, however mazda does offer ventilated seats as well..
Stop being so poor
My Mazda 3 here in the UK has cloth seats. I assume they just chose not to offer it in your part of the world, or you chose the higher model where they come standard and you can't 'downgrade' them.
Mazda is the automotive brand that will teach me to accept and enjoy electric cars.
After revisiting the video I wish I could give it another like. As a second hand buy, for use as a second car, the Mazda is really tempting. The build quality for the price looks unrivalled. Excellent and thorough video as always 👍
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This mazda has got a really good interior for its class and it looks good as well.
I'm glad you like this vehicle. Since I care a lot about value as well as good design, the four brands that intrigue me most are Mazda, Subaru and the Korean twins. Your comments always seem informed and fair.
Great review as always, but the car lost me after seeing how narrow is the backseat space.
I think it's a perfect vehicle for a couple who has retired with a couple without kids. Just like a 7 seater is a 5 + 2 occasional seats, so too is a CX-30 a 2 seat with 2 occasional seats.
I cant wait for my MX-30 in september! I test drove it earlier this month and it is such a nice, relaxing, high quality ride! Not too fast and certainly not too slow. Sportive-ish drive and with an over-all very safe and secure feel!
Again, cant wait for September
So did you get it? What is your average KWh/Km? And can you turn off the noise?
Hello from Norway! Did you receive the car yet, and how is it? Seriously considering buying this one! 👍
Thank you for a very fair and professional review of this very interesting city BEV. You two guys made a brilliant team and very watchable video.
I think that this will be my next car. Your video certainly has helped me, so again my thanks.
Thanks 🙏
was waiting on your review =D 48 min of pure quality review. Thanks
way to go!
This will be a great second car as range is more than sufficient for most daily needs and if you have a longer range car then the small battery makes perfect sense. Alternatively if you only need long range once or twice a year then hire a car or take the train. The interior looks superb, much better than Tesla and Mazda make sweet handling cars. And the price looks attractive and pretty competitive with ICE alternatives. Given the eco impact of battery production and end of life, plus the weight I think companies like Mazda are correct in getting people to think about the range they need rather than carrying a huge battery they use once or twice a year.
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Ich habe die letzte Mazda 3 und sehr viel vom Innenraum ist gleich. Ich finde es sehr intuitiv und schnell lernbar. Der HUD ist ein must-have heutzutage.
Probably best and most detailed video about Mazda MX-30. Great job!
One of the best, if not the BEST review of this car. Danke for a long an thorough review. Having been 100% EV driver now for the past 7 years, we've ordered the MX-30 to replace my wife's 2017 VW eUP. Yes, the range is so/so, but do you really need 300 km + for the second car? (Just changed my 4th Tesla with a Mercedes EQC). No... so as long as you do a thorough analysis of your daily need, believe the MX-30 is a great choice. Price is good, looks stunning, very comfortable, quiet and good chassi. Overall a winner at this price.
question weather it's possible to turn off the artificial engine sound was grinding my gears ever since I heard about it, thanks for answering that in the video. Great job, love your videos, you're my go to source for car reviews
I am waiting the hybrid one, with the rotary engine extender, so it's not fake hahaha
I'll be testing one in a week from now and will tell them that it is a deal-breaker if they can't turn it off.
@@MovieViking looking foward to your thoughts
I too thought it will be a deal breaker before, but I tested the car, I have to admit, it's fine with me, it works extremely well, very subtle, sound is very well engineered, nice blend of torque sound that doesn't sound like combustion engine, more like thing from 2020, it's non intrusive and you stop noticing it very quickly, and does what it's supposed to do, giving you feedback when you're accelerating and decelerating. Mind you, that's just my feeling after some 30 minutes of driving... I will tell you more when I get the car next week :)
God I love Mazda's designs. Absolute beauties!
Autogefuhl always delivers. To bad about the range. If it had had e208/corsa range it would be perfect. Now release the RX-vision concept with the new inline 6 and in EV form. Do a Polestar boutique business plan with the Polestar 1 and 2.
Most people are extremely overrating numbers like range and charging speed. In reality for most people those numbrs are irrelevant since they simply charge at night and don't drive more than 150 km per day anyways. For those people a smaller battery is much better. For most people big batteries are a huge waste of resources (lithium production is very harmful and limited).
Polestar? No way.
@@Danutzz2010 ?
@@Mgoblagulkablong The reality is that many people do not have access to home charging overnight or at work. Range and charging speeds are a valid selling point for EV in general after Tesla have made this one of the main selling points for its cars. If you go to many general EV forums or sites, Mazda sections are dead,
@@Mgoblagulkablong 100% agree
Living in Canada the EV only version of this car wouldn't be feasible unless you never leave a large city. I'd like to see what the rotary extended version is capable of. I love everything about it, except the suicide doors.
Or a town close to a city, I agree also how much range does it lose in -40? Manitoba winters are so harsh.
@@ljpr360 -40? People see with electric cars range decrease of 20-30% even in 0 to -10 temperature. Wouldn't be surprised that at -40 you would be left with 40% of battery.
I'm excited about this EV from Mazda. Not long on range, but perfect for shorter trips. Nice styling inside and out. Looking forward to it becoming available on the east coast in the U.S. Thanks Thomas !
Excited to see that Mazda has introduced it's first EV ! I always admired Mazda styling and adding an electric vehicle to the line up is outstanding ! I own a Jaguar i Pace and the performance and handling of the EV dominates any gasoline powered vehicle I have ever owned. Hope to see the MX 30 in the U.S. soon. Only criticism is the battery range. Hopefully that will improve as the vehicle evolves. Great review Thomas !
indeed !
Hello Sir, how often do you travel more than 100 miles a day? I ask this because the as per data available average distance travelled by cars in a day is less than 40 miles in UK and USA.
They did a great job with the interior. I hope it trickles down to more vehicles in the Mazda line. I also hope they send you an invite to drive the upcoming Mazda 3 turbo.
Sure we ll keep u updated. U mean skyactiv x?
@@autogefuehl The 2.5t w/ AWD.
More electric car videos please. Thanks for this video, looks like it was filmed in 4k. Can you upload in 4k? Huge fan, love your detailed videos! Keep up the good work! More electric!! 🙂
Mazda has one of the best design teams in the world. They have been absolutely killing it
Yesterday, Nissan Ariya was presented. Hasta la vista, Mazda MX30.
Very nice review, big fan of this channel and also of Mazda, can't wait to see it in Canada, I'm a bit worried Becuase of the small battery.. We have cold winter over here so the range it's gonna suffer. But I understand why they did it.
It is a perfect vehicle for smaller European trips though but wouldn't be out of place in cities such as Vancouver or Melbourne.
Very good video and I wish it will be coming to the US soon. Thanks again.
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The rear doors makes no sense at all as they should have rather made them full rear functional doors.
Some days ago i sad that you guys are on fire, but the reviews kept coming.
There's no other channel on the internet/youtube which is shutting reviews, like a machine gun, after us 🙂😎👍💪👏
And not just any review, but,detailed, quality work, both, in the front and behind of the camera.
I have never been a fan of Mazda, but this one it sims like a very cool car. I'm very impressed.
Thanks as always!
This feels like a misplay from Mazda. I love them more than other manufacturers currently for putting naturally aspirated engines in mainstream cars and keeping the focus on the driver - rather than silly touchscreens.
This car just feels like quite a ‘by numbers’ car.
I'm a fan of Mazda, a fan of Thomas, so how could it be but a great video 👍
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Good point about the regen braking safety and the fact that you’re instantly braking the moment you take your foot off the accelerator. I used to drive a 2 tonne Daihatsu tip truck and when that thing was empty, it was a hilarious amount of fun to drive and a big part of the fun was the exhaust braking which allowed going deeper into corners before actually braking. Great insight Mr Thomas.
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Inside lookings amazing, much better than my Audi Allroad. Outside it looks like a modern version on the Pontiac Aztec and I'm a huge Mazda fan.
Love this channel, feels like its a 1m or 2m but he dont compromise quality for us even though its only half a million 😍
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Thomas, even easier switching between apple carplay and the regular Mazda system is holding the 'House' button on the bottom left side. Works great.
Cool!
Wow, looks great. Interior looks amazing. Exterior is good, but maybe a bit too mutch plastic cladding. Headlights and grill look good. Such a well designed car.
What a marvelous interior O__O
My only criticism is the screen in Mazdas. Wish they were more integrated into the dashboard rather than be stuck there like they’re easily removable.
What if there is a car accident and the front doors are jammed? The rear passengers won’t be able to get out 🤷🏻♂️
Trucks have had this door lay out for years
wouldn't you have the same problem in 3-door cars?
Fantastic Mazda MX30 EV... Go Mazda go... cool video
Battery capacity is waaaaay too small! Jesus! only 35.5kwh? Seriously? I can get my head around the 147hp electric motor but paying 30k+ for only the range of 130 miles is never going to happen! 5 years ago maybe but now never!
this is in Europe, there is 20% VAT in the price and Japanese cars also get hit with 10% tax. 22,200 Euros before taxes, or 24, 900 USD before taxes. Stateside you're under 27.5k USD with taxes and before incentives ($7.5k federal tax credit, more depending on the state, which is higher in states you're more likely to use this in like East Coast or California). All in all, you're looking at like a 20-25k US electric car with everything all in.
By contrast a Honda Civic costs $20,650 before tax. A better direct comparison with a Mazda cx-30 which has similar power figures starts at $21,900 before tax. This car has a lot of kit from BSM, ACC, LKA, a HUD, etc. It seems extremely price competitive actually, and genuinely a decent deal. They've also said multiple times they're working on a rotary range extender for the car, if it can bump range to 300-400km (186-250 miles) for an extra $2k or so, it suddenly also becomes a viable longer trip car (don't have to wait for the longer charge time either). The biggest limitation as it seems to be with all Mazdas is interior space/back seat room imo.
I agree, the car looks beautiful, though longer and bigger back seats would be better.
The battery is way to small. It's not about price. For me, add a 65-80kw battery and give me a 500km range and it would be a much better proposition.
I agree also. TBH I do question Mazda's leadership. Mazda was not planning on going electric so quickly, it's one of this "oh sh*t let's catch up bodge" I don't think it will sell well but I could be wrong. Time will tell.
@@HeavyMetalorRockfan9 Thnx for the reply. I didn't know about the 30% tax in Europe for Japanese cars man. I kind of get it now for example Honda Civic Type R is 40,000 € but in US is 35,000 USD. Now I'm interested in how you got the 22,200 number? Anyway my complaining of the price is not for current situation where federal tax credits are still available cause eventually it's going to phase out. So I don't see the price tag like you do.
Moreover battery manufacturing cost has dropped insanely in recent years and I think Mazda could fit a bigger battery for the same price but their policy to push the price as high as possible didn't let them to (there is a conspiracy theory here: Mazda put a high price tag on their EVs so that their combustion engine cars sales don't drop like crazy).
They definitely will offer a version with bigger batteries but who knows for how much...
You are totally right about the lack of interior space/back seat room in Mazdas in general but this is a mx, not making sense in some sort of ways is kind of in its DNA so I allow it ;)
EDIT: And if they use the range extender it would make this kind of a PHEV cause now your car has a considerable amount of CO2 emissions.
@@mhmdagd2684 my bad, my math was wrong it comes to 23k not 22k (30,000/1.3 to find original price since original price * 1.3 = 30,000). The federal tax credits work for the first x amount of units sold of an electric vehicle for every company, Mazda is not hitting that target for a very long time, and I don't see it being phased out more rapidly until like 2027. Mazda's argument for small battery is weight savings as well as environmental friendliness, realistically 200km (if it holds up) is plenty for most people on day to day, and I imagine this is being sold as a secondary city car for maybe a 2 car household. They def have room to work with (it's not even a dedicated EV platform).
I prefer the range extender personally it differs from a PHEV in an important way in that the ICE motor is not driving the wheels, but rather just generating electricity. This seems inefficient but apparently rotaries make really efficient generators and its actually more efficient in city driving because of regen (not like you're going to need it in city driving).
There's a lot of questionable things about Mazda's decisions here obviously, but overall for how much of a hodge podge it appears to be, it is actually quite cohesive, although I wish they altered their body construction to allow for more space and luggage space to exploit the size of the car (but then it wouldn't be a Mazda :P)
Should be EX-30?
The MX30 will find a market as a family 2nd car, for use in town. The limited range prevents me from buying it.
Realistacally the range is well below 200 km. You must take into account that only 80% of charging capacity is recommended, and if you're at 20%, it's time to recharge.
Mazda need to teach Toyota and Lexus a thing or two about making Car interiors especially Lexus and Acura :p
Hope they make the range better next time and bring this to the North American market soon
I drove it last week...it's fantastic.
Oh yeah the review i waited for. :D
I own current CX5 and this exterior is a step back imo
Why not to put bigger battery for longer range :///
Lovely car, but, maybe 20cm too short in the rear
38:58 Mazda have mastered. 😂 Great review again. If I get an ev, despite it being slower this car is now on my short list as a less expensive option to the Jaguar IPace and Ford Mach-e
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Love and still believe, released a lot of models does not disappoint. And this one is really awesome.👍👍👍
Thomas could you see this car coming to North America? probably with a bigger battery for distance.
Yes it does. And we will also keep u updated when the range extender version arrives
the cork is a really nice touch, they should add it to all their lineups
47 minutes review !!! WOW !! just WOW !!
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It's range is dismal compared to the competition and the power ain't great ether..
15:15 Amazing Song thanks for showing ^^ -> added to my car playlist
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Great city car, very underrated in my opinion. It can't travel between cities, but for short commute it is far better than many in its class. Great as a second car too.
Gorgeous interior, shame the battery is only 35.5 kWh.
The new Mazda Design is so nice, good Job Mazda!
Thomas let’s go! Always great to watch you and your cork belt! I watched this again as now prices are dropping rapidly. Probably the most quirky car to be released in a long time. It’s flawed, confusing and defies convention but you know what? That’s okay. Let’s view this as something different and while Mazda got drunk in the conception stage they did pour love into this car in fact they are proud of it. It drives very well, has an engineered feel and shows the mainstream how to build a car. It’s a bullseye just moved to a different position on the dartboard. Going to be a huge bargain soon as a competent city car and I’ll definitely buy one! Keep up the great work! 💪
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I think the climate control on screen makes it easier for your passenger to change the temperature if he/she is too warm. Other than that great video as always...Dankeschön!
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Really looking forward to the Rotary engine range extender version of the MX-30!
Finally the industry gets back to all black plastic bumpers! Makes sense!
Firstly, why is the range so small? That's just dumb. Secondly, I'm glad to see it in black which hides the plastic. Mazda make beautiful cars, so why did they decide this one should be so ugly?
But great video Thomas! Appreciated, as always.
Thanks! As i said for two reasons: a) to keep the price low, b) to use less resources
Haven’t been impressed by a car’s interior for a while, good job Mazda!
First time channel viewer, impressed with your delivery and the range of tests 👍. Would appreciate a market comparison with e.g. MG or Zoe.
Great review Thomas. 👍👍👍. Subscribed
Welcome 🙏
Mazda should have put this on the CX9 platform.
Looks fantastic inside on the grey car. Very cramped looking in the rear and the range is just not enough. How nice it is to see clear, straightforward dials. None of the mess that you see in so many German brands these days. I do not want to play video games on my dials! :-)
Thank you for another informative review and drive.
Quality finishes - as to be expected from the Japanese manufacturers .
A definite plus is ALL the Standard equipment... and here in Germany after the Government and manufacturer Discounts the total Price is VERY attractive ( Under 24.000 Euros).
On the Downside ....
As a current EV driver for more than a year now , I fear that the Public Charging Station Infrastructure will very shortly not be able to cope with demand . In the last 3 -4 Months I see a larger amount of EVs on the road and I now TOO often find my "usual" Charging Stations occupied with another vehicle charging .
I think the short range plus the silly rear seats and suicide doors will be a dealbreaker, no matter how well it drives. To me, the looks are okay but not enough to make up for it being more like a 2+2. I think this car's success will be limited. Do I hear you saying 'niveau' quite a bit these days, presumably the French word for 'level'?
Niveau is french word for level indeed which u are also using in Germany
@@autogefuehl Cool, I like it!
Very nice , bigger battery would be go !
I would immediately make a 2 seater out of it, take out back seats, put more batteries in, make the floor flat, hopefully get at least 500 km out of it and be happy :D It is a gorgeous looking car.
This is basically a two seater car... Especially here in the Netherlands 😝
I just read Mazda will introduce a sky active g mild hybrid version in Japan this year. Europe next year, pretty cool and nice addition to the range.
Madly in love with this one. I had the previous CX-5 and it was an amazing car.