Unscripted | First Drive Review | 2020 Mazda CX-30 - rights all the wrongs of the Mazda 3
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- The CX-30 is a crossover version of the Mazda 3 and, Mark is sad to report, it's the better car of the two.
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The styling is generally very nice, but the swathes of black plastic around wheels and on the doors just put me off.
same here. it ruins the otherwise beautiful design.
Deuteross Yes, a dealbreaker for me
You will be thankful for that if you living in town filled up with morons like mine.. My car looks like is survived a war.. All scratched and bumped from idiots at parking.
Deuteross I am prepared to see what it looks like in person.
If I were to get this, I would vinyl wrap the black plastics in glossy carbon fiber vinyl or glossy black vinyl.
Dude, WTF did you do to your skin? Stay away from the drinks.
It's called expressing yourself. Something you should do less of.
Should arrive in Belgium begin september. Already got an offer from the local dealer. If the test drive is OK it will replace my mazda 3. I'm no Mazda fanboy. Just considering the fact that my Mazda 3 with the trade-in value Mazda gives and no need of repairs during use will have cost meabout the same as my former Skoda Fabia. As the CX 30 seems to fit my needs, I see no reason not to stick with Mazda even if I find that there is too much plastic cladding.
I actually think going NA is better than down-sizing engines and stick turbos everywhere, but do Mazda's engines give you better the efficience than the small turbo ones? This kind of reminds me the rotary (in a completely different way).
2l turbo would be better. :D
no turbo means the engine needs higher revs to deliver power, which isn't very good for efficiency
I get it. I'm not saying "The bigger the better" but if Mazda is able to do efficient engines without the need of a turbo, it's kind of better for them as they're known for having different types of engines (SkyActiv, rotary). In a long way term, not having a turbo can be good as not only it won't break up and leave you with a lot of less power (because it doesn't exist) and it won't stress the engine (even though engines are developed not to have these problems it can help). Overall, i'm not anti-turbo nor anti-NA, just like to see car companies trying something different from the usual (in a good way).
So you are driving new Mazda with new revolutionary engine and all you are saying is that it is not that much powerful then the Skyactiv-G. Yes we know that already, it is not ment to be a huge improvement powerwise, we want to know does it pull better in the low revs and most important the fuel economy, is it better!?
You win our “most aggressive question of the week” award. Your prize is this non-answer. 👍🏻🤛
@@HonestJohncouk2000 Thank you I am honored and I will spend my prize imagining the answer. 🙏
@@ekspert081 indeed: most important question here....
In Australia we are gonna get the 2.5ltr petrol jobby :-)
Oh, and if you think your roads are bad in the UK you should come and drive in Arsetralia, especially where I live in the Northern Rivers of NSW.
We have such bad pot holes that there are many people who go around painting art (or penises) around them to shame the council into fixing them.
Nice review BTW.
great review mate, I am really loving this car but i also like a lot the Honda Civic 1.5 turbo 186h
O have no problem with these New videos, even with another staff members. O really like the Channel
The main reason the ActiveX will do well on the continent is the increasing (yer crazy) tightening of CO2 outputs - cars with even very low outputs are getting crucified by tax charges.
I do think the ActiveX is a good choice. Being non turbo it will last longer. Being non-diesel it will avoid expensive DPM issues and injector repairs.
The ActiveX has no DPM (not needed) and has a chain driven cam shaft (so no 5 yearly big repairs. The ActiveX has more power and torque but it's true you'll need to rev the engine more.
The best engine would be the one for the US market - the 2.5Litre petrol but thanks to Greta Thunberg and the other lying clowns we won't get that in Europe.
The Mazda auto box is sluggish and old hat (I've tried it) and the manual transmission is slick and a pleasure to use. The autobox pushes out more CO2 so more tax unfortunately.
Lack of rear leg room and luggage space is a big issue in this car...
Remember it's going to be more reliable than European cars and is very well equipped for the price.
Another excellent video. Great job - always look forward to watching.
Thanks Dave. Appreciate it.
What Dave said! 😎
I must have been driving some underpowered cars because when I drove the 2.0L one I was amazed lol😊
Don't like the 'beak' like front-end styling, don't like the flattened glass area either, interior is uninspiring if plush. Another 'car on the road' for me.
Agree about the autobox. I have test driven the both the 3 and the CX30. The 3 had an autobox while the CX30 had the manual box. I found the manual to be frustrating when driving on the motorway. If i bought either the 3 or the CX30 it would have to have the autobox.
Couldn't wait for a full review... Bought a cx30 GT Sport..
"...and then again, there is that NA engine which is too weak and....blah blah blah...."
I always manage to laugh at your reviews man. Fuck the haters
Nice video but why does it keep jumping when he's doing his piece to camera?
Hi mate... Have you a full review of the cx30 in the pipeline?
I thought Mazda were going to come out with a 1.5 Turbo engine or am I thinking of Mitsubishi? This looks quite interesting though. Now a couple of interesting looking crossovers on the market! Getting exciting! I still quite like the quirkiness of the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross!
SUV’s are no longer looking like 4x4 and just look like bulbous hatchbacks! This is like putting plastic arches on a golf plus or similar, not sure if Mazda make anything similar. Good video as ever Mark. 👍🏼
Antwone Fernandez CX3 has similar styling with the black cladding.
Wot? No head-up-display?
It's standard equipment
Enough black plastic plastic cladding to cover 20 CX-30's... maybe this one got stuck on the assembly line,
They call the styling "charge and release". Not sure why, but that's absolutely true.
Bet you can't get the word 'walnut' into your next video.
Too easy.
HonestJohn.co.uk 😂 Of course you'd say that....'candlewick' then.
Challenge accepted. (Possibly...this could start something unsavoury.) 😀
HonestJohn.co.uk Oh the the intention is just as a one-off test of your script writing skills (which I hold in high regard). 😀
In your opinion who has the best budget family crossover vehicle?
Dacia Duster. It's not that good but it's [bleep]ing cheap. MG ZT worth a look too. Same description.
Ok, why does the UK get the 2.0 skyactiv G in such a low state of tune? In the US, that engine (in the old shape Mazda 3) that engine has 155HP. I fail to see what the benefit is of offering a comparatively big GDI engine with so few HP.
emissions compliance i guess. The euro 6 standards are stupidly strict. But keep in mind, mazda underrates that engine quite a lot. Most people have dynoed that angine at somewhere between 135-140hp stock. And with a simple ECU remap, you can get it up to over 160hp
Even 155 hp is not much for that car. And in Muricanistan almost all cars have about 250 hp or more.
Get to it! Is it coming to the USA?
John stop making jokes.. Its lame
It’s Mark. Mark is making the lame jokes.
Which vehicle is your favorite for 2019? Which vehicle you are most excited about for 2020?
A: Alpine A110. B: Perodua finally making a comeback. :-D
Thank you John!
Is this a good car by your standards? Comment bellow!
Yes.
@@HonestJohncouk2000 thanks for the reply! You made my day. Keep the videos rolling!
Plastic exterior cladding extreme.... deal breaker extreme....
You are running out of space for new tats. xD
I have £1000s worth of space left. 😁
@@HonestJohncouk2000 Nooo, not the face! :p
It's a 'no' to neck tatoos
Good boy
Do I get a treat?
The interior design, center dash especially, is just...
Whats your hand tatt, with all those gestures I couldn’t work it out?!💉
It’s my grandad’s old Kodak two-lens camera. 😁
HonestJohn.co.uk Coolio.... are you gonna make the palm’s a thing or nah?! I mean, I want to be inked up like a subway in Harlem but I imagine the palm pain is a whole vibe!! 🙃✌🏾
HonestJohn.co.uk P.s are you going to go rogue like Matt Watson as in start your own RUclips channel? ( As well as HJ of course) Then I can ask you for a tattoo tour with it maybe coming across less weird! 🤣
@@beeswax888 I might just do one of those (a tattoo vid, I mean). A couple of people have asked. :-D
Is there space under the boot floor for a spare wheel?
Yes but there is no spare wheel. You can buy a small wheel as additional equipment and jack lift too.
As much as I like it, I think the interior is a touch bland.
The skyactive-x seems like it’s a bit of a bust considering the engineering effort. Smaller capacity and forced induction would give the same economy/power/torque combo?
Maybe a 3 cylinder skyactive-x turbo?
Any hints on the mpg of the X engine? 10mpg better?
Not sure yet. In a Mazda 3 on the event my driving partner and I were doing around mid 40s, which isn’t too bad for a petrol but not quite diesel style MPG.
Shouldbe better than the G version. Higher compression means higher efficiency.
@@HonestJohncouk2000 , please test the fuel economy in the city, since this is a city "crossover". That mid 40 mpg was done on quite speedy roads if I'm not mistaking (or at least that's how you drove the car). The Skys**t-G does 8,5-10 l/100 km (23 - 27 mpg) in mid to heavy traffic, which is where you often see this car. It's not even near the rated mpg figures.
Overall, the cars (both 3 and CX-3 / CX-30 ) are all about the looks and the driver. It disrespects all other passengers with cramped interior space and poor practicality.
The interior is VAG like crap, dull AF, and I can't seem how any driver would get so excited about that; maybe women would like it more since it's all black.
Apart from that, Mazda tries to reinvent the wheel, honestly. HCCI tech was attempted before but failed miserably. It's good on paper, but I reckon we'll see huge reliability issues from now on, which Mazda never delivered, and never talks about it.
Where does this fit in the range with the CX-3 and CX-5?
Slap bang in the middle. There's already a CX-4 in the Chinese market, so they couldn't call it that...well, they could have but it would have confused the factories or summat. :-D
@@HonestJohncouk2000 Should have called it the CX-3.5
Your videos are quickly becoming my weekly highlight... Yes, I'm THAT sad. On the plus side I have been looking forward to this review - thanks for being one of the 1st to look at it - it seems 'good' without being outstanding. The epitome of an Suv then...
What's next?
Sad? I'm offended. :-D Suzuki SX-4 is next (for a reason I don't understand) then Audi e-Tron, which may be an SUV but I'm genuinely looking forward to trying it. Cheers for your support mate, appreciate it.
Nice review! You and about a million other people would love to see a proper engine in the mazda cars, an engine the suits the superb chassis
You said anything in the comments and sarcasm is fine :) -- how about a video about the tats ? why, meaning, creative reasons etc? they are very on show, so I hope you dont take it as 100% nosey - just a general interest in the sentiment (nothing too deep) and your aesthetic view etc as for someone in the public eye so to speak, the recent adds are very brave and your views on others opinions of them/you (which you will have considered) would be very interesting :)
Hey. Couple of people have asked this. I might just do it. 😀
This...or Peugeot 3008?
Very good question. Might still have a 3008 TBH but this is probably the only thing that touches that dynamically. In my opinion.
@@HonestJohncouk2000 Thanks. Interesting with so many 3008's on the road now.. I wonder when Peugeot may put the price up....or Brexit effect!
NEIL CLARKE don’t think they’d piss off their Euro customers by doing that. No one else buys french cars in significant numbers.
I have the cx3. When I come to change cars Is the cx30 a worthwhile upgrade?