In recent years, Mazda has struggled in the domestic market, not only the gap between the three Japanese giants has become wider and wider, but also its influence among consumers has gradually declined. Under the general trend of electrification, Mazda is still very slow, and all it comes up with is oil to electricity products. However, the pace of overseas Mazda is relatively fast, and new products are more frequent, after the announcement of a new SUV car CX-50 CX-60 some time ago, the news has recently flowed out, the full new program electric vehicle MX-30 PHEV will be officially released next year, it is reported that the car will first be sold in North America, but when to introduce the domestic need to wait for the official reply.
In terms of appearance, the MX-30 PHEV continues the family's "soul moving" design concept, and the overall look and feel is more avant-garde and radical. The front part of the face combines a large grille and a headlight group into each other, and the impact is more under the through-line layout, and the visual extension is also enhanced.
The side double-colored body and suspension roof create a better sporty atmosphere, and at the same time use a B-pillar-free door opening structure, which is very eye-catching, not only easy to get on and off, but also improves a lot in grade. The tail light group is still a classic circular design, but the shape is more three-dimensional. The vehicle is surrounded by black plastic for enhanced scratch resistance.
In terms of interior, the MX-30 PHEV did not make too many adjustments, still maintaining Mazda's usual style, the center console is very simple, the material is more soft materials, and just right to add wood grain trim and chrome elements, very Japanese home decoration atmosphere. Minimize the physical buttons in the car, there is a touch screen in front of the gear lever for operation, the central control display screen size is not very large, and the resistance to the large screen is a kind of Mazda's insistence.
Power should be the most anticipated place for this car, it will be driven by an electric motor, and a rotor engine as a range extender to improve the vehicle's endurance performance.
The rotor engine should be regarded as the embodiment of the spirit of Mazda in the past, but it has not been put on the market in large quantities, and has only appeared on the RX series of sports cars. The rotor engine is small in size and light in weight, and relative to the same displacement engine power is greater, the noise is smaller, but the disadvantages are also very obvious, the fuel consumption is high, the wear life is short, the maintenance cost is high, which is why it is not mass-produced. As a range extender, the rotor engine does not occupy too much space and weight, which brings additional burdens to the vehicle, and the engine of the extended range car does not need to run all the time, only needs to generate electricity in the appropriate working area, which also better avoids the shortcomings of its short life and high fuel consumption.
However, this car will not be pushed into the market until next year, and the introduction of domestic in the future will be later, I don't know if consumers still have patience and so on.