When global car companies are moving towards the new energy field, Japanese brands always seem to be one step slower, and if you want to say which Japanese brand has the slowest transformation action, it is mazda, after all, Mazda's stubbornness is well known.
Although Mazda has developed the famous Chuang chi blue sky technology with this stubborn spirit in the past, and has achieved a good reputation in the hearts of consumers, it is precisely because of its stubbornness that it is always inferior in sales performance.
Fortunately, in the past year, Mazda has finally "opened up", abandoned the spirit of previous stubbornness, launched its own pure electric model MX-30, and officially opened the road of brand transformation.
Recently, Mazda officials once again released the news that the brand's classic rotor engine will appear on the MX-30 model as a range extender, and may be officially released in March 2023.
Judging from the official pictures released so far, the MX-30 still adopts the design language of the Mazda family, and the overall bias is inclined to the fashion and sports style.
Different from the Mazda models on sale in China, the front face style of the MX-30 is obviously a new design, and the small size of the grille is connected to the sharp headlights on both sides, with the LOGO at the center of the upper grille, while enhancing the sense of refinement, the lateral visual effect of the vehicle can also be extended.
As a model positioning a small SUV, the side design of the Mazda MX-30 maintains the previous simple style, referring to the body size of the current overseas fuel version model, the "three dimensions" of the Mazda MX-30 or will reach 4395/1795/1570mm, and the wheelbase performance is 2655mm.
In addition, in order to create a "sense of premium" of the MX-30, Mazda has adopted the same door opening design as Rolls-Royce, which may make many consumers excited for a long time, after all, for the vast majority of consumers, this may be the closest to the opening door.
But from the point of view of practicality, I personally feel that this design is completely unnecessary.
First of all, from the picture, due to the influence of the MX-30 body size, the opening angle of the rear door of the vehicle is significantly smaller than the swing door design, which also causes the convenience of the rear passengers to get on and off the car will be affected.
Secondly, because the MX-30 adopts the design of the two-way door, the B-pillar of the vehicle will also be cancelled, and the corresponding body steel material will be further strengthened, which will bring about the design cost and the cost of the material will also be further increased, so the price of the vehicle will also be increased.
However, all this may be left behind the moment consumers see the rotor engine.
Yes, according to the currently exposed power information, Mazda's previous pride, rotor engine will appear on the MX-30 extended range version of the model.
However, you do not have to be happy too early, according to the current overseas media reports, this time the rotor engine will appear as a range extender, only responsible for power generation, itself will not be directly involved in the drive of the vehicle. So in a strict sense, the MX-30 extended range version is still an electric vehicle.
Judging from the current endurance performance of the Mazda MX-30 pure electric version of 256KM, it is reasonable that Mazda MX-30 launched a extended range version, after all, the endurance performance of 256KM is indeed not mainstream in today's market environment. The emergence of the rotor engine makes up for this problem very well, after all, the efficiency of the rotor engine itself is obvious to all.
Correspondingly, although the advantages of the rotor engine are very obvious, there are also drawbacks in itself, such as its short life and high fuel consumption, but as a range extender on the MX-30, there is no need to worry about these problems, after all, it will not directly drive the vehicle.
In general, although the rotor engine has returned, it will still be a little disappointing for the "horse fans" to only serve as a "generator" without powering the vehicle. But then again, the return of the rotor engine is also enough to be comforting, after all, it may be the closest to the rotor engine.