All-new Mazda CX-30 Review – It’s certainly pretty, but is it worth it?

Ciro De Siena

8 Apr 2021

Mazda has recently launched the CX-30 locally. As the brand looks to move upmarket and compete with the premium German manufacturers (Audi, BMW, Merc etc.) it's likely to hit some resistance from those brands. Does the CX-30 have enough going for it to push aside those naysayers and carve out a slice of the Premium Crossover segment?

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The Mazda CX-30 has arrived on the South African market and is gunning for a slice of the stylish crossover pie, which now that I think about it sounds like a fusion dish at a hipster Asian restaurant.

Anyway, it's a space that VW recently entered with the T-Roc, but the CX-30's pricing is very curious indeed. For instance, you can buy a Mazda CX-5 for less money, a substantially larger and more practical car. You can also buy a Mazda3 for significantly less money.

So, why would you buy a CX-30? Well, we sent our video guy Ciro De Siena to find out.

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Ciro De Siena

Ciro De Siena

Ciro built his first car website back in his university days and despite denting his first ever test car, it launched his career. He's still at this car journalism gig 16 years later and over the years has hosted live TV segments on national television and hosts a regular car segment on CapeTalk radio. He is most at his happiest however producing content for the Cars.co.za Youtube channel.

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