No turbocharge needed in the stylish Mazda CX-30 – The Mail & Guardian

No turbocharge needed in the stylish Mazda CX-30 – The Mail & Guardian

Mazda sales figures have declined terribly since the Covid-19 pandemic. The legacy brand was further pegged back by the arrival of Chinese manufacturers in South Africa  and is still on the road to recovery.  The Mail & Guardian previously tested the brand’s flagship CX-60 and, from that vehicle, it was evident that Mazda is aiming to push into the luxury segment. The brand has been given a lot of stick in the past few years for failing to evolv…

A matter of give and take

As the Merlin of Mazda would say: Pick a number between 60 and 90, say 70. Now add CX and GT or Azami, then take away two seats and cap it off with a $10k-plus price advantage over its seven-seat twin. You now have the CX-70, the fourth SUV from the Japanese auto maker’s new rear/all-wheel drive ‘Large Product Group’ platform. It’s the same size as the ‘wide-body’ seven-seat CX-90 flagship, with the third row removed, Then there are the CX-60 an…