Mazda MX30

[stevemcs]

Has anyone run a Mazda MX30, they seem to be reasonably cheap but look well built, the range isn’t the greatest but 100 miles would do me, if not I may look at Renault Zoe’s, it will only be a third car not get me to and from work

I did start looking at the sDacia Spring but the Mazda looks much better value, target is to find an pcp around £130 a month.

[T6 vanman]

Brand New but pre reg @ £11.5k
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202601219...

Put a private plate on and no-one need know it's age

[Pistonheadsdicoverer]

T6 vanman said:

Brand New but pre reg @ £11.5k
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202601219...

Put a private plate on and no-one need know it's age

Correct me if I am wrong but it is out of warranty right?

[RicksAlfas]

Pistonheadsdicoverer said:

T6 vanman said:

Brand New but pre reg @ £11.5k
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202601219...

Put a private plate on and no-one need know it's age

Correct me if I am wrong but it is out of warranty right?

Advert says:

Delivery miles, remaining balance of Mazda 8 year battery warranty, 5 cars available, selection of other colours available, VAT Qualifying, All cars were UK supplied and were sold to the far east but due to import regulations/costs were left unregistered and returned to the UK for sale, All cars have been back into a Mazda main dealer for battery health checks and to have their first MOT.

Vehicle registered: 19/01/2022

[Pistonheadsdicoverer]

RicksAlfas said:

Advert says:

Delivery miles, remaining balance of Mazda 8 year battery warranty, 5 cars available, selection of other colours available, VAT Qualifying, All cars were UK supplied and were sold to the far east but due to import regulations/costs were left unregistered and returned to the UK for sale, All cars have been back into a Mazda main dealer for battery health checks and to have their first MOT.

Vehicle registered: 19/01/2022

So no warranty on these then.
"The Mazda New Vehicle Warranty officially begins on the date of first registration. Registered before 1 September 2025: These cars fall under the old policy of 3 years or 60,000 miles."

[Jag_NE]

which other 2 cars do you have already?

[stevemcs]

Jag_NE said:

which other 2 cars do you have already?

Mini convertible and 280 Superb Estate, the Skoda is the tow car, the Mini the wife will not part with

[Chris Type R]

T6 vanman said:

Brand New but pre reg @ £11.5k
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202601219...

Put a private plate on and no-one need know it's age

While it's within a battery warranty, I wonder if the low use over a lengthy period would have done harm to long term battery health.

[SE2]

I so wanted to like these as they look fascinating, but the reality of the range means I'd have been charging nightly and having to go beyond the 20-80 daily sweet spot for the battery.

It seems perverse for Mazda to forge their own path and create something interesting that's largely hamstrung for anything but popping to the shops.

[Pistonheadsdicoverer]

SE2 said:

I so wanted to like these as they look fascinating, but the reality of the range means I'd have been charging nightly and having to go beyond the 20-80 daily sweet spot for the battery.

It seems perverse for Mazda to forge their own path and create something interesting that's largely hamstrung for anything but popping to the shops.

Reminds me of the ENY1 from Honda another Japanese company. Looks great but also a lot of compromises which ultimately makes it unattractive at SRP.

[Nicks90]

SE2 said:

I so wanted to like these as they look fascinating, but the reality of the range means I'd have been charging nightly and having to go beyond the 20-80 daily sweet spot for the battery.

It seems perverse for Mazda to forge their own path and create something interesting that's largely hamstrung for anything but popping to the shops.

Oh I dont know, if you're a typical 8000 mile a year commuter, doing the 30 to 50 mile a day 5 days a week drive to work, I think this would make a compelling proposition as a 'just for daily duties', but you'd need a second car for other duties.
I actually fall in to that category. I work from home and the wife drives to school (teacher) every day. So she uses the tesla, but we still have a volvo xc90 for towing the caravan, if I need to go somewhere during the week and for big days out with the dogs and other clobber.
I get the tesla as a company car, but if it wasn't for that and I had to buy a car for Mrs.nicks daily grind, something like this would be a great buy.

[stevemcs]

4 days a week it would cover 6 miles a day, 1 day it would cover 60, then the weekend between 10 and 70 so range should not be an issue. Plus I’d only want to charge on a 13a plug it seems better value than a leaf - with 1k down they are around £130 a month, interest isn’t great but then I don’t have to worry about getting shot of it at the end of term.

[Pistonheadsdicoverer]

stevemcs said:

4 days a week it would cover 6 miles a day, 1 day it would cover 60, then the weekend between 10 and 70 so range should not be an issue. Plus I d only want to charge on a 13a plug it seems better value than a leaf - with 1k down they are around £130 a month, interest isn t great but then I don t have to worry about getting shot of it at the end of term.

You can get the Frontera for about that price plus it comes with a warranty and potentially some very nice Vauxhall goodies.
https://leasing.com/main-dealers/eden-motor-group/...

[Tophatron]

Pistonheadsdicoverer said:

Reminds me of the ENY1 from Honda another Japanese company. Looks great but also a lot of compromises which ultimately makes it unattractive at SRP.

That seems to be the general case for recent EV offerings from a lot of Japanese manufacturers. They look poor compared to most of the Chinese and European competition.

[sixor8]

Pistonheadsdicoverer said:

Reminds me of the ENY1 from Honda another Japanese company. Looks great but also a lot of compromises which ultimately makes it unattractive at SRP.

Except the range is over 200 miles. and it was cheap! I have mine until April 2027.

I'm considering the MX30 too, I don't need the range really, it's just handy to not have to charge so often. They'll be even cheaper next year. I've also looked at pre 23/03/2017 Nissan Leaf and Kia Soul, VED of £20.

[samoht]

Have only sat in one but the MX-30 has a really nice interior, feels premium inside. A cut above anything else at the price.

Therefore if the range suits, it would seem like a good option.

[pd2]

My in-laws stay with us and they have a 71 plate one, i drive it regularly.
As a daily / commuter car it's fine. Comfortable, well made and nippy enough.
Down sides, I find it does spin the fronts wheels quite easy and side visibility is not great.
It gets 100+ miles or so on a charge no matter the weather or season. (Unlike my MG4) It's charged to 100% all the time and it's not shown any degrading in terms of mileage. Will get the battery checked at next service.
The mother in law is giving up driving this year and she still has a year on her PCP, our MG4 goes back this year and we are going to take the MX30 on for it final year.
Its got about 16.5k miles on it, had its MOT a couple of days ago, done at halfords! Last minute MOT needed as didn't realise it was due!
Slight misting on rear shocks and pitted rear discs.
I've been under it, no signs of misting at all! And the rear discs are a bit rusty but they are hardly used on an EV, I'll give them a clean later.
Mazda UK run a service A one year, B the next, then repeat. The A is about £180 and B £280 from mazda
The only difference is cabin filter and brake fluid change on the B service, why the brake fluid needs changed every 2 years is beyond me. In the good old USA the don't change the fluid till 75k miles!
Only other costs have been 2 front tyres that I replaced last week for them, surprised it was needing them with the low mileage on it.

[stevemcs]

Brake fluid doesn’t need to be changed, for us it’s advise at 3% that it might changing next service,

[_Hoppers]

Last year when I wanted to scratch my EV itch I first looked at the MX30, Honda E then the i3. The MX30 seemed great value for money but the range put me off. I love the looks of the Honda but they were fairly pricey and the range wasn’t that good either. When it came to the i3 it seemed like a no brainer, much quicker to 60 than the Mazda and Honda and with a half decent range (over the past year it’s averaged 4.3m/kwh which works out at about 170miles of range (assuming no degradation of the battery)). During the summer the GOM sometimes estimated up to 220miles of range.

I got the i3 as a run around, intending to use my 320D for longer trips and assumed an over estimated 7k miles per year for insurance purposes. I ended up doing just over 10k, having used the i3 much more than anticipated.

My mate has just bought a Kia PV5 van (he doesn’t really need one but that’s another matter!), on a lease for 5k miles per year. He’s also got a Jag XK and Honda Accord. He’s finding himself using the van more than he expected too, having done over 600 miles in 3 weeks. Even for a van he’s finding it more refined and ‘easier’ to pootle about in.

So what I’m saying is, the Mazda might appear to offer the range you expect to use but based on my experience (and others who have switched to EVs) you might find you end up using it more than you think?

[stevemcs]

_Hoppers said:

Last year when I wanted to scratch my EV itch I first looked at the MX30, Honda E then the i3. The MX30 seemed great value for money but the range put me off. I love the looks of the Honda but they were fairly pricey and the range wasn t that good either. When it came to the i3 it seemed like a no brainer, much quicker to 60 than the Mazda and Honda and with a half decent range (over the past year it s averaged 4.3m/kwh which works out at about 170miles of range (assuming no degradation of the battery)). During the summer the GOM sometimes estimated up to 220miles of range.

I got the i3 as a run around, intending to use my 320D for longer trips and assumed an over estimated 7k miles per year for insurance purposes. I ended up doing just over 10k, having used the i3 much more than anticipated.

My mate has just bought a Kia PV5 van (he doesn t really need one but that s another matter!), on a lease for 5k miles per year. He s also got a Jag XK and Honda Accord. He s finding himself using the van more than he expected too, having done over 600 miles in 3 weeks. Even for a van he s finding it more refined and easier to pootle about in.

So what I m saying is, the Mazda might appear to offer the range you expect to use but based on my experience (and others who have switched to EVs) you might find you end up using it more than you think?

I don’t think we will, no ev can do what the Skoda does - well how I use it, realistically if I could get a hybrid with a genuine 100 mile ev range and 300 on petrol that was the size of the Skoda I’d buy that. If we go on holiday to the port/airport I’d still take the Skoda for the space

I think vfm the Mazda is hard to beat but yes if I used it more range would be an issue.