Mazda MX-30 review

Category: Electric car

Section: Practicality

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  • Mazda MX-30 front right tracking
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  • Mazda MX-30 interior dashboard
  • Mazda MX-30 doors open
  • Mazda MX-30 interior infotainment
  • Mazda MX-30 front right tracking
  • Mazda MX-30 rear cornering
  • Mazda MX-30 front cornering
  • Mazda MX-30 front left static
  • Mazda MX-30 rear right static
  • Mazda MX-30 headlights detail
  • Mazda MX-30 rear lights detail
  • Mazda MX-30 alloy wheel detail
  • Mazda MX-30 rear detail
  • Mazda MX-30 interior front seats
  • Mazda MX-30 interior back seats
  • Mazda MX-30 interior driver display
  • Mazda MX-30 interior steering wheel detail
  • Mazda MX-30 interior detail
  • Mazda MX-30 interior detail
  • Mazda MX-30 boot open
  • Mazda MX-30 front right tracking
  • Mazda MX-30 rear cornering
  • Mazda MX-30 interior dashboard
  • Mazda MX-30 doors open
  • Mazda MX-30 interior infotainment
  • Mazda MX-30 front right tracking
  • Mazda MX-30 rear cornering
  • Mazda MX-30 front cornering
  • Mazda MX-30 front left static
  • Mazda MX-30 rear right static
  • Mazda MX-30 headlights detail
  • Mazda MX-30 rear lights detail
  • Mazda MX-30 alloy wheel detail
  • Mazda MX-30 rear detail
  • Mazda MX-30 interior front seats
  • Mazda MX-30 interior back seats
  • Mazda MX-30 interior driver display
  • Mazda MX-30 interior steering wheel detail
  • Mazda MX-30 interior detail
  • Mazda MX-30 interior detail
  • Mazda MX-30 boot open
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Passenger & boot space

How it copes with people and clutter

If you’re tall and happen to find yourself in the front of a Mazda MX-30, we think you’ll be quite happy. There’s plenty of room, whether you’re long in the leg, long in the body – or both. Plus, there’s the width: you get enough to put distance between you and your passenger.

Storage space is abundant. There’s a big glovebox and the usual array of cupholders and trays, including the one in the centre console that’s cork-lined, which prevents keys jangling or your phone shooting into the footwell at the hint of a corner.

The MX-30’s boot is quite small, especially next to other electric SUVs (again that includes the Niro EV and e-2008). It’s less accommodating than that of many small cars, and there are no clever touches such as a height-adjustable boot floor or space under the floor for the charging cables.

You can drop the 60/40-split rear seats to make extra room in the boot, although you still won’t be able to take as many bags to the tip as you would do in similar-sized rivals. The extended boot floor is at least flat, though.

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