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People misjudge this car, it’s a Honda E and MINI rival. When you judge it against premium small rivals it makes much more sense. I really like how it looks because it’s so creative, and it’s lovely inside.

I have one. Great car and no range anxiety. I just stop after 100 miles and recharge while I have a coffee. No need to rush. The people who this will suit are happy with the shorter range and will love the interior. Best car I’ve had.

That handbrake turn was great 👏 👏

@tomazikov

2 жыл бұрын

Shows that he's a racing driver 😉

@joshmiller7777

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomazikov And a superb racing driver at that :)

@tomazikov

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshmiller7777 I agree with that statment💯%😉👍

@jamesgaskin7757

2 жыл бұрын

He is by far the highest skilled car presenter

If you use the car like it is intended, wich means daily comute to work, go shopping in nearest town, etc, it's a really nice little car. If you need to stuff in 4-5 people and go on 300 miles roadtripps, not so much. Very happy with our MX-30, as a second car for daily use. We drive usually 40 miles per day with it, sometimes 80, and charge it over night at home.

@datathunderstorm

9 ай бұрын

And you’re using it exactly as Mazda intended. Obviously, Mazda designed this SUV BEV Coupe for discerning and highly intelligent customers who get it. Guess what? I want one too - it’ll fit my lifestyle perfectly! I don’t think those guys got it at all……🙄

These chuckle-heads don’t know what they’re looking at. Plato thinks it’s a family hauler and the old top gear guy thinks it’s a road-tripper without the range. It isn’t for couples that have adult-sized children who still live at home and need to be driven everywhere. It’s, in fact, the perfect commuter car for most people and it meets the needs of the majority of daily drivers.

@oneclaydoll

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on!

@exomnius

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! But it also work great driving our teenagers to friends!

@sergiosilva7411

Жыл бұрын

They're a bunch of a-holes...

The MX-30 was not designed to be a pure EV. Mazda themselves said before the launch of this car that they do not believe current EV technology is green enough nor ready for the general consumer. This exact is available as a PHEV in Japan, with a 2.0 engine combined with a larger battery for 50km of EV range. That is a much better powertrain for this car, and it's no wonder that the MX-30 is a poor EV when the company itself didn't want to make one.

@aaaa-ig6sc

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if they actually said that or you're filling in the dots. Phillipe Geffroy (Mazda France) just said there was no pressure coming from their customers for alternative fuel vehicles. But yes they have shown no real interest so far and burying their head in the grounds like Toyota (Toyota own a portion of Mazda funny enough), and will be stuck in the next decade as everyone starts moving to EV. Will Mazda exist in the future? Shame to see it go. My opinion on the MX-30 BEV is it's ugly, impractical, with a very short range. Only those with a second vehicle might consider it for city use, but with the likes of MGZS why would you choose it at the same price point. Those wheel arches 🤣

@ymtzlgn

2 жыл бұрын

​@@aaaa-ig6sc I may be in the minority who thinks that the MX-30 actually looks quite good, but at that price point it makes no sense at all. There are much better alternative BEVs out there. If Toyota does take Mazda fully on board, then it might has a place as a semi-sporting brand between Toyota and Lexus. Mazda recently started making a premium push and judging by the CX-30 it has a much better interior than the equivalent Volkswagen or Ford. But you are right their future is definitely uncertain, especially considering their recent (and pathetic) move to rebadge the Toyota Yaris as the Mazda2

if you look at the vehicle as a four door then yea the suicide doors are a questionable decision, but i view the vehicle more as a 2 two coupe that happens to have a useable back seat at which point i think they are fine. YMMV

@David-xt5ob

7 ай бұрын

Yeh it’s a coupe with great accessibility is how I see it. Like you said if you view it as a five door then yeh it’s a fail.

Nailed it right at the start.... If you ignore range. Dreadful waste of space under the bonnet. Which impacts interior space. No commitment to a properly designed EV.

@ONYX-365

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Mazda are trying to make life easier for mechanics to work under the bonnet 🤷🏼‍♂️ 😅

The doors are a nod to the RX-8, which I've owned for the past six years, admittedly as a second car. And I love the doors. No need to get out and slide seat forward to let someone out. Just open door and away they go.

@spg993

2 жыл бұрын

I don't get the hate.

Did anyone see the left front tyre was flat,at the end of the video

Think of it not as a 4/5 door car but a 2/3 door car with easier access to the rear seats. Think of it as a "premium second car" for commuting and shopping. I rarely do more than 15 to 30 miles so the real world 100 mile range is fine. On the very rare occasion that my journey takes me beyond the range, I find a charger near a decent coffee shop and have a break while I add miles back into the battery. At my age (mid 60s) nothing is worth rushing for and if I were driving an ICE vehicle, I'd still stop for that coffee and break, so it would make little difference. I love the looks. I like the interior. But (for what is essentially a more 'premium' style EV) I especially like the lower price that having a smaller battery allows. I normally like the Fifth Gear reviews, but on this occasion they have completely misunderstood the car.

@datathunderstorm

9 ай бұрын

As a 63 year old chap fast approaching retirement and about to forage into buying an EV, I totally 100% agree with you as I came to the exact same conclusion. This is the BEV I want - a unique Japanese SUV Coupe with a premium interior and adequate for my lifestyle, battery size. I’m disappointed at how those guys didn’t understand what they were reviewing at all………🤨🤔

Great video as always. I was thinking about the rear doors - perhaps there's a positive way to look at them: it's like having a 3-door car, only better? Rather than a 4-door but worse? i.e as a front seat passenger, you don't have to get out of the car and pull the seat forward - all you have to do is open the front door. I have this horrible cringe-ing feeling though about someone slamming the front door shut on the closed rear door! 😬

@HologramJones

9 ай бұрын

It's the old 3 door / 4 door coupe design. Doors at the back are actually an extra. Think Hyundai Veloster, Citroen DS4.

I would forgive the MX50 if it's an EV made to be fun. Like a tiny sport car or a tiny mini cooper type hatch. But as a tiny SUV, it basically fail

In Canada (Quebec), the price for a 2023 MX-30 GS is 44,500$ + taxes. After that, you take 12,000$ off the price (credit from provincial & federal governments) and then, another 4,000$ off the price (Mazda rebate). So the final price is 35,100$ taxes included. Yes it has a lower range than the others in the same class (Kona, Soul, Bolt, Leaf etc...) but also has a lower price. I won't use the car in winter time as my wife has an AWD vehicle. I rarely drive more than 80 km/day (running errands) and will be using it from may 01 to october 31. BTW, I've done more than 180 km with 15% left. I must say that I'm a pretty smooth driver and I drive usually no more than 10-15 km/h over the posted speed limit. 😁 If it was my only vehicle, I would have bought a Bolt EUV with 460 km range (more than 12 months for delivery) !!! 😕

I'd just wait for the electric Dacia to arrive for £15k, that being said I will keep driving my Alfa 159 2.4 Sportwagon until it dies or they stop selling diesel. Like many in the UK I have no access to home charger due to property type so would have to rely on fast chargers which sort of defeats to object when it comes to fuel/charging cost. So unless I win the lottery to afford a home with private drive for a charger, electric cars just won't work for me.

@ZesPak

2 жыл бұрын

Brings back memories. Cried when I sold my 159 2.4jtdm. Electric now though,wouldn't go back to diesel if they paid me.

@youraveragejoe1

2 жыл бұрын

The Dacia Spring is said to have only 43hp and 125nm of torque, I’m not sure it’s usable for any out of town driving

Small detail but I appreciate the comment on the idiocy of the cork, especially around cupholders. Cork is one of the most impossible materials to clean, and car interiors very much do get dirty.

@exomnius

2 жыл бұрын

It do have some glue/plastic layer on it, so it's not like the cork in a whine bottle. Our car is 1,5 years old, and the cork look like just like new.

Nice looking car, but sadly the rear door and limited range combination seriously limits it to mostly a local runabout! Mazda need to rethink it considerably for the mk2.

The "empty space" in the front is designed to accomodate a "range extender"-engine (supposedly a skyactive x-Wankel). So this version is not the "real thing".

Front left tyre looks flat too in loads of the shots

Never saw an outlet on a car before? The 2002 -2010 Pontiac Vibe had one. Oh, wait, you never had Pontiac in the UK. Ha! I ♥️ my Vibe. You can maybe get it as a Toyota Matrix in the UK, but it doesn't look as good.

I just want to know if their “review” on the BMW i3’s doors (and range) was that bad…

@deadp01

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention its “quality” of manufacture…

styling is beautiful...but all the negatives they pointed out are so correct

Where's Tiff?

Cmon Jason 👌🏽

Great idea, but poorly executed. If of course, the engine compartment were shortened, the MX-30 wouldn't look nearly as good, so I do get the thinking behind that.

I really love this car, but its miles range per charge is not enough for me. 😮‍💨

Yeah engine room is rather empty but I think it was planned cause Mazda-30 was waiting for brand new rotary engine to fill up the engine room :) Also the design I feel like the engine room is so long that it eats up space they could be used for interior.

Its overall good looking car but it has issues. First the range is poor but MX-30 is getting rotary engine charger to boozt range. But other issue is the back doors that cannot open windows and cramped rear seat leg room. I feel dimensions big enough to have more legroom and normal doors by tweaking the design.

oh wow mazda brought back those querky Rx8 doors lol

How can it cost that much? In Norway it’s priced to around £19000. Yes I know about the tax difference, but that should have put the British price at £23000 or something. In Norway the Mazda have become a popular leasing car since you can get leasing deals for £93 a month.

@shroomyesc

2 жыл бұрын

It's like 40k in your neighbouring Finland, ridiculous

@stianthomassen6693

2 жыл бұрын

@@shroomyesc Wow. Are people willing to buy it at all?

@shroomyesc

2 жыл бұрын

@@stianthomassen6693 Surprisingly many at 58, although cars are pretty expensive here anyway. But that's still more than many EVs with superior space and range, so. VW sold 746 ID.3s here in the same time span for reference and some much more obscure brands like DS sold better than the MX-30 though.

Yeah I would get somthing else like a Kia E Niro

i don't ever want an suv ,ever , but this is the best looking one I've seen the rear doors are awesome and stylish , i love suicide doors, it oozes style and originality instead of the typical blobs that only ever carry one commuter to work and back 90 percent of the time . The people who complain about range are the same people who buy two ovens for there kitchen for that one day a year ( Christmas ) when they stupidly and regrettably invite there family over for lunch . If your intensions are to save the planet from c02 and go electric may i suggest take your 30k+ that you will spend on said EV buy a small plot of land and plant as many trees as you can .

Jason, karun, Chris harris and Tiff racing each other......that's all we need for a proper car show! And maybe the posh bird butler-henderson Proper drivers, not like those three clowns from top gear of old! Clarkson and the 2 odd kids!

Excuse me more all upload series 13 series 14 series 15 series 16 series 18 series 19 series 20 series 21 series 22 series 23 and series 24 of fifth gear full episodes on KZread please?

Great looking cars but the backdoors, poor back leg room and corks were bad idea. Kinda ruin the car.

Isn't this a hybrid?

Those doors keep your kids safe

Only kids fit in the back. I would not want my kids opening any door unless I open it for them. If it drives that good, I give it a 9 then (-1 for less than 50 KW/h charging).

Was going to test drive one of these but don't think I will bother now

I honestly think this is the worst car on sale today. The mix of price, performance, practicality and range are all bad. I’d forgive it if it excelled in one area but it’s shockingly bad as a package

When my Hyundai Kona has 120 mile range remaining from the 300, I run to recharge it. This one is fully charged gets that much…😳🙈😵‍💫

You can just tell that journalists don’t do their research before doing a review. There is a rotary engine coming… this is going to change this segment completely! It won’t be a full EV but the electric range will go up to 5-600km range! For the same price. This car isn’t supposed to be the longest range, it’s supposed to be affordable! Be fair to everyone please!

I rather have MG ZS EV. Otherwise a Mazda MX5!

Oh god those black bumpers look awful

So much whinging over doors 😂🤦

I can't believe someone would actually design a car where back doors don't open unless you open the front door! Just stupid.

What was Mazda thinking to bring to market such a poorly executed EV? For a small manufacturer to pour all those development dollars into a ill conceived design boggles the mind...

@vladx2

2 жыл бұрын

Because they didn’t. The EV version is an afterthought. The MX-30 was designed as an ICE/PHEV car.

The MX-30 is a joke, I have no idea why Mazda would make this car. It's obviously just an ICE car with an electric motor thrown in it. The statement about the reason for the battery size is a joke, it's because there wasn't enough space to fit a decent sized battery. The much cheaper MG ZS EV beats the Mazda MX-30 is every aspect, it's faster, has more room, better range, and a better interior (even though it is also based on an ICE platform).

Badly packaged, designed, slow with poor range. They've ticked all the 'must not have' boxes! Odds on Mazda will be out of business before the end of the decade.

@uk7866

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed it's a shame. Range and driving experience is shockingly bad.

Something a bit different. Most people wont understand the appeal and rent a chinese EV instead. I'm goint to wait until i can get a 1 year old wankel version.

I get what they were going for with this car but failed. If it was a hatchback not an SUV, had less nose and more rear seats and was £23k instead of £32k it would be a winner in my book

@oliverstemp9132

2 жыл бұрын

SUVs are hatchbacks now. People really overthink the SUV title

@timscott3027

2 жыл бұрын

@@oliverstemp9132 yeah I know but it's still raised up and fat suv style, I just mean if it was a more normal compact size car.

@oliverstemp9132

2 жыл бұрын

@@timscott3027 it is a small car

@timscott3027

2 жыл бұрын

@@oliverstemp9132 your right it's smaller than i thought. its slightly bigger than an id3. I wouldn't say it was small, for me a car that is 4m or less but it's definitely not big.

@oliverstemp9132

2 жыл бұрын

@@timscott3027 I don’t think people think like that any more. Classes are all blending together now

Sorry. It's sooo sad. Not for me!

Nice looking car, but ridiculously limited.

No idea why Jimmy is on this show 😒

Can you please keep the electric sh*t on another channel and keep this one about cars?

@ZesPak

2 жыл бұрын

It's 5th gear recharged now. Find another channel.

@genzigzag

2 жыл бұрын

I guess you didn't grasp that it was a 'car' that was tested.

@N911GT2

2 жыл бұрын

@@genzigzag So they tried 5th gear then in this car?

@genzigzag

2 жыл бұрын

@@N911GT2 so your definition of a 'car' is that it needs to have a fifth gear? So by that logic all 'cars' with less than 5 forward gears isn't a car?

@N911GT2

2 жыл бұрын

@@genzigzag pretty much yes.