Mazda CX-30
The Mazda CX-30 is a compact crossover SUV produced by Mazda. Based on the fourth generation Mazda3, it debuted at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, to slot in between the CX-3 and the CX-5. The CX-30 has a four-wheel drive system on the highest trim level, and lightweight construction to improve performance and economy. It went on sale in Japan on 24 October 2019, with global units being produced at Mazda's Hiroshima factory and in Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico, and Asian units made at the AutoAlliance Thailand plant in Rayong.
According to Naohito Saga, the CX-30's program manager, the new model is targeted to drivers who are still single or are married and starting a family in the United States. Mazda chief designer Ryo Yanagisawa said that it will be more acceptable as a family car in Europe and Japan. Saga also noted that Mazda named the vehicle CX-30, to avoid confusion with the China-only CX-4.
The CX-30 has been available in the UK in December 2019 and in North America in January 2020. It was also launched in Malaysia on 15 January 2020, in Indonesia on 28 January 2020 and in Thailand on 6 March 2020.
