You can still order it as a drivetrain option from the Mazda website so I’m assuming it’s still going ahead.
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Hello, and welcome to this forum ! 
Surely it depends on what you want to use it for. We only do around 50km most days so our E.V. is great for that but not so good for the very occassional longer journey. I could see the range extender being ideal for us if we change in the future and then can sell our our ICE Subaru that we have for longer trips.
We have a saying in the UK 'Horses for courses'. Might not make sense in Dutch though.
We have a saying in the UK 'Horses for courses'. Might not make sense in Dutch though.
Thanks for the proverb, I love these ! And you're right, we don't have an equivalent I can think of right now.We have a saying in the UK 'Horses for courses'. Might not make sense in Dutch though.
In The Netherlands its particularly sour as with a PHEV you pay roadtax like its a ICE. Based on the weight of the car, so in that aspect a battery is a handicap...
There is a temporary reduction if the output is lower than 48gr CO2/km, but that ends in 2024. Like the roadtax exemption for BEV.
My Range Rover P400e Autobiography returns 10.5 L/100km and I drive very fast mostly. Hence 1:10 for the MX-30 PHEV is rediculously high.
And exactly why you bought the MX30 REV, I bought the FF RR. I drive in the area as a BEV, long hauls its a combination.
But since the FFRR not always 'wants' to work as a BEV and randomly starts the engine, I bought a MX 30 to replace a BMW 216i active tourer,
which we had as a shopping trolley. The PHEV version of that car gives 6.5 L /100km once the battery runs out. Another proof of the extreme
consumption of the REV..
Why is everyone so hung up on the fuel consumption? Its 37.9 mpg combined. Pretty average but far better than a Leon Hybrid I had for a while which got around 28mpg when the battery was defunct. Please. I'm just after facts, not speculation and hearsay...."I think Mazda realised its not going to sell with this level of fuel consumption and they'll wriggle out.. " Really? do you sincerely believe in that last statement? Its a tiny, very light rotary engine with direct fuel injection under very little stress, operating at a near constant RPM driving a flywheel and then,only doing so when it is operating and the battery requires rejuvination. Car manufactures don't 'wriggle'. A conglomerate such as Mazda will have spent hundreds of hours developing and testing this.
Really? do you sincerely believe in that last statement? Its a tiny, very light rotary engine with direct fuel injection under very little stress, operating at a near constant RPM driving a flywheel and then,only doing so when it is operating and the battery requires rejuvination. Car manufactures don't 'wriggle'. A conglomerate such as Mazda will have spent hundreds of hours developing and testing this.
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