Rotary Engined Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV Gets 5-Star Euro NCAP

The Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV series plug-in hybrid was awarded a five-star rating. Euro NCAP based the rating on the testing of the battery-electric MX-30 e-Skyactiv EV from way back in 2020. No need to bash any new cars to destruction.

Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV was revealed at the Brussels Motor Show in January as another version of the pure electric Mazda MX-30. Mazda tragic have even more reason to shout, the HEV system has a rotary engine.

R-EV has a 17.8KWh battery, good for 53-miles of electric-only driving. Like Nissan’s E-Power X-Trail, REV uses a tiny all-new 830cc single-rotor rotary petrol engine as a generator. It has been a moment since we last saw a rotary engine, so some will be pleased.

There is no mechanical connection between the engine and the wheels, so the rotary engine acts as a generator, with a total range of around 373 miles, and 21g/km of CO2. One presumes that figure relies on the owner being as assiduous with his plug as he is with his whisky.

The PHEV uses either AC charging or rapid DC charging, with the latter AC charging taking 50mins, not exactly what I’d call fast.

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Drive modes include Normal, EV and Charge, and with 125kw/170ps output, has better acceleration than the fully electric MX-30.

UK buyers can order to their heart’s content.

Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV have a rather twee rotor badge on the front guards, and an e-Skyactiv R-EV badge on the tailgate. Mazda is fond of a badge or 5.

The R-EV models have different wheels to delineate each model: Prime-Line with a dark grey finish and Exclusive-Line, Makoto and Edition R a black diamond cut finish. Here’s a particularly clever marketing edge, the MX-30 range s at £31,250 – Prime-Line and Exclusive-Line R-EV models are priced identically to the BEV version, giving customers ease of choice with price parity. Makoto R-EV models demand a small £450 price premium over the pure electric version and at the top of the MX-30 range is the R-EV only Edition R – priced at £37,950 it is limited to just 400 examples in the UK.

Buyers in the antipodes will have to stay tuned.

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