@EllisDrives
Running costs
282.5mpg (official)
£77 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
9.1 seconds/87mph
WE first drove the innovative rotary-powered Mazda MX-30 R-EV only a few weeks ago (Issue 1,801) and, overall, felt the powertrain finally did the quirky crossover justice, elevating it from urban errand-runner, to a proper premium small car. Now we’ve been thrown the keys to the range-extender version on UK roads, to see if our initial impressions ring true.
To recap: this is the first Mazda in more than a decade to feature a rotary motor. While conventional
