Mazda have announced that the new Mazda CX-3 will debut at the LA Auto Show, which will happen later this month. It released a single shadowy sketch of the new SUV, but here’s a first look at a prototype of the production car still wearing plenty of disguise.
We first heard of the Mazda CX-3 in April this year when an AmResearch report covering Berjaya Auto stocks shared that the Mazda Malaysia distributorship would be launching it in the 2016 financial year.
Although there were rumours of the model before that, this was the first mention of the model that could be officially connected to sources privy to the Mazda business.
From the front, the CX-3 gets a big grille with multiple horizontal bars similiar to that on the Mazda CX-5 facelift and Mazda 6 facelift.
The Mazda CX-3 will be built on the same platform as the Mazda 2, and will likely share plenty of the Mazda 2’s styling cues. But then again, new Mazdas all look similiar anyway, not that that’s a bad thing when the base template is easy on the eyes to begin with.
Engine options will likely be similiar that of the Mazda 2 as well, which means either a 1.5 litre Skyactiv petrol engine or a 1.5 litre Skyactiv-D diesel. Most of the CX-5’s rivals have similiar sized engines, but some have more powerful options such as the Honda HR-V’s 1.8 litre engine and the Nissan Juke’s 1.6 litre turbo.
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So another model will come in to compete the 2008, EcoSport and the HR-V.
Well our last bet is to have Mazda price it competitively…the HR-V Thai price is a bad indication on how expensive its gonna be when it arrives here.
Hope proton will relase the iriz concept into production but make it more like a suv than a crossover. Then we will have plenty of choice in b-segment mini suv – iriz suv, cx-3, hr-v, ecosport, 2008.
Man, if Proton actually made that mini SUV thing, I’d so go for it. I’ve been in the market for a mini SUV (mSUV?). I need something that’s easy to maneuver on the road, reasonably comfortable on long journeys and most importantly, won’t crumble and sink when faced with our peerless, excellent roads…
…maybe even be able to run over these road bullies..
can I say CX-5 is a tall Mazda2 and CX-7 is a tall Mazda6?
can I say CX-5 is a tall Mazda3 and CX-7 is a tall Mazda6? sorry for the typo earlier.