It’s over and out for the Mazda CX-3 at the end of this year. The compact crossover disappears from the European and American market and will not receive a direct successor.
Production of the Mazda CX-3 will come to an end in December. The CX-3 is Mazda’s compact crossover that made its world debut in 2014 at the LA Auto Show and is therefore retired after about seven years.
Mazda Netherlands tells AutoWeek that the current CX-3 is ‘the last model available in Europe’ and that means that a possible second generation CX-3 will not come to our part of the world. According to the Dutch importer, Mazda will stop selling the CX-3 in both Europe and the United States. So it cannot be ruled out that Mazda will come up with a successor in, among other things, the home country. The new compact crossover may share its technology just like the next generation Mazda 2 with a Toyota model.
AutoWeek had the CX-3 in the endurance test garage from late 2015 to mid-2016.
Since the Dutch market introduction of the CX-3 in 2015, Mazda has sold more than 10,500 CX-3s in our country to date. In its first full year of sales (2016), the car experienced its top year in sales terms. Then 2,338 copies were sold. The sales counter of the CX-3 this year stands at 533 units, significantly lower than that of younger competitors such as the Renault Captur (3,884) and Kia Stonic (2,569). If you are looking for a Mazda crossover or SUV that is a size smaller than the CX-5 after this year, you can go to the CX-30 and the electric MX-30. Next year, Mazda will launch two larger crossovers/SUVs: the CX-60 and CX-80. For now, Mazda seems to want to focus its attention on the higher segments. Fun fact: the Mazda CX-3 is only available in the Netherlands with the 121 Skyactiv-G petrol engine. That is not a small turbo engine, but an atmospheric 2.0!
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl