2024 Mazda MX-30 update coming later this year

The Mazda MX-30 will undergo a small tweak to its paint options and interior equipment in the second half of 2023.

The 2024 Mazda MX-30 is due to receive minor exterior and interior updates during the second half of this year, the car maker has confirmed.

Announced for Japan late last year, the mild update for the MX-30 will be the first for Mazda’s small SUV since it arrived in Australia in April 2021, though the changes are limited to altered exterior paint options and a revised gear shifter.

Since the Mazda MX-30 was launched in Australia, the hybrid G20e Astina and electric E35 Astina variants have been available with three ‘tri-tone’ paint finishes as a cost option.

These have mixed black lower body cladding with Ceramic grey paint and a grey roof, Polymetal Grey paint and a silver roof, and Soul Red Crystal paint and a grey roof.

For the Model Year 2024 MX-30, the Ceramic and Polymetal options are expected to be replaced by a pair of two-tone finishes – Jet Black (paired with a grey roof) and Zircon Sand beige (black roof, pictured above).

Mazda’s signature Soul Red Crystal (below) will continue to be available, now paired with a black roof rather than grey.

The Mazda MX-30’s gear lever will be updated for Model Year 2024 vehicles, with its shift button – which unlocks the shifter to move between park, reverse, neutral and drive – now moved to the front of the selector, rather than on the right side.

In Japan, electric Mazda MX-30 variants are fitted with new badges, including an ‘EV’ badge on its front quarter panels and an e-Skyactiv badge on the SUV’s tailgate.

Despite select dealers offering price cuts in August last year in an attempt to shift stock, Mazda reported 738 MX-30s as sold in Australia during 2022, making it the brand’s second-slowest selling car for the year, behind the MX-5 sports car which recorded 495 sales.

Between January and February 2023, the Mazda MX-30 has recorded 137 sales, putting it fourth-last among 21 small SUVs under $45,000, ahead of the Citroen C4 (four sales), Peugeot 2008 (28 sales) and Suzuki S-Cross (66 sales).

The Mazda MX-30 line-up currently starts from $34,310 plus on-road costs for the G20e Astina, while the flagship E35 Astina electric variant is priced from $65,490 plus on-road costs.

A spokesperson for Mazda Australia said the first customer deliveries of the updated MX-30 are due to begin from the second half of 2023, with pricing for the small SUV to be announced closer to its arrival.

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