Mazda has spent decades making slightly left-field cars, and the MX-30 R-EV, its first petrol/electric plug-in hybrid model, is no exception.
The car takes the all-electric MX-30, which has been sold in Britain for the past three years, and adds a petrol motor-powered generating system. On paper this isn’t especially startling, but instead of a conventional piston engine, the MX-30 R-EV employs an 830cc rotary engine, which is compact, has fewer moving parts, and is noted for its smoothness and ability to spin at high speeds.
