Steven
2.0 G High SkyActiv-G 2WD (2020)
Bought new, Owned for 1 Year
Fuel Economy: 10.0 km/litre (10.0 L/100 km), RON95, Mileage: 1,500 km/month
Owning CKD version of CX30 High+ variant with sunroof
- Good Ride and Handling, can hold on the road in every corner and drive with confidence, steering is sharp and precise and the car body reacts immediately, feels like driving a hatchback but still stable on highway speed.
- Great ergonomics, buttons are well places and easy to reach, all the screens are at the right places, and the front seat armrest are just nice. I like the fact that they still keep most of the dials and buttons.
- Aircond is powerful, cool down fairly quickly and it is freezing cold like old Proton wira aircond.
- Rarely have to use paddle shifter because the gearbox is very responsive, just kickdown with minute changes in throttle input, or when it detect upgill/downhill slopes
- Power delivery is alright with 2.0 Engine, more than enough for city and highway drives.
- Good exterior design, has that entry premium car feel, long hood and sleek C-Pillar just feels premium.
- And the premium feeling further extends to the interior - leather wrapped dashboard, tactile button feelings, high quality leathers. Cover the batch some might even guess that it is X1 or GLA level kind of car.
- Good stock sound system, even though it is not the Bose speakers.
- ACC with Stop and Go works well, don't expect Subaru eyesight kind of smoothness but it accelerates smoother, and brake with minimal jerk, passenger can't really tell that I am using ACC in traffic jam.
- Wide range of seat adjustment, passenger side even come with manual height adjustment
- Loaded with good specs like 360 camera, electric rear hatch.
- 5 years free service!
- The brake is very stiff and requires early planning, requires forces to stomp on the brake pedals. AEB activated few times because I did not brake hard enough.
- MZD screen is not touch based, it is difficult to navigate with rotary dial especially when using apple carplay/android auto, as these are designed for touch screen UI.
- The front seats are too bolstered, wide shouldered passenger might not find the front seats comfortable.
- Rear seat space is not a strong point for CX30, space is acceptable but main issue is the seat back engle being a bit upright, not comfortable for long journey.
- Engine sounds coarse when pushed (not too high, around 2.5K RPM above)
- Bumpy rides, large undulations are ok but you can feel all small bumps and undulations, which is a bit too much for me, always have the sensation that the bumps inside my condo parking going to break my suspension soon.
- Blind spot (both forward and rearward looking) is quite large, mainly due to the sleek exterior design.
- GVC is overated, I can't tell the difference in term of comfort, not sure if my CX30 doesn't come with GVC or I did not turn on.
- Maybe a bit of nickpicking, but the gear ratio between 1st and 2nd gear is large, a bit of disjointment when driving in traffic condition.
To Improve
- Brake needs to be more responsive, and easier to press.
- Comfort, as in the road condition in Klang valley isn't great at the first place.
- Allow touchscreen control for middle screen because it is troublesome to use rotary dial with Carplay.
- I don't mind sacrificing a bit of boot space, more more reclined rear seats.
Yes, I would recommend this car