Mazda CX-30 to live on: new-generation small SUV not due until 2030

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The Mazda CX-30 compact SUV will be in showrooms for a long while yet, according to Japanese media.

The Chugoku Shimbun, a daily newspaper in Mazda’s home city of Hiroshima, reports an all-new CX-30 is due in the Japanese financial year of 2030. This means the second-generation CX-30 will arrive no earlier than April 2030.

Launched in late 2019, the current CX-30’s planned 11-year lifespan is unusually long – typically, cars last five to eight years before clean-sheet replacements come.

Mazda has form, however, for making their cars endure. The outgoing CX-5 was in production for nine years, the current MX-5 has been on sale for 11 years and the current Mazda 2 has been with us for a full 12.

The CX-30 is a staple of Australian roads in the 2020s and still sells well, with the 7,186 registered so far this year only slightly down on where it was this time last year. That said, it trails behind newer rivals such as the Chery Tiggo 4 (15,794), GWM Haval Jolion (13,142) and the soon-to-be-replaced Hyundai Kona (15,228).

Crutch for Mazda amid difficulties

Despite the surge of Chinese newcomers in the Australian market, and the absence of electric or even hybrid options from the CX-30’s line-up, the endurance of the current CX-30 could be a relief for Mazda Australia in some ways.

Mazda has had a tumultuous 2020s. Larger SUVs – the CX-60, CX-80 and CX-90 – are thought to have been rushed to market, requiring extensive piecemeal fixes and dimming Mazda’s hopes of rivalling BMW directly.

Mazda’s wait-and-see approach to EVs and hybrids contributed to its $25,400,000 fine under the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard last year, the biggest of any brand in Australia and more than double the next-worst performer, Nissan.

Moreover, Mazda’s hybrid system for smaller models (CX-5 and below) is not due until 2028, denying it a direct rival to mid-size hybrid SUVs like Toyota’s RAV4 just as fuel prices supercharge demand for them.

The CX-30 received a very positive 8.5 out of 10 from Chasing Cars upon its launch in 2020. However, our deputy editor Curt Dupriez gave it 6.5 out of 10 in December 2025, opining that its powertrain and interior tech betrayed its age.

Additional reporting by Tom Place

2026 Mazda CX-30: prices in Australia

All prices listed are before on-road costs.

• G20 Pure: $34,360
• G20 Evolve: $36,260
• G20 Touring: $40,060
• G20 Touring LE: $42,360
• G25 Touring: $41,560
• G25 GT SP: $43,560
• G25 GT SP (4WD): $45,560
• G20 Astina: $45,260
• G25 Astina: $46,760
• G25 Astina (4WD): $48,760