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7 Reasons Why the Mazda CX-30 Is Poised for Success

Following the brand-new Mazda3 to market is the CX-30, based on the same platform and using the same engines. It will slot between the existing CX-3 and CX-5, and eventually use Mazda’s Skyactiv-X engines.

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