The Mazda CX-3, will be dropped from the automaker’s European range with production ending at the end of the year. The news was confirmed by representatives of Mazda Poland to Auto Catalog, and by Mazda Germany to Motor1, stating that production of the European-spec CX-3 will be completed in December.
The subcompact crossover was introduced back in 2014 and is based on the same platform as the Mazda2, having received a minor facelift in 2018. Fast forward to 2021, Mazda announced the discontinuation of the CX-3 from the US market for the 2022 model year and now the same is happening in Europe.
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More specifically, Szymon Sołtysik, Public Relations Manager of Mazda Poland, told Auto Catalog: “We are finishing accepting orders for the Mazda CX-3, the last units for Europe will be produced in December”.
The demise of the Mazda CX-3 from Europe doesn’t really leave a gap in the range, since the company is also offering the slightly larger Mazda3-based CX-30 which can be considered as an indirect replacement.
Despite leaving both US and Europe this is not the end of the line for the little crossover. Mazda will continue offering it in other markets like Australia and Japan where it recently got a new variant called Super Edgy.
We are not sure if Mazda has plans to reveal a new generation of the CX-3 in the near future or rely on the CX-30 to hold onto a part of its market share. If the re-worked / re-badged Toyota Yaris that is destined for Europe replaces the Mazda2 altogether, then it wouldn’t make financial sense for Mazda to develop a new platform for the B-Segment.
As for the rest of the range, Mazda has said that it plans to introduce five new SUVs in 2022 and 2023, including the narrow-bodied CX-60 and CX-80 for Europe and Japan, as well as the wide-bodied CX-70 and CX-90 for the US.
