2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition
With its exclusive looks, the 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition stands out with its confident styling in a crowded market segment where an ever-increasing lineup of competitors is jostling for buyers' attention. This article discusses the 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition compact crossover SUV, just one of the many impressive products in Mazda's family of SUVs.
The CX-30 is quite at home doing the daily work and shopping commute and is ready, come the weekend, to whisk the family off on an adventure. Continue reading as we share some details about the 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition, which is the recipient of some special exterior and interior treatments.
What's New for 2025?
When a vehicle is as good as the CX-30, there's really no reason to change the formula dramatically. For the 2025 model year, the feature-filled CX-30 sees few changes. Upgrades are applied to the infotainment connectivity technology, and the exterior color choices now include a new Aero Gray finish. The full 2025 trim lineup includes the Carbon Edition and eight trim levels.
2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition Exterior
The 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition features a body built on the superb Mazda3's underpinnings that endow the CX-30 with excellent road manners. The 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition is a compact 173 inches long, 70.7 inches wide, and stands 61.7 inches high, riding on a wheelbase of 104.4 inches. The CX-30 Carbon Edition has a minimum unladen ground clearance of 8 inches.
When penning the exterior of the latest CX-30, Mazda's designers followed their KODO design language to give the CX-30's compact and stylish exterior flowing curves, giving the CX-30 a sense of motion even when parked in your driveway.
Viewing the 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition from the side shows a sporty coupe-like shape with plenty of sporty design accents. The sporty and stylish design includes Mazda's familiar bold front grille, which is finished in gloss black with slim horizontal LED automatic on/off headlights, plus LED daytime running lights.
The CX-30 Carbon Edition, like its siblings, features black molded wheel arches along with black lower body trim. The rear view of the CX-30 Carbon Edition features LED combination taillights plus a roof spoiler in black.
The Carbon Edition also adds key exterior appointments that include:
- Rain-sensing variable-intermittent windshield wipers
- Black folding power side mirrors with integrated turn signals, memory positioning, and tilt-in-reverse function
- Heated side mirrors
- Rear privacy glass
- Power sliding-glass moonroof with one-touch-open feature and interior sunshade
- Aluminum roof rails
The Carbon Edition rolls on 18-inch aluminum alloy wheels fitted with P215/55 R18 all-season tires. The exterior of the 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition is finished exclusively in Polymetal Gray Metallic paint.
2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition Interior
The stylish and elegant interior of the 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition is from a class above, with exceptional Japanese craftsmanship on display. The high standard of fit and finish, as well as high-quality materials, are not often seen in this segment.
The CX-30 Carbon Edition will seat up to five passengers in its cabin that features Carbon Edition trim with exclusive red leather sports seats with adjustable headrests in all seating positions, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and gear selector, an eight-way power seat with power lumbar support and two-position memory, plus heated front seats.
The dashboard offers a seven-inch LCD display with trip odometers and a resettable trip computer showing current and average fuel economy plus distance-to-empty. Further desirable luxury and comfort features include:
- Power windows with one-touch up/down feature
- Speed-sensitive power door locks
- Mazda Advanced Keyless Entry System
- Push Button Start
- Electronic parking brake
- Front map lights and cargo area light
- Vinyl-covered sun visors with extensions
- Steering wheel-mounted audio and cruise control switches
- Climate control system
- Rear air-conditioning vents
- Driver and passenger-side illuminated and covered visor vanity mirrors
The 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition's cabin is spacious, with an EPA passenger space of 94.1 cubic feet, along with generous cargo loading space of 20.2 cubic feet to be found behind the 60/40 split fold-down rear seatback. In-cabin storage is well taken care of with a list of features in the cabin, such as:
- Glove compartment
- Front center console armrest with covered storage compartment
- Front door storage pockets with bottle holders
- Front passenger-side seat back pocket
- Rear center armrest with cup holders
- Overhead console with sunglasses holder
Performance and Powertrain
The 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition is fitted with a SKYACTIV-G 2.5-liter DOHC 4-cylinder with VVT and cylinder deactivation, inducing 191 horsepower @ 6,000 rpm and torque of 186 pound-feet @ 4,000 rpm. The standard SKYACTIV-DRIVE 6-speed electronically controlled sport automatic transmission sends power to all four corners via Mazda's i-ACTIV AWD with Off-road Traction Assist drivetrain.
Safety and Driver-Assistance Features
The 2025 Mazda CX-30 was awarded an IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK award plus an impressive overall rating of five stars from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. All of this is made possible with Mazda's i-ACTIVSENSE suite of safety features. The Carbon Edition offers a fully loaded lineup of safety features that includes:
- 4-wheel disc brakes with four-channel anti-lock braking with brake assist and electronic brake force distribution
- Dual front airbags
- Front and rear seat-mounted side-impact airbags
- Side impact air curtains
- Driver's and front passenger's knee airbag
- 3-point safety belts for front passengers
- Front and rear safety-belt pretensioners with force limiters
- G-Vectoring Control Plus
- Dynamic Stability Control with Traction Control System
- Engine-immobilizer anti-theft system
- Keyless remote panic button (on key fob)
- Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
- LATCH child safety seat anchors & upper tethers
- Child safety rear door locks
- Blind Spot Monitoring
Driver assistance technologies include:
- Smart Brake Support
- Lane Departure Warning with Lane Keep Assist
- Standard Driver Attention Alert System
- Mazda Radar Cruise Control with Stop & Go
- Driver Attention Alert
- High Beam Control
- Rear Seat Alert
- Rear View Monitor
- Rear Cross Traffic Alert
i-ACTIVSENSE Safety Technology
Mazda i-ACTIVSENSE technology, fitted in the CX-30 Carbon Edition, is Mazda's latest driver assistance suite, featuring the latest technology utilizing cameras, radar, and collision mitigation features working together to heighten the driver's awareness and assist in decreasing the chances of a collision.
Mazda's system automatically monitors the Carbon Edition's immediate surroundings, assisting the driver in recognizing any road hazards, helping to avoid potential collisions, and reducing the severity of accidents if they are unavoidable.
The Mazda i-ACTIVSENSE safety suite offers numerous new-generation active safety technologies as mentioned above, including Advanced Smart City Brake Support, Adaptive Cruise Control (also known as Mazda Radar Cruise Control), the Lane Departure Warning System, Blind Spot Monitoring, and Rear Cross Traffic Alert.
Infotainment and Connectivity
The 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition features Mazda's Connect Infotainment system with an 8.8-inch large center digital screen display featuring multi-function commander control by a rotary knob plus voice command. Standard audio equipment comprises an eight-speaker audio system with Mazda Harmonic Acoustics and is fitted with key features of the infotainment system, including:
- SMS text message audio delivery and reply
- Bluetooth hands-free phone and audio streaming capability
- Dual Type-C USB audio inputs
- Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration
- Wireless phone charger
- Mobile 911 automatic emergency notification
- HD Radio™
- Infotainment system voice command
- Multifunction Commander control
- Radio Broadcast Data System program information
Alexa Built-In technology is standard in the Carbon Edition trim and offers the driver an easy and safe hands-free connection to maps, climate control, music, plus more by just using their voice, allowing them to focus their attention on what lies ahead on the road.
Mazda Connected Services
The CX-30 lineup, including the exclusively finished Carbon Edition, features Mazda Connected Services that allow owners to do things such as remotely start their CX-30's engine, check status reports, and perform many more actions through the handy MyMazda App.
Mazda Connected Services is complimentary for new Mazda buyers for 36 months.
Fuel Economy and MPG
The 2025 CX-30 Carbon Edition's naturally aspirated 2.5-liter engine offers an EPA-estimated fuel economy of 26 / 33 / 29 mpg city/highway/combined.
2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition Pricing
Buyers of the 2025 model year Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition will need to part with a sum of $30,140 starting MSRP to enjoy this stylish compact crossover.
CX-30 Carbon Edition vs. Other Trim Levels
Owners get to drive a vehicle with some exclusive looks in the CX-30 Carbon Edition that takes all the exciting styling and exterior and interior features of other trim levels and adds some exclusivity. The standout looks are thanks to an exterior finished in a trim-exclusive paint color, along with a standout and exclusive trimmed interior featuring a highly desirable lineup of luxury, comfort, and convenience equipment.
Get Your Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition at Central Mazda
Be sure to visit or contact Central Mazda, located in Plainfield, CT, where you will get to enjoy our amazing customer service. Our dedicated team will gladly book you a test drive and show you more of the stylish 2025 Mazda CX-30 Carbon Edition. Central Mazda provides each and every valued customer with a well-informed and professional buying experience.
