Here's Your First Decent Look At The Deliciously Curvy New Mazda 3
Here it is, the all-new Mazda 3. Yes, we know you can’t see a whole lot of the saloon and hatchback versions of the car in this darkened teaser image, but there’s just about enough of the hatch’s rump shown to hint that the styling should closely follow that of the Kai concept, which was revealed in Tokyo last year. Just take a look at the image of the show car below, and you’ll see why that’s a very good thing.
It clearly won’t have such gigantic wheels and we can see that the uncovered rear light clusters have gone (they looked great on the concept, but just imagine cleaning them…), but we’re hopeful that the curvaceous shape will be retained.
As for what’s under the bonnet, we can’t be 100 per cent sure, but the 3 will at some point - whether from launch or slightly further down the road - have the option of the new, very efficient high-compression SkyActiv-X engine. The one clue Mazda has given in the press release is that: “The latest SkyActiv engines offer responsive control of vehicle speed in any driving situation.”
We’ll know for sure when the car makes its public debut, confirmed to be at the LA Auto Show in a few weeks.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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While everyone else get hyped over the new Supra, I’m getting hyped over this, with the Skyactiv X engine
I think it will be one of the best engine on the market
It’s such a nice engine. I hope it’s remembered in 15 years time.
Elon Musk has resigned, I bet there will be a headline about it in 15 mins.
Not yet, but soon
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Just checked Google, they simply selected a new chairman to take his now empty place. He is still CEO.
He resigned (as the chairman of Tesla) a while ago, I think CT already covered it.
Well its been over an hour now lol
I jope the peeps in the uk who usually buy Golfs and Astras at least consider this new Mazda once it’s out
Praying for a new Mazdaspeed 3
Mazdaspeed is dead 😭 there will never be another mazdaspeed vehicle again
I’m gonna N U T T
I like it! But that concept….mhm it’s so sexy!
i’ve seen a lot of mazda 3 ricers, but they will eventually extinct after they saw this car
And now the amount of cars painted in 46V is going to skyrocket
Mazda has been impressing me lately. I respect them for finding alternatives to electrical engines.
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