Fun to drive at a great price
Jean-Luc Ronarch, 08/05/2017
2017 Mazda 3 Grand Touring 4dr Hatchback (2.5L 4cyl 6M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This is great little car. It is fun to drive, very good quality feel, all at a great price.
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An automobile that surprises all
Renan Marchet, 04/01/2017
2017 Mazda 3 Touring 2.5 4dr Hatchback (2.5L 4cyl 6M)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
The car all around is comfortable and very fun to drive. Nothing feels cheap or doesn't make sense. The handling is superior to that of the Civic Hatch and its a lot more engaging with the manual. I think between the quality of the car and the fact that you can get manual on every trim level is a win. My only dislike is the road noise, it can be loud while on uneven roads and highways. However, that doesn't kill the fact that the car is all around amazing.
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Great from the start then...
Bdan, 05/25/2020
2017 Mazda 3 Sport 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6M)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
We bought this car from new. The car has almost 90,000 km now, while i love most aspects of the car there are a few I despise. Weight saving measures are on the extreme here the windshield glass is extremely thin, I think this is a new industry trend but my glass specialist says 1/3 cars he replaces glass on are mazda. By what im saying you can guess the windshield has cracked infact it cracked within the first 4 months. Again at 6 months and 8 months granted they were stone impacts. Many of the other vehicles ive owned have taken hits like this no problem. The next issue with mazda is their paint, dont expect your new mazda to last long in the ways of looking new. We had the car krowned so no rust but any stone impact or other debris impact to the body of the car causes the paint to fleck off in chips. I had the car when new ceramic coated to avoid this issue but im guessing the primer layer isnt bonding with the steel properly. My car at less than 100,000km (60,000mi) looks like a spotted Dalmatian, i regularly fill paint chips but i couldn't keep up with this car. I had a 2010 subaru legacy i had that was traded just before we got the mazda it was black in colour and the salesman thought the car was a year old in black thats hard to do. Every other aspect of the car is very good handling, power. Manual transmission feels and shifts amazing. Overall im happy with the car but would be unlikely to buy one new and take the depreciation hit when the car wont stay looking nice.
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Cheap Answer to a Base A3
SHM, 02/21/2019
2017 Mazda 3 Touring 2.5 4dr Hatchback (2.5L 4cyl 6M)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
If you want European laser steering and terrific handling, great midrange acceleration, CUV like utility without the sacrifices in driving dynamics, this might be your car. It's like a base (even better in areas) than a base Audi A3 at a fraction of the price. Overall quality is excellent. Overall feel behind the wheel is excellent. My 'toy' car is a 500+bhp Corvette Z06. And when I'm unable to drive the Z, this car is a wonderful consolation prize. My main complaints are: the instrument cluster is rubbish. The tach for the manual is a little LCD. Weird because the automatic has a lovely big tach in the center ala Porsche. And there's no interior or remote hatch release. A real PITA in this day and age. The sedan version, however has this. Not the hatchback. Somebody's been smoking something really good in product planning....
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On my 2nd Mazda! Zoom Zoom
Kelly Stafford, 04/02/2018
2017 Mazda 3 Grand Touring 4dr Hatchback (2.5L 4cyl 6M)
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
I have owned 13 vehicles in my lifetime and needless to say never bought the same care twice, out from my Mazda 3. The first Mazda I put over 100,000 - No issues ever, drove it to Snowshoe in the middle of winter and drove through the snow like a 4 wheel drive! Now I am on my next Mazda 3 and so far so good and it is super snazzy looking too!
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