imported_eric

What does everybody think about the mazda3. both hatch and sedan?

Whiplash

me likes..

imported_Mr.Civic

same..........i like them both..........hatch more

imported_Joker

hatch more ...looks ok not amazingly cool but ok

chanyeehon

i dont like the front
but the back looks great

T-Shirt Ninja

Secksier than the protege, chunkier now, the way they made corolla chunkier

imported_SiR_YO

Canadian car of the year (in it's class) ... trying to convince my gf's family to get one..

Mirai Trunks

awesome car...rides great...interior is beautiful. definately the best entry level car out there...esthetically. but with all those ties to ford, the long term reliability will b interesting to see...

Crash_Rx7

my cousin just bought a mazda3, they are pretty sweet cars...
too bad his is automatic.. hatchie for sure is nicer, pretty peppy and way better then the mp5. front end if so beatiful...
nice car, but not for me

SpikeyLee

Love 'em!!

Those hatches look fantastic, especially in that gorgeous blue colour!! I like the sedans too, but those hatches look 100 times better!!

imported_toyman29

dont quote me on this but i heard it shares the same engine as the ford focus??
can someone 2nd that?

imported_soso

I dunno if it's the mazda 3, but I heard one of the new mazdas are already started to rust a bit?? what's that bout? and I also heard mazda didn't wanna do anything bout it. I think someone on this board mentioned it.

SpikeyLee

^----- It was the Mazda 6.

imported_eric

it does share the motor with the focus.
its a mazda engine that ford uses i believe not the other way around.

imported_toyman29

well,

that would be weird b/c the mazda3 is new
and the focus has been around longer

so that means if the focus uses the same engine as the mazda3..
then then changed their engine for the 2004 model focus?? which looks pretty much the same as the older ones?? i dont see the logic in that..

DoubaD

when i think mazda i think ford, and i think ford is garbage, making mazda a prettier version of fords garbage
very prety tho
hatch is pretty sweet, needs to be 2 door though

imported_InVaDeR_HB

Ya I love the mazda blue Im painting my hatch that color...

imported_eric

the motors are essentially the same but on the focus it doesnt have variable valve timing, on the 3 it does...the 3 has more power as well over the focus. just to name a few differences.
the 2.3l variant is also shared with the mazda6.

and as for when the focus started using the same motor on the 3 im not sure, maybe they did change for '04.

imported_EG4door

Overall the car looks nice, but it's not my taste. Doesn't the Mazda3 use the same chassis as the Focus? Correct me if I'm wrong.

imported_toyman29

damn if the madza3 uses the same engine and chassis of the focus... thats dissapointing

that means mazda3 is a restyled and rebadged ford

i bet most of the mazda3 owners dont know this