This is John Cadogan's Mazda 3 review. It covers the Mazda 3 SP25, Mazda 3 SP25 GT and Mazda 3 SP25 Astina models. It's the new Mazda 3 reviewed in 2014 but still current in 2015. If you want a notionally small car that’s big on performance and loaded with equipment, that's also a solid value proposition, the Mazda 3 SP25 is the car to have on your short list. On objective criteria, the Mazda 3 SP25 model variants are the best conventional small cars on sale in Australia.
There’s no doubt Mazda has done a sensational job on the new Mazda 3 SP25, Mazda 3 SP25 GT and Mazda 3 SP25 Astina - you might get turned off by comparatively minor inconveniences like i-stop, and the instrument cluster could be a hurdle, but everything else about the Mazda3 SP25 is very impressive. Claims you might have heard on the internet about road noise are completely over-blown. It’s refined. Even the app-based centre information display is clever and cool at the same time - and you can’t always say that about carmakers’ proprietary menu-driven systems.
Mazda 3 price: From just under $30,000 to just under $40,000 plus on-road costs, for the SP25 Mazda 3 model variants there’s a lot to like. It’s got me stuffed why anyone would buy an entry-level German car when you get so much more with a fully loaded Mazda 3 SP25 Astina.
Read the full report at John Cadogan's website: www.AutoExpert.com.au - which is also the place to enquire if you want to pick up a new Mazda 3 SP25 (or any other car) at the cheapest possible price.