2014 Mazda 3 Review

The Mazda 3 has always been one of the best-driving compact cars. It's never been what we'd call beautiful--but now it has to be, now that it's up against eye-catching shapes like the Hyundai Elantra, Dodge Dart, and especially the Ford Focus and its hot ST edition. Does this year's new Mazda 3 finally pull it all together?

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[jonnyg]

The 2004-2009 Mazda 3 was most definitely the most beautiful car in its class. 

[oscarlb]

On a different subject, you really need to take a look at your audio. Music too high, your voice varies a lot in volume around the video, it's really annoying especially if you are listening at a low volume. Makes The Car Connection look unprofessional and cheap.

[rottenrowdie]

The gps mounted on the dash made me look at other cars. Awfull design

[pieroroccaysj]

Quite possibly the most annoying and ridiculous review and I've watched a lot of them. First the headroom up front is more than adequate even for tall drivers. He wasn't anywhere near touching the roof in front or in back. Next fingerprint central? It's not a fridge. Next he keeps comparing the car's power to the Focus ST. A fair comparison is a Mazdaspeed3 and a Golf GTI to the Focus ST. It's easy to sway a review by jumping all over trim levels and price classes. Not everyone is looking for a sub 6 second rocket. A 7 second clocking is by no means slow. Kudos on commenting on the design and the transmission merits.