Mazda 3 Track Review | Just how well does 3 stack up? 

great review mate. It's hard to understand why car reviewers like you get so little views despite the effort and time you put into your videos. keep them going👍

Great idea to take this car to the track. Mazda should love that it did so well, especially on All-Seasons, regular pads and no special fluid changes.

I've been combing RU-vid for track day experience reviews of the Mazda 3 Turbo. I started looking way back in February '22, when I ordered mine. I'm past 5k miles now and am really happy to have found your video. Subscribed!

Hey I’m a fellow turbo 3 owner to! I took my car to the track as well I have mods done to my car mainly much better tires I was running continental extreme contacts still all seasons but leagues above stock and they were 225s instead of 215s. Front strut bar, corksport axleback and corksport intake. I’d highly recommend all these mods on this car honestly. As you mentioned tires and brakes are this cars biggest weakness as I experienced as well. Different tires helped a lot and so did the front strut bar. The intake is mainly for sound but the axleback I found helped me figure out what the car was doing from sound I used the Paddle shifters. You can also turn all the safety features off on the car by pushing one of the buttons so TC doesn’t interfere. I’ve also dragged the car once. It’s a fun car definitely is and can’t wait for more people to take it out! Great video

Pretty cool. Keep up the good work

I have one in machine metallic grey with the corksport 83mm Corksport cat-back exhaust and the JB4 tune computer. It makes around 300 horsepower and is super fun. It's a 2023 and I've already gotten significant wear on the OEM Bridgestone Turanza tires. I plan on getting new wheels and tires soon. Super sweet car. I've kept up with Maserati's in the knobs (mountains) near me and absolutely love this car.

Great review.

I took my M3T to an autocross event. Bone stock. The trainers loved it, and I shaved a dozen seconds off my initial time after 3 runs. I'm sure with the ExtremeContacts replacing the Bridgestones she'll do much better next time. Next mods are going to be cosmetic (wrap, and full black out). Then, it's on to better brakes!

This car rips in downhills on mountains yet i find myself not having enough power to run the uphill competitively enough without feeling like i was playing catch up on every corner/ flat spot i could. Been seeing tons of these things in the ca touge scene

Love it! Cheers from a 3rd gen owner

I would love to see someone trsting the turbo 3 with propper summer tires. I also drive a turbo 3 and the tires were my first complain. The all seasons that comes woth the 3 are meant for electric and hybrid vehicles, so very little grip.

keeping it in auto and keeping traction control on is insane but cool vid

Good video 👍

Thanks for the help in understanding if it was worth it to pick one up for $500 off this guy. I'll definitely be doing it now even if it is gonna be a couple of years max before I can race it

Wow! I would’ve come along to be your water boy! Elevation and Eau Rouge aside, it reminds me of Spa with the scenery and chicanes. Well done, Jimmy! A track day if in my bucket list. But let me get ahold of a Miata first 🥹

Do you have the track times of all the finishes?

I'd love to see you return with sticky tires and better brakes.

This is the coolest video about the mazda3 I’ve seen on RU-vid. I was on the fence about buying one of these and this pretty much sold me completely. How has your soul red paint held up? I’ve read some have had problems with chipping. Do you have PPF on your car?

That's I'm saying this car is being overlooked I think with proper suspension and stickier tires probaby rear sway bar for more rotation to take advantage for that power on exit.

If you ever get a chance, go to streets if willow in Ca, very technical track which allows my mazda3 to complete with higher hp

Nice job! Looks like a fun track. I just did some charity laps in my 2018 hatch last weekend at VIR and had a blast. Looking forward to doing it some more.

I just bought a Mazda 3, picking it up tomorrow. I love the car and the test drive, but one thing that worries me is the torsion beam. When driving at high speeds and switching lanes aggressively, it really was worrying to see the rear wiggle back and forth, but that was my only critique. Is this something that is noticeable/annoying over time? I used to drive a 22 civic sport and had no issue with this, but overall I like the Mazda more

Give us more input on it's handling dynamics please!

7:10 The track you used looked smooth. The torsion beam suspension WILL make itself known if you hit a mid-corner bump. These situations unsettle the rear and it takes a fraction of a second too long for the chassis to regain composure. Haven't even taken my 3 to the track yet, and just from street driving I can already feel the rear suspension's limitations.

Would an auto be ok too?

As a wheel 2 wheel racecar driver, welcome to the club of being broke for the rest of your life, track life!

Mazda 3 AWD feels like the AE86. An economy grocery getter car that can go fast and has sliding potential. The only difference is the weight of being an AWD and an Automatic.

As a NYer I can tell immediately when someone is Canadian if they say Mazda.

You gotta power slide them comers lol

No it is not. But still a great car. Needs new brakes and suspension. That 6 spd auto is such a bummer too. Needs a manual and/or fast 8spd

Really cheifin on that vape

Dude, you're just coasting on the track, not going for laptime.

'Mauz'-da or 'Mat-su-da'. Never 'Maaz'-da.

This car is not for the track. Too many reasons. No LSD, Too soft, Small brakes, Torsion rear(no adjusments), AWD is not sport orientated, Heavy for that type of car, Unexcited engine etc etc. Its a very good comfortable street car with some good chasis for the street. Thats it. Better ti buy old 3 and put mods. Older 3`s with 2.5 N/A engine can go as fast with some tune and mods. They are lighter and overall more edgy. The N/A engine revs and sounds better. There are tunes/mods to up to 200+hp and rev to 7000 rpm`s. You clearly dont understand what fun track car is. No one will buy this 3 for track days. Waste of money. Not to mention that i30n/Elantra will make circles around this Mazda. Dont get me wrong i drive Mazda 6 and my next car will be Mazda 3 2.5 FWD i like tis cars for the street with some mods. But this is not track cars.

Your English is great 👍 are you esl?