agreed! i just got a '21 cx30 turbo yesterday and the fact that they have a similar (almost identical lol) style to the mazda3 brings the freshness of the 3 back up to "brand new". forever love mazda's design choices lately
Sasquatch Hooker. Great band name. Front looks Mustang-ish...Ford influence...but Mazda and Ford have had a relationship for decades. As usual, great review. Be well.
As the owner of a older Mazda 3, I really enjoyed this review. My first few cars were just ok. I bought each of them because they were in my budget. Then I told myself: treat yourself with a car you truly want to have. Mazda 3, hatchback, 6-speed manual, soul red. Best decision ever. 😊
I also own a 2013 hatchback, and I'm looking to buy one of these, I also have a 2014 Focus ST to trade in on top. So I feel this might be the best of both worlds
Not just that, but the specific reference to how the rear of the nacelles featured holes in the TOS pilot(s) (as opposed to the spheres throughout the rest of the series)...
@@christianbryant5617 a very understated vehicle. one has to know they’re looking at something well engineered. most won’t appreciate it until they take a drive.
Great video! To be honest, from the thumbnail, I thought people were watching for your looks at first, but this is a way more in depth review than I've seen from anyone else! I love the non-conventional but pertinent info and your humor mixed in!
I had to sell my 2020 M3 when the wife got cancer. I miss that damn car. The wife is now cancer free so it was, of course, worth it selling the car. 50 years from now I hope to be done with medical bills so I can get another M3. Great Review!
Wow, so Stoaked on this review ! Spaceship diff found. You nailed the Conundrum that is the Mazda 3 AWD ! Well done. Wildcard with character, looks and brains.(Thanks for the butt confidence ) I have been driving the 2019 AWD for five years, small windows, but I've only changed the oil/filters and battery. Solid build. Sasquatch
Another stunning outfit ! Mazda just keep rolling them out since the advent of the 323. I've owned 4 of those and 2 MPVs. Thanks for the review, Sarah.
I hope Sarah continues to develop her skills and bringing them to life for our entertainment and more importantly automotive education. Words have more leverage more torque when the person turning them has actually turned a wrench.
I have the 2023 Mazda 3 hatch NA with the 6MT. I love it. So comfortable and handles well for what it is. However, there are times I wish it was lighter and RWD. But that is why I also own a Miata. No complaints here with either vehicles. Thanks again for your awesome car reviews!
Love my grand Mazda 3 6 speed manual. Its really fun to drive and very economical on gas. I was super happy to see them offer an AWD version Mazda 3. I wish I had that one up here in the north.
By the way, Sarah, I am watching this video of you opinion this car today because I want to go shopping for one. I am impressed. Thanks for all the information you are awesome.
Thanks! Also for giving us the fuel economy values in l/100km. I'm pretty pleased with my 2l manual drive base trim sedan and I agree with your conclusions. (It's holding itself well after 3 years.)
I remember when the smaller Mazda cars (same goes for Civic) were econoboxes. Despite the hot hatch shortcomings, the engineering in the car is great. Except for rear suspension. All cars need independent suspension.
The bar has changed for this cars. When I was growing up in the 1980s a compact car meant cheap to buy, cheap to feed, cheap to insure. It also meant the seats were milk crates with fabric stretched over them, AC that was an asthmatic blowing through a straw if the car had it, a radio that sounded like an Alexa fizzing out at the bottom of a well, playground quality interiors, and a five line feature list and zero to sixty that was better measured by an appointment calendar, than a stopwatch. Hit something at more than 20 mph and you were not walking away. In the 1990s makers decided to stop punishing the buyers of these cars and started making them bigger and nicer. Now we have the Mazda 3 turbo which can hit 60 in just over 6 seconds, is awash in soft materials, is very quiet, comes with a 12 sp sound system and a 5 star safety rating. It and its peers have become respectable small family cars with the current Civic having a larger interior than the Accord did in the 2000s and so on.
@@timgt5 I guess we’re about the same age, cause that’s how I remember ‘economy cars’ cheap vinyl, rough idling, woefully underpowered. You had to turn off the air conditioning to climb a hill, 13 in. wheels… yeah, I remember those cars.
@@MuahMan according to Mazda's actual site you can get a Carbon Turbo (new for 24) for 32K, the top Premium sedan is 35K fully loaded, the hatch about a grand more. Adjusted for inflation that is not much different than a top trim Mazda Protege from the early 90s
@@timgt5 For sure. There are a couple new cars that stay true to the econobox idea like the Nissan Versa or Mitsubishi Mirage G4. The G4 gets some really bad reviews from auto press, but some owners like the simplicity. It's still much better and safer than a early to mid 1990s economy car.
Older American cars had the wiper squirters in the wiper arms, my 70’s full size Chevies were that way and my 1994 Buick Roadmaster was the last one I had that way . Everyone puts them in the hood or under the back of the hood area. I love the Red interior color, my Impala was red interior, wish I could have gotten Red in my new Ridgeline, not many manufacturers do red anymore . Great review
Amazing was looking at one in the grocery store parking lot Thought maybe it's time to trade in my Chrysler Crossfire 6 speed .thanks young lady you answered all my questions. 😊
Had the first model year of the turbo for 3 months. Drove it off a mountain. Great car 10/10 would crash again. I then bought a jeep but will forever remember my time with the m3.
@@jaeeofficial1542probably speaks to the safety rating of Mazda. Though I might of not crashed in my old WRX so idk it was a mountain gravel pass and I slid off the road down a steep hill in Colorado. Got a couple of feet of air and drove over a small tree. Got lucky because the M3 hit and was stoped by two bigger trees about 80 feet from the road.
I posted a yt short of the recovery. I have a 25 minute video of the recovery that I might edit down. The short shows how steep the mountain is but not where I landed.
Great review and video, as always. Probably my favourite car reviewer and builds. I’m pretty sure the induction/engine sounds are played over the stereo, prob the centre and foot speakers- Bose just programmed and tuned it really really convincingly. I think the stereo is more than capable- it’s probably my favourite part of the car tbh. I would check the audio settings… Cheers
Big foot needs love ❤... lol lol... Love it. Mazda produce great cars. I was lucky to own two MX5's and they were fantastic fun, especially throwing into corners. Great review as always.
Cool review! I have an MS3, and a 2023 non-turbo Mazda3 hatchback. Completely different cars. In fact why I bought the M3 Hatchback. I actually don't mind the rear suspension because I can get it to break out when I want to. It will drift around corners where the MS3 is on rails.
I do really like Mazda styling in general and that one can actually get colors in the interiors. Maybe “BEET” is a reference to the interior leather color? 😉. Loved the Trek reference. Great review and pure class wardrobe. Thank you as always, Sarah. 👍👍👍
Love the Sarah - n - Tuned Reviews... How Could You Not?. Sarah's better than my Internist on an Annual Physical exam. Sarah is much more thorough sticking and pointing around everything, and describing it all to you! And a lot Prettier too, which would demand more regular Health Checks with Dr. Sarah. Great job as always, Sarah.
These got REALLY hard to find, to the point I thought they quick making this variant. Glad to see it back. My 6 has been the best car I've owned in like 35 years.
What are you doing this weekend? I'm going to Tucson to see Sasquatch Hooker. They've got a new album! I love my Celica tshirt but if you sold: "Sasquatch Hooker. Big Foot needs love too" T-shirts, I'd buy it immediately!
I swear the induction growl is straight from the other side of the firewall. Sarah's review of this model three years ago inspired the purchase of a sedan version. But then I saw Gump's super cool Nurburgring decal, so I put a Laguna Seca sticker on the rear quarter window, in honor of the old Mazda Raceway ...
Mazda has absolutely been killing it, the last several years. They make some of the prettiest cars around. And they're one of the few automakers not simply copying what others are building. Others are copying Mazda.
We used to have a cloverleaf on which I once chucked the tail out on a 5k pound 104 in. wheel based 4wd the entire way. That lsd was a must have. The heavy duty handling package had a beefy sway bar with quad shocks. If these modern vehicles offer any performance enhancements do it. I loved the ability it had to do a 180 at speed and parallel park on the opposite side of the street.
If I ever have to go into the Witness Protection Program I'm gonna insist my new name be Harry Cardboard. another great review by one of the best...Ms n-Tunded!
Great car made better with Corksport’s SRI+Tip combined with their cat back exhaust. The front strut bar tightens up the front a little. Waiting on their rear sway bar to come back in stock - hopefully that will make the body roll better. Great review as always - thank you!
Nice video and the best mechanical review I've seen of the car. I have a 23 Turbo sedan and I have to say that I haven't seen the issue you describe with driving the car at speed. I've found it to be incredibly stable, no matter how hard I toss it into a corner. I wonder if somehow the extra length of the sedan contributes to that.
The Bose sound system really demonstrates the type of audience Mazda's really aiming for here: all flash no substance. Oodles of torque but horrible visibility, premium-looking materials but turns out to be fake leather, high price but still with torsion beam suspension, list goes on.
I was considering buying one of these...until I took it on a test drive around the DC beltway. Your comment about high speed stability is spot on. I don't know what is going on but quick moves too avoid Maryland drivers at speeds in excess of the speed limit (because who drives that around here) seem to really freak the car out. It's just a really off platform. I wanted to like it because it looks SO GREAT.
Two mentions: (1) Mazda3 and CX-30 have the Dynamic Pressure Turbo with CX-50 being the only model with twin-scroll. (2) The fake engine sound is coming from the speakers (present only on turbo models) and can be defeated only by unpinning a wire from the Amp (which is under passenger's seat); it feels like is piped in because the front woofers in Mazda3 and CX-30 are not in the doors but in the front cowl for better bass response (you can see them if you look down under the dash).
