New Mazda3 arrives in October - The Ball

The world premiere of the new Mazda3 occurred simultaneously in various parts of the globe, in addition to New York and Melbourne (Australia), the cities of Istanbul, London and St. Petersburg (Russia) were of European stage media presentation of the new compact 5-door, which, apparently, will go on sale in Portugal from autumn (late September / early October).

«bestseller» Japanese brand will integrate the most Recent technology brand (SkyActiv) and also incorporates the new Kodo design language, already begun with the recent Mazda6.

In aesthetic terms, moreover, the Mazda3 is inspired enough in 6, as shown in the entire front section, with grid identical to that of the “brother” greater.

4,465 m in length is measured and the total width is 1.795 m. The height reaches 1.45 meters.
The ability of the trunk is 350 liters, reaching a maximum of 1250 liters with the rear seats folded.

This is the best selling model Mazda of all time (1/3 of current sales) and adopt new generation chassis, transmissions and engines with high efficiency, integrated start-stop system (i-stop) and regeneration of braking energy (i-ELOOP).

The interior was completely redesigned and the dashboard (top) comes into existence monitor type “tablet” (as in Class A Mercedes, for example) that controls various functions and entertainment connectivity, with the first C-segment models to allow connections ‘on line’.

The range consists of the 1.5 petrol engine SkyActiv-G 100 hp (which generate higher expectation in Portugal) and 2.0 SkyActiv-G 120 and 165 hp. Offer Diesel is in charge of propellant SkyActiv-D 2.2 150 hp, although it is expected that this propellant is marketed in our country.

Later, the new Mazda3 diesel engine adopt smaller displacement, but this “schedule” is not even defined. The variant 4 doors (sedan) will be presented
from the Frankfurt Motor Show in September.