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SEPTEMBER 7 - 13 | 2018
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POCKET ROCKET: Bold styling and bright colours mean Mazda CX-3 models are giving our roads a little ray of sunshine.
MAZDA continues its fast paced assault on the Australian car market, this time with its smallest SUV, the CX-3 receiving a facelift, major interior changes, added comfort and improved engines. The frontal styling of all current Mazdas is arguably the biggest reason for its success and the shape has been refined with a bolder grille built around strong horizontal lines. There are also changes to the shaping of the front foglight surrounds as well as to the rear lights. It’s not just the shape that’s selling Mazdas, the Soul Red paint is a real standout and is accounting for something like 20 to 30 per cent of sales depending on model. My well-known dislike for the
By EWAN KENNEDY 500 shades of grey that haunt our roads is gradually being offset by an increasing number of bright red Mazdas. Yippee. Inside, Mazda CX-3 has a revised centre console centred around an electric parking brake, which is now standard on all variants. The Mazda Command Controller for the infotainment system has been moved forward to make its operation easier to work. A folding padded lid is used on the console box, doubling as a comfortable central armrest for the front passenger. Talking of infotainment Mazda continues to drag the chain as Apple CarPlay and
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Android Auto are still not fitted to any of their range. The company is somewhat embarrassed about this but hopes to rectify the situation within months. Existing vehicles from 2014 onwards will be able to have the systems retrofitted. Urethane foam with a high-damping quality give greater ride comfort. Seat upholstery has been changed to full leather on the high grade models. High grade sTouring and Akari also get a new anti-glare interior rear-vision mirror that automatically cuts glare, dimming the reflections of strong, bright lights. A reversing camera is now fitted to all grades. The topline Mazda CX-3 Akari has a 360-degree View Monitor and Radar
Cruise Control. New Mazda CX-3 is available in four model grades, two of which have been given modified names: Neo and Maxx are now called Neo Sport and Maxx Sport. The sTouring and the Akari models retain their previous nomenclature. Dynamics have been improved by slight, but important revisions of the Electric Power Steering (EPS) setup. The Mazda CX-3 SKYACTIV-G 2.0-litre petrol engine revisions improve economy and give it quicker throttle response. Power and torque are both up marginally, from 110kW to 111kW and torque from 192Nm to 195Nm at 2800rpm.
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