Mazda3 Is the Magic Number
The 2021 Mazda Mazda3 compact sedan offers all of the modest pricing and fuel efficiency of rivals such as the Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla, but boosts the coolness factor way, way up in terms of styling and performance. Now in its third model year after a 2019 redesign, the Mazda3 (base price: $21,645) is available as either a sedan or hatchback with looks and speediness far better than what the utilitarian Japanese compacts of yore offered. I recently checked out a top-of-the-line Mazda3 2.5 Turbo Premium Plus ($32,450 MSRP); here’s what I found.
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