The 2010 Mazda3 five-door is four inches longer than it predecessor with a bigger front smile and slightly larger 2.5-liter inline-4 engine rated at 167 hp and 168 lb-ft of torque mated to a six-speed manual transmission and optional five-speed automatic. The Mazda3 boasts 21 mpg city/29 mpg highway with the six-speed manual transmission. Add 1 mpg in the city with the automatic.
The 2010 Mazda3 five-door was first shown December 3rd at the 2008 Bologna Auto Show in Italy and we saw it without a news conference fanfare in Detroit last week. The MAZDA3 5-Door has a 60/40 split fold-down rear seatback, a large center console and pampers you with dual-zone automatic climate controls, navigation system with a full-color display and a 10-speaker Bose Centerpoint Surround System with AudioPilot, as well as available leather-trimmed seats, an 8-way power-adjustable driver's seat with memory and heated front seats with 5-level variable heat settings.
For my regular blog readers, you know that the Mazda3 five-door is my 18 year old son's dream car so when I sent him a photo from my Blackberry, no surprise that he replied "sexybeast". The Mazda3, sedan and five-door, represented 42% of Mazda's 263,949 U.S. sales in 2008 so the all-new 2010 Mazda3's reception is critically important to the carmaker. The 2010 Mazda3 arrives in showrooms this Spring following its active high-volume trading on the Car Stock Exchange which shuts down this week.
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