Mazda3 Sedan Leaked Via Russia

by Derek Kreindler

Published: July 4th, 2013

A fourth of July present from our friends at Top Gear Russia, and it’s not Edward Snowden!

#Mazda #Mazda3 #Mazda6 #Sedan

Derek Kreindler

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Juicy sushi on Jul 04, 2013

Not as nice as the departing sedan. I guess it'll be a hatchback for me.

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NoGoYo on Jul 07, 2013

@EChid: I don't know why car-makers refuse to offer certain things that people would actually want. Brown diesel wagons? I can understand that. But other things seem to be straight up corporate laziness/aggressive beancounting. We can't offer this because it would cost money/require more work than just ignoring the consumers and all that.

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- EChid on Jul 08, 2013
  
  I would be interested to see what would happen if one manufacturer were to only offer a liftback format designed to look as much like a sedan as possible. Would sales be affected? Would people happily convert after having that "aww wow, that makes so much more sense" moment? Unfortunately, no one wants to take that risk (except Mazda with the original 6).
  
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MaintenanceCosts Just here to say thanks for the gorgeous picture of Vancouver, which may be my favorite city in the world.
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Akear The front reminds me of the Pontiac Aztec, though it does look better than that infamous vehicle. I predict they will sell about 5,000 of these annually.
Chris Teague I'm putting the Pilot Sport 4s back on my GR Corolla next week, so all of New England can thank me for the late spring snow storm we'll undoubtedly have right after that.