By Justin Berkowitz
November 25, 2008
While the Mazda3 hatch will officially debut in Bologna in about a week, they’ve released some oddly-angled and useless shots of the car already. Like the current generation Mazda3 sedan and hatch, the 2010 5-door Mazda3 looks quite a lot like the 2010 Mazda3 sedan that we saw in LA. Which is fine. Hey, we all appreciate more hatches, right? No word yet from Mazda if the 5-door car will have both the 2.0 and 2.5 liter engines available in the U.S., or if like the present Mazda3 5-door only the bigger engine will be offered.
[UPDATE: Gallery fixed. Darn computermajigs]
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November 25th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Oops, the last four pictures link to pictures of the sedan…fixed now.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
The hatch really doesn’t look so bad, I think it might take the lines a little better than the sedan. Seems more, idunno, balanced, perhaps.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I agree with kazoomaloo. Just like with the previous generation, the hatch is better looking than the sedan. I like it, but don’t love it. When the ‘04 Mazda3 first came out, I loved it. I loved it so much that I bought one of the first ones off the line, which turned out to be a lemon. If only I had waited until the next model year.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
It is a great looking car, other than the slightly too “happy” look.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
I can’t tell if its a great looking car or not. I wish they’d just take some decent shots that have some semblance of reality. These super-wide angle-tilted 45°-camera on the ground-press shots make it impossible to get an accurate mental picture of the cars actual proportions..
November 25th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
A basking shark called, it wants its face back.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I like the look of the hatch, but it seems to look a lot like the profile of the ‘09 Toyota Matrix.
November 25th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I like the look of the hatch, but it seems to look a lot like the profile of the ‘09 Toyota Matrix.
There’s only so much you can do with a hatchback (or any bodystyle really). You can make it look like a Saab or Prius and slant the rear glass more, or make it look like a small minivan (like the Fit), or you can do something in between.
November 25th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Sweet, sweet, hatchback goodness. It looks much better than the sedan. The sedan seems to have the Nagare design language taped-on with scotch tape but this does “flow” better, if you get my drift. Let’s hope that they keep the speed3 hatchback only!
November 25th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I hope that “sh!t eating grin” is caused by the wide-angle lens and not the car itself.
November 25th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Not bad. But I’m still glad I got an ‘08 hatchback. Though if they offer the 2.0L in the hatch that would be nice. I would have gotten a 2.0L base in the hatch if they offered it.
Definitely still too many buttons in that dash.
November 25th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Edmunds Inside Line has a review driving the new 3. As usual, they do not know what they are talking about:
November 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
The 1% to 2% of Americans who’d consider a hatchback must be excited.
November 25th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Those pictures are useless! I’ll wait to see one in person before judgement.
November 25th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
“The 1% to 2% of Americans who’d consider a hatchback must be excited.”
I don’t understand that comment. After all, what is any minivan, CUV, or SUV? A hatchback!
November 25th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Its looks from the front a lot like the Peugeot 307/308 (not a bad thing). Apart from that it’s good. I have an 04 and apart from the glass suspension it works really well.
November 25th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
From the preliminary pics, I’m liking it a lot more than the sedan. The weight gain that edmunds was talking about bothers me though. It’s a little too big for me, but if the price is right I may check it out. I could go for a 2.5 hatch for 18k. If Mazda offers the same 1k bonus for current Mazda owners that they’re offering on the new 6, I may consider trading in.
November 25th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Might have to get one in black to downplay the smiley face out front. I think that will also tone down the Matrix effect, which seems to be due to the slightly more chunky look this one has. I hope black paint fixes it. Otherwise, if the Volvo dies– it is in the shop for the “last time” right now– I’ll be in the market for a nice used 08 or 09.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
What will it take for them to get rid of those bloody huge triangular blind spots, I mean D-pillars?
November 26th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Can anyone say Peugeot 307?