British Mag Gets 2014 Mazda3 Photos

by Derek Kreindler

Published: October 18th, 2012

British magazine AutoExpress managed to get its hands on leaked pictures of the 2014 Mazda3.

According to the magazine

“Print-outs of these pictures were delivered to the Auto Express office in an unmarked envelope, and we’ve scanned them so you can take a look.

Mazda UK’s official line is that these are digital renderings, drawn up to show how the Kodo design language translates to new models, rather than a real car. Even so, they’ve been sketched by Mazda’s designers and give us a clear idea of how the next 3 will shape up.”

We couldn’t be happier to see the current Nagare styling language done away with. The gaping open mouth and flame surfacing on certain models was nothing short of an eyesore.

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Rpn453 on Oct 20, 2012

The hatch needs more booty to balance the enormous schnoz.

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Ciddyguy on Oct 21, 2012

Not sure I like this iteration, the back almost looks like a bustle back hatch with its design, and the rear windows looks too small to be of use, and slope too far forward, making the rear cargo area not nearly as practical as the current 3. The front is OK, though I'm not liking that leading edge trim around the lower portion of the grill, and they are reverting back to the similar shaped grill used on the older Mazdas, such as my P5, and the early Mazda 3, though considerably larger than what I have currently. The 3 has always had nice lines since it was introduced in 2004, though with a much more modern stance, and less reserved, but classic styling of the P5, which I also like a lot. That said, I've not been much of a fan of the current car's split head unit where the body of the unit is lower in the dash, the LCD screens in separate pod along the top edge, I'd rather they kept it to one, single unit like in most cars thankyouverymuch, and it's sat nav unit sucked, according to reviews I've seen on it. Otherwise, the current car looks great. However, these are leaked photos, wanna bet it is changed before it actually goes on sale?

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