As the car industry has introduced so nicely, it comes at some point in the product life cycle of a vehicle to a model. Business Administration speaks of a relaunch. So it goes now also the Mazda 3, which undergoes a comprehensive facelift for the model year 2017. New is not only the design of the front end and the rear. Even in the interior, the Japanese put hand on and upgraded the materials noticeably.
If the interior of the Mazda 3 was not exactly what is called overloaded with buttons and knobs, it is now even tidier. The reason for this: the electric parking brake. More of a horror than a blessing, especially with an active vehicle. In addition to this debatable electronic toy, a heated steering wheel with a new design has found its way into the cockpit of the Mazda 3.
Otherwise, Mazda adapted especially the technology of its compact-class model. The narrowed eyes now emit adaptive LED technology and even provide glare-free and dynamic cornering light. Added to this are LED fog lights. In addition, the Japanese improved the head-up display: With the facelift, it should offer a higher resolution, which now also accommodates the traffic sign recognition in the direct field of view of the driver with their colored representation.
Mazda has also stepped up in terms of safety technology. The 2017 model year now features a city emergency brake assistant that relies on a high-resolution camera instead of laser technology. Background: This technology allows the assistant to function in higher speed ranges and enables pedestrian detection. Another new feature is the cross traffic warning, which is supposed to help when reversing out of parking spaces. Otherwise, the Mazda 3 offers an adaptive cruise control system and a pre-crash safety system.
The driving dynamics control system G-Vectoring Control represents a special treat. It aims to improve the steering behavior by means of a targeted distribution of the torque - controlled by the sensors. In addition, the handling characteristics and ride comfort should benefit from the purely electronic optimization. Equipped with the Mazda 3 is now even more accurate and precise to follow the commands of the driver.
On the other hand, nothing happened with the engines. It remains in Germany with the Skyactive-G gasoline units. In the Mazda 3 they make 100, 120 or 165 PS. The Skyactive Diesel are in the list with 105 or 150 PS. All drives distribute their power as standard via a six-speed manual transmission to the front wheels, which impresses with its short shift travel. Optionally there is a six-speed automatic.
