Driven: 2012 Mazda3 Skyactiv (Winding Road Review)

MariesRX8 · 2011-10-26 15:37:25

http://www.windingroad.com/articles/reviews/driven-2012-mazda3-skyactiv/ They like it ;)

Oct 26, 2011 | 10:37 AM

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Driven: 2012 Mazda3 Skyactiv (Winding Road Review)

http://www.windingroad.com/articles/...zda3-skyactiv/

They like it

Oct 27, 2011 | 12:28 AM

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Good article and i'm glad they like it. Mazda is improving once again.

Oct 27, 2011 | 01:40 AM

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REALLY? no way, I thought it's not fast enough like some other review said? it's not punchy cuz it's a Mazda, oh yea that FIT is so fast with 120 hp ...

Nov 13, 2011 | 11:20 AM

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I'd like to know what the hell Mazda was thinking when offering trims/options for this car? You can't get the 6-speed with leather, you can only get 17" wheels with the 2.5 non skyactive engine...all skyactive only come with the beyond ugly 16s. Makes absolutely no sense.

Nov 13, 2011 | 01:44 PM

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Agreed. Mazda has a nack for screwing things like this up. Still, they engineered a great product.

Nov 13, 2011 | 04:28 PM

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Agreed. Mazda has a nack for screwing things like this up. Still, they engineered a great product.

Agreed, SkyActive is gonna be huge but once again, Mazda is a step slow on the execution of the product offering as a whiole. I have no idea what their angle was on these trim combos but they failed miserably. This is the kind of thing that keeps you from being a great car company.