Mazda caused a stir when it swapped out the multi-link rear suspension on the third-gen Mazda3 for a torsion-beam axle on the current fourth-generation model, which debuted in 2019. Alongside the ...

And Mazda’s obsessive nature towards vehicle ... but it shifts smoothly and quickly. I estimate that 0-100 km/h can be accomplished in around five-and-a-half seconds, much fleeter than the non-turbo ...

Last year's Carbon Turbo trim returns as well. A Bose premium audio system is standard on Premium and Turbo Premium Plus models, and optional elsewhere. The Mazda 3 hatchback ... 60 mph in 7.0 ...

Strike one against the Turbo 3: No manual transmission. Dip into the accelerator and you feel that extra torque immediately. Mazda doesn’t officially publish a 0-60 mile-per-hour time ...