We hinted at it a week ago, but now it’s official: the latest and greatest Mazda3 MPS will be on display at the Melbourne International Motor Show on March 4, mere hours after the car’s official unveiling at the Geneva Auto Show in Switzerland. It’s also been announced that we can expect to see the [...]

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The 2009 Mazda3 MPS won’t be the only car that Mazda will be debuting at the Geneva Motor Show this March, for the Japanese manufacturer has announced that it’ll be taking the wraps off yet another variant of its best-selling hatchback too.

Called the Mazda3 i-stop, this eco-friendly model combines Mazda’s proprietary stop-start system with the [...]

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Mazda Europe has announced that the next generation Mazda3 MPS will be making its global debut at the Geneva Motor Show on March 3, an event that will mark the humble hatchback’s return to the top of Mazda’s performance lineup.

Appropriately vague specs have also been released, and fans of the previous 3 MPS will be [...]

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While Mazda’s Circuit Trial concepts may steal the show at the Mazda stand at the Tokyo Auto Salon running January 9 to 11, the Hiroshima-based carmaker will introduce the all-new Mazda3 with a 111kW 1.6 litre turbo-diesel engine, along with a 2.2 litre 138kW version of the same engine.

These will be offered alongside the regular [...]

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Mazda has released the first salvo of images of its second-generation Mazda3 hatchback, and by golly, it’s even better looking than the sedan.

Due to make its global debut at the Bologna Motor Show on December 3, the Mazda3 five-door hatch is virtually identical to its sedan brother from the B-pillar forward. From there back is [...]

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Although Mazda is on the cusp of releasing the next generation of its evergreen Mazda3, sales figures for the current model show that the small hatchback and sedan is still as popular as ever.

Mazda has announced that it built its two millionth Mazda3 at the end of October, a fantastic achievement for a car that’s [...]

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