The Mazda3 will come with two engines: the SKYACTIV 2-liter, 155-horsepower four-cylinder gasoline engine and the SKYACTIV 2.5-liter, 184-horsepower four-cylinder gasoline engine. All trim levels with the 2-liter engine will have the option of choosing either a six-speed automatic transmission or a six-speed manual transmission, but choosing the automatic transmission will cost $1050 over choosing the manual. The 2.5-liter engine can only be optioned on the Touring and Grand Touring trims, and it comes paired exclusively to the six-speed automatic transmission for now.
To tell whether a certain Mazda3 has the 2-liter or 2.5-liter engine, you can look at the letter in front of the trim level name. An "i"symbolizes that the car has the 2-liter engine while an "s" signifies that the 2.5-liter engine is under the hood.
For 2014, the Mazda3 returns with both the sedan and five-door hatchback body styles. The extra cargo room of the hatchback will cost you, as hatchback versions will be $500 more expensive than identically equipped sedans.
The cheapest you can get a 2014 Mazda3 is $17740, including a $795 destination fee. That gets you the i SV, which has features such as push-button start, remote keyless entry, power windows, power locks, a USB and auxiliary ports for the stereo, power-folding mirrors, air conditioning, a single-piece folding rear seat, and disc brakes at all 4 wheels. The i SV is the only trim level that is sedan-only.
Next up is the i Sport. It costs $19240 to start and comes with steering wheel-mounted audio controls, Bluetooth, a trip computer, CD player, map lights, body-color-painted side mirrors, and a 60/40 split folding rear seat.
The $20390 i Touring trim is equipped with 16-inch aluminum wheels, chrome exterior trim, a rear armrest, keyless entry, leather-wrapped steering wheel, shift knob, and handbrake; rear spoiler, blind spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alert. The Touring trim has an available $1600 Touring Technology package that adds a 7-inch touchscreen, a navigation system, a backup camera, automatic dual-zone climate control, XM satellite radio, and a 9-speaker Bose audio system.
The $25390 s Touring trim gains 18-inch wheels, bi-xenon headlights, a piano-black-finished grille, LED daytime running lights, LED taillights, fog lights, paddle shifters, a sport mode for the 6-speed automatic transmission, a head-up display, a power driver's seat, heated front seats, and fake leather seat upholstery and door-panel trim. The Touring Technology package is standard.
The $23540 i Grand Touring adds to the i Touring's feature list a power driver's seat, heated front seats, and fake leather seat upholstery and door-panel trim; and a moonroof. The Touring Technology package from the i Touring trim is optional is optional as well.
At the top of the trim level hierarchy is the $26790 s Grand Touring. It adds automatic headlights with adaptive and automatically-leveling headlights, rain-sensing windshield wipers, automatically-dimming rearview mirror, genuine leather seats, and a moonroof on top of the s Touring's standard features. The s Grand Touring's $1600 Touring Technology has Mazda's i-ELOOP regenerative-braking system, active grille shutters, automatic-high-beam control, lane-departure warning, and a low-speed collision mitigation system.
i sedans with the manual transmission have EPA fuel economy ratings of 30/41 city/highway miles per gallon, and 29/41 city/highway miles per gallon. Subtract 1 mile per gallon from the i sedans' highway ratings and you get the i hatchbacks' fuel economy ratings.
For s models, the sedan model is rated at 28/39 city/highway miles per gallon while the hatchback is rated at 28/37 city/highway miles per gallon. i-ELOOP-equipped s Grand Touring Mazda3s are rated at 29/40 city/highway miles per gallon of the sedan and 29/39 city/highway miles per gallon for the hatchback.
The 2014 Mazda3 goes on sale this September.
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