The New Mazda 3 has been revealed at the Los Angeles motor show and it is heavily drawn on the recently launched Mazda 2, keeping many of its styling cues, deploying one of its engines and even getting a version of its cabin. The CX-3 will be offered with a choice of front- or four-wheel drive to take on Renault Captur.
The launch images suggest that the CX-3 will be offered with the 2’s head-up display, and the new model should also get the same range of safety technology, including lane departure warning system, blind spot monitoring and city emergency braking.
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There are no specific details on the engines, beyond confirming that the CX-3 will be offered with a 2.0-litre petrol and a 1.5-litre diesel.The standard transmission will be a six-speed manual, but a six-speed automatic will be available with either engine. No performance or efficiency figures have been issued, but with the full range of Mazda’s SkyActiv lightweight construction techniques in effect, we’d expect the front-wheel-drive diesel manual CX-3 to be well below 100g/km of CO2 emissions.
The four-wheel drive system gets the same torque vectoring technology that’s already seen on the CX-5. All engine and gearbox combinations will be offered with front- or four-wheel drive, apart from the diesel auto, which is only available with four-wheel drive.
The CX-3 is due on sale around April. The front-wheel-drive manual CX-3 will be starting at around £15,000. The Japanese marque has also confirmed it will be displaying facelifted versions of the CX-5 and 6 at the LA show, alongside the new MX-5. The CX-3 will go on sale in the middle of next year, priced from around £13,000 and is expected to become the core model in the brand’s growing range.
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