 Welcome back to another one. If you're new to this channel, I am Gulf Honeadji, new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2024 Mazda 3 hatchback, courtesy of Jack G. Ombalvo Mazda in York, PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So we are in this one today because this thing is known for its excellent driving dynamics. I am super excited to be testing that out. All-wheel drive is also available, which you cannot say for the Civic. So that is another plus for this one as well. And there is one major change for the 2024 Mazda 3 hatchback. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. It says, you can imagine there are so many different trim levels for the 2024 Mazda 3 hatchback. First one being select sports, starting at $25,690. Preferred for $27,390. Carbon Edition for $30,260. Premium for $30,350. Carbon Turbo, which is a new trim level for $32,950. And lastly, the Turbo Premium Plus for $36,650. And by the way, we do have the preferred trim level with us here today. But as you can imagine with all of these trim levels, there are a couple different power plants available from the Mazda 3 hatch. First one belonging to all the non-turbo trim levels. No one is powered by 2.5-liter naturally aspirated inline four-cylinder, putting out 191 horsepower at 6,000 RPM, 186 pound-feet of torque coming in at 4,000 RPM, power being sent to front wheels or all wheels through either a six-speed manual or a six-speed automatic. And the six-speed manual that is available for the premium trim level only in case you were curious about that. Overall, zero to 60 time, approximately 7.6 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 26 in the city, 36 in the highway for the front-wheel drive automatic, 26 city, 33 on the highway for the all-wheel drive automatic, and lastly, 26 city, 36 on the highway for the front-wheel drive manual configuration. All of those taking regular, I'll let it fuel. But so then there is that other engine configuration of course belonging to the turbocharged trim levels. That one is a 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder putting out 250 horsepower at 5,000 RPM, 320 pound-feet of torque coming in at 2,500 RPM, power sent to all four wheels only. That is an all-wheel drive system only for the turbocharged engines. You gotta love that. Through a six-speed automatic, zero to 60 time, approximately 5.6 seconds that is substantially quicker. Gotta love that. MPG numbers coming in at 23 in the city, 31 on the highway taking premium unleaded fuel is what is recommended for those higher power numbers. You can use regular unleaded. That is gonna drop those power numbers though. I'm just gonna say that. But before we do any kind of fun acceleration test as we were sitting at this red light right here, I do wanna mention to you guys the drive mode. There is one, it is a sport driving mode. It's a little toggle switch located just to the left of the shifter. It's gonna light up an orange up on the gauges there but essentially that's gonna adjust things like the shift points and the throttle response. So now I haven't got all of that out of the way. What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. I wanna put the acceleration here to the test. Typically at this point I also do a paddle shifter test but I do wanna mention we don't have any paddle shifters with us here today because that is available for the turbo premium plus trim level only. So let's go ahead and find that straightaway. Let's put the monster three hatch to the test and let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, three, two, one, go. Spinning, I'm spinning. There's actually nothing wrong with that. I mean I would have liked to have had all-wheel drive on this thing because it is a little bit colder out today and there is a good bit of power honestly sent to just the front wheels obviously because I was spinning those front wheels. So if there was an all-wheel drive system on this as it is available, I wouldn't have done that. So I don't know. I think I would have preferred all-wheel drive in this thing but having said that, there is plenty of power to merge all to the highway so you're not gonna have any issues there. It was actually kind of fun. I liked that so well done Mazda but you do have the turbo charge engine as well if you really want a good bit of power and that comes standard with the all-wheel drive so you definitely are not gonna have any issues with any slippage on that one but to go along with that acceleration as always braking is equally important. So up front you will find 11 inch ventilated front disc for the non-turbo trim levels and then that gets bumped up actually to 11.6 inch ventilated front discs for the turbo trim levels. In the back it's gonna be the same either way 10.4 inch solid rear disc. As far as that's six easier stopping distance goes that comes in at 120 feet which honestly, that's perfectly impressive. There is nothing wrong with that at all. As far as braking feel goes that has been perfectly fine on my short little test drive today. Definitely bites a little bit on the firmer side of things which I personally prefer especially in a car like this a little sportier in nature. So I do like the braking feel on this thing. Absolutely no issues there. Then touching on suspension and handling up front you're gonna get an independent Mephireson strut front suspension. In the back, torsion beam rear axles as far as ride quality goes actually haven't minded it believe it or not. I thought it would be feeling a good bit more of the road but maybe I'm just kind of taken by the overall driving dynamics that the ride quality isn't even in my mind right now but honestly it's been perfectly fine on my short little test drive here today. I'll just say that. As far as steering feel goes that's what really wins you over when you first start driving the Mazda 3 hatch because the steering feel and the handling it beats everything in its class without a doubt. Haven't driven around 900 cars at this point. I'm telling you nothing can match this when it comes to steering feel and handling not the Civic, definitely not the Corolla not the Elantra, nothing can match this thing when it comes to playfulness and steering feel and handling. So I absolutely love that. If you wanna have a little more fun driving a compact car the Mazda 3 is definitely one you're gonna have to check out because I love driving this thing just based on the weight of the steering being a little bit more on the heavier side of things instantly pointing me in the direction that I wanna go and then just the overall handling of this thing is just absolutely brilliant and that's kind of what Mazda has been known for for the longest time now and they definitely crushed it here in the Mazda 3 so I got no complaints. As far as cabin noise goes is a good test right now we're going 45 miles per hour ish so let me know what you guys are hearing on the road mic right now. Honestly, I haven't minded it in my short little test drive here today so no issues for me personally. Then touching on visibility as far as rear visibility goes, it's okay. Honestly, I can see perfectly fine out the back. Now having said that when I first backed out at the parking spot at the dealership I will say there's back two corners there's some blind spots there but that's kind of made up for with the rear view camera because most rear view cameras it's not as wide angle of a lens as the one here in the Mazda 3 so because of that super wide angle lens in the rear view camera I was actually able to see perfectly fine when I was backing up but like I said there are some beefy back quarters there so you're gonna have some blind spots I'm just gonna be honest there but as far as forward visibility goes one of the cool things is rain sensing windshield wipers actually do come standard on every single trim level of the Mazda 3 so that is pretty darn cool whenever it detects any kind of mist or rainfall it's gonna automatically turn on the windshield wipers for you it's kind of like automatic headlights it's just one less thing you got to worry about so you get better focus more of your attention on actually enjoying the drive in the Mazda 3 hatch because it is an enjoyable drive but anyways that pretty much rounds up the performance segment of this review guys let's not go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Mazda 3 hatchback All right so here she is you guys the new 2024 Mazda 3 hatchback finished in deep crystal blue mica in case you were curious of our exact exterior color name that we had on this one here today let me go ahead and touch on that new trim level here because it does add a lot of different exterior accents so that new carbon turbo trim is gonna add a Zircon Sand Metallic paint that is the exact paint color it's gonna add a lot of dark trim on the exterior as well along with some gloss black wheels so that's gonna be the substantial change for the 2024 model year so I did want to touch on that first but so always let's go ahead and start with where the Mazda 3 hatch is made taking a look at the VIN first character is the letter J indicating that the Mazda 3 hatch is built and assembled in Japan JDM baby but let's go ahead and start up front on this one gloss black front grille will come standard LED headlights do come standard for all trim levels across the board with LED daytime running lights you do get the automatic feature as well along with automatic high beams so if you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams and when that vehicle is gone it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you there so super convenient there signature LED headlights coming with the premium and premium plus trim levels but did want to also mention there is an adaptive front lighting system for the premium and premium plus trim levels as well I love that one essential with that is is when you're going around at bend at night those headlights are going to swivel based on the direction of your steering angle better help illuminating what is around that bend so you're less likely to hit a deer or a robot or an alien or whatever the case so that is a pretty darn nice because safety feature really in itself I do love the front end I still think it looks dang good I remember seeing the Mazda Kai concept at the New York auto show that looks good and this looks pretty darn similar to it so I love it that pretty much rounds out the front end let's now go ahead and make our way to the side all right so been out since we are around to the side of the Mazda 3 hatch chrome belt line molding does come standard power adjustable black side mirrors for the select sport carbon edition and turbo trims but then body colored side mirrors for the preferred and premium trim level so that's what you guys are looking at of course but side mirrors are heated for all trim levels as well you also do actually get LED integrated turd signals for all trim levels yet again but then take a look down at the wheel setup it's actually going to be the same size coming into 18 inch aluminum alloy wheels for all trim levels across the board however the finishes are going to differ a little bit dependent upon the trim levels like for example some gloss black finishes for the turbo trim levels and so on so anyways that pretty much rounds out the side profile let's now go ahead and make our way to the back all right so now since we are around to the back of this one first thing I want to actually point out here is a lot of times you're going to find a body colored shark fin antenna all the way up top on the roof there there actually is none so very clean look up top I do like that that's something Mercedes has been doing a lot lately too so kind of getting rid of that shark fin antenna up top much cleaner look in my opinion but rear spoiler with an integrated brake light does come standard you got the rear window wiper affixiated to the rear glass of course LED tail lights and a freakishly cool design as always I do like that just below it all you're going to find a little bit of gloss black accents on the lower portion of that rear bumper there but to the sides I love this dual exhaust outlets with chrome tips so having said that I do believe you guys know what we have to do next here as always here is that exhaust clip and so now since we are around to the back of the Mazda 3 hatch when it comes to opening that rear tailgate it is a manual tailgate it simply just needs to be unlocked and there is a rubberized button on the tailgate itself but once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 20.1 cubic feet if that was not enough space there is a 60-40 split meaning the rear seats do fall down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it there is a LED cargo lighting back there was surprised to see that a lot of times you find halogen bulbs in the back cargo cover also comes standard I liked that as well we do have a cargo net back there so I liked seeing that and if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor you are going to find a spare tire but the maker of way up to the rear legroom that comes in at 35.1 inches for reference I mean even six feet tall this is how much space I have back there rear center armrest with cupholders does come standard across the board so you gotta love that and of course no rear ventilation and you don't have it on the Civic or the Corolla or really any of the vehicles in this class so we don't expect that but would have loved to have seen some charging ports though I'll say that but the maker of way up to the front seats leatherette seating coming with the select sport preferred and carbon turbo leather seating coming with the carbon edition and premium trims perforated leather though coming with the turbo premium plus eight-way power driver seat with two-way power lumbar for the preferred trim level and up heated front seats for the preferred trim level and up as well and since we have that preferred trim level I got to say the seating is plenty comfortable absolutely no issues there so definitely sink into these things and the power lumbar adjustments was plenty fine as well so no issues there then take a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping it is going to be heated for the turbo trim levels but overall definitely telescoped out plenty fine so no issues there either then make our way to the startup let me start by showing you guys the key here you got your Mazda logo on the one side all of your buttons however are on the side of the key you got lock and unlock basically but it is all keyless entry with a push button start so all I am going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that black engine start button look at it kind of by the drivers right knee there and so once started up there is going to be a seven inch digital screen in the middle coming standard for all trim levels tachometer is all the way to your left the digital screen essentially is your speedometer in digital form of course with your fuel information on your right it is also though going to tell you things like your outside temperature and how many miles you have left until you hit empty as well of course trip bay trip bay so pretty much all the basics that you would expect on engage cluster but now let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality here a power moonroof is going to come on the preferred trim level and up overhead sunglass holder for all trim levels across the board you got to love that wireless phone charger for the carbon addition trim level and actually dual zoom climate control come standard on every single trim level across the board now that one kind of surprised me because you don't usually get that on all trims so I did like that but just in front of the shifter do you have a little bit of rubberized storage all the way to the front you got a couple cup holders there as well now one thing I love surrounding the shifter are all the gloss black finishes because traditionally if you look at the Civic and the Corolla at least you will find a bunch of matte black finishes but Mazda went a step above here and finished everything in gloss black which I prefer looks so much more high end so thank you Mazda for doing that just behind the shifter then you will find an okay amount of storage within the center armrests there a couple USB charging ports as well so absolutely no issues there at least for me but so now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen here what you are looking at is an 8.8 inch full color display it is not touch screen the way you adjust it is using the circular dial and buttons located directly behind the shifter and it's pretty easy to use and honestly it would be a reach anyways if it was touch screen I think it does help you better kind of keep your eyes on the road with it being as far up as it is it kind of is better in the driver's line of sight if you were driving to actually control what is on there so I kind of like it for that reason and again you just might take a little bit of getting used to but you got a lot of information up there there's Bluetooth and audio streaming Android Auto Apple CarPlay it is going to be wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay for the carbon edition and the turbo trim levels only factory navigation system is going to come on the premium and premium plus trims there's a fuel efficiency monitor up there as well so that is pretty cool of course you can check out your radio information up there as well and so when it comes to the sound systems there's three different sound systems for the Mazda 3 hatch you're going to get six speakers for the select sport and preferred eight speakers for the carbon edition and carbon turbo and then a 12 speaker Bose sound system for the premium and premium plus so since we have the preferred we do have the six speaker sound system with us here today so guys know what we have to do next year let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's just stop the clarity of this one might have been the weirdest song ever in existence but the odd thing is I feel like all of the sound was coming right up here on kind of the driver's side here not a whole lot of sound coming from the back or even the passenger side so yeah that's an interesting sound system and maybe it's because it was FM radio I don't see a serious XM option on this Mazda 3 hatch unfortunately so maybe if it was a crisper kind of station it would be a little bit better but not my favorite I'll just put it that way but last thing I want to mention you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the Mazda 3 hatch in reverse like I said previously it's kind of this wide angle lens which was definitely appreciative with the blind spots in the back so I could see perfectly fine out of it for that reason so always it's going to lead us into safety and so to start the Mazda 3 hatch is an IIHS top safety pick plus which is the very highest designation given by IIHS that pretty much says it all right there front side side current airbags do come standard but you also do get driver and passenger knee airbags as well in the back you're going to have latch aka lower anchor to tether to children for the rear car seats rear child door locks type pressure monitoring system but also coming standard a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert that does not come standard on the Corolla in this Civic I'm just saying I love that lane departure warning, lane keep assist adaptive cruise control with stop and go and driver attention alert then as well so overall when it comes to my final thoughts of the Mazda 3 hatch excellent steering feel on handling I'm going to lump those together because that is really what makes this car so enjoyable to drive so huge fan of that I love that all wheel drive is available as well because I would have loved to have had that today and obviously the front wheel drive is going to give you little better MPGs but there was a little bit of slipping for me today and it does snow here in Pennsylvania so I like the all wheel drive for that reason it was a little bit more money but it's worth it in my opinion I love that a six speed manual is actually still offered as well that's a rarity these days that's actually a huge rarity these days so big fan of that so as room for improvement goes again you got some blind spots in the back but that's really to be expected from a hatchback and any really fun car for example like the Nissan Z, horrible visibility Camaro, horrible visibility the new Toyota Super, horrible visibility so a lot of the more fun cars you're going to find that and that's kind of to be expected but like I said that wide angle rear view camera kind of makes up for it so I do like that but overall this is a really, really fun car so let me know what you guys think in the Mazda 3 hatch in the comments section below that is about it for this one 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