 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I'm Gold Pony at the new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today, we're in the brand new 2024 Mazda 3 sedan, courtesy of Hanover Mazda and Hanover PA, for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So today we're in this one because all-wheel drive is actually available. Of course, the Mazda 3 is known to be a very fun car to drive as well. And it's gonna be competing with other cars like the Civic, like the Corolla, like the Elantra, just to name a few. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering wheel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust, but 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. And so as you can imagine, there are a few different trim levels for the 2024 Mazda 3 sedan. First one being the base, starting at 24,170, select sport, which is the one we were in today, starting at 24,690, preferred for 26,190, carbon edition for $29,060. Then there is the carbon turbo for 31,750 and lastly the turbo premium plus, going for $35,450. And so the way that works, I said all-wheel drive is available for those last three trim levels, all-wheel drive comes standard for the first three trim levels, front wheel drive is only available. So that is how that is all set up. But as you can imagine with all of these trim levels, there are a couple of different power plants for the Mazda 3 sedan. First one being the one we are in today, belonging to all of the non-turbo trim levels, of course. That one is powered by a 2.5 liter naturally aspirated inline four cylinder, putting out 191 horsepower to 6,000 RPM, 186 pound-feet of torque coming in at 4,000 RPM. That power being set to front wheels or all wheels through a six-speed automatic, zero to 60 time for this one, approximately seven seconds flat. Red line coming in at 6,500 RPM with MPG numbers coming into 28 in the city, 37 on the highway, taking regular unleaded fuel. But so then there is that other engine configuration, of course, belonging to the turbo trim levels. That one is powered by a 2.5 liter turbocharged four cylinder, putting out 250 horsepower with premium unleaded fuel, 227 with regular unleaded fuel, but then 320 pound-feet of torque with a premium unleaded fuel, 310 pound-feet with the regular unleaded fuel. So that's kind of interesting, but power being set to all four wheels through a six-speed automatic, zero to 60 time for that engine, approximately 5.6 seconds. That is plenty respectable there. Red line 6,300 RPM with MPG numbers coming in at 23 in the city, 32 on the highway. That's still kind of impressive, taking regular or premium unleaded fuel. But so now before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in the Mazda 3 sedan, and do what I mentioned to you guys, there is a sport driving mode, and that is a silver toggle switch located just to the left of the shifter. You just press that up, and then it's going to display a little orange sport icon within the digital portion of the gauges, letting me know I am in that sport driving mode, adjusting things like the shift points and the throttle response. And now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find it straight away. Let's put the acceleration here to the test, and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2024 Mazda 3 sedan here up to speed. All right, here it is, you guys, in three, two, one, go. Ah! It's wet out, what do you expect? Honestly, 0 to 60 in seven seconds flat there, that's kind of respectable. That's pretty darn quick. You're not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway, but if you live in an area where it rains a lot or it snows a lot, maybe all-wheel drive is an option you may want to consider. And that's cool that the Mazda 3 offers the all-wheel drive, because not all compact cars offer all-wheel drive. This is one of the few actually, so it's pretty cool, but you will sacrifice MPGs a little bit if you go with that all-wheel drive, but still, you don't want to slip like I just did. Anyways, that wasn't actually that bad. I still had somewhat decent traction, so it didn't bother me, but anyways, too long at that acceleration as always, braking is equally important, and actually, the braking is dang good in the Mazda 3 sedan, so here's why. Four-wheel disc brakes do come standard, of course, as expected these days, but 60-zero stopping distance, that comes in at 112 feet, so typically with sedans, you find 120, 125, somewhere in that ballpark, so 112 feet, that's definitely a sports sedan number right there. That is a brilliant number when it comes to stopping. As far as braking feel goes, it does immediately bring you to a stop. I love the braking feel too. It's not a super firm braking feel, but it's not like a squishy braking feel either. It's just right. It's the perfect braking feel for the Mazda 3 sedan. I'll just put it that way, but then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're gonna get an independent McPherson straight-front suspension. In the back, Torsen beam rear axle, as far as ride quality goes, it's actually not been that bad on my short little test drive here today, so it's absorbing Hannover's road and perfectionist quite nicely. I will say, I remember driving over the super bumpy roads that we just went over there with the Civic, you felt everything with the Civic. I can tell you at least the Mazda 3 sedan is a much better ride quality than the Civic. I'll just put it that way for what it's worth, but as far as steering feel goes, that's where Mazda crushes it every single time. It's weighted on the heavier side of things that has such a nice feel to it, instantly putting you in the direction that you wanna go. So if you want a car that's gonna be a little more enjoyable to drive compared to some of the competition, the Mazda 3 sedan is definitely a solid pick, and the Mazda 3 hatchback for that matter, but I already reviewed that car, but yeah, it's an excellent steering feel in the Mazda 3 sedan without a doubt. As far as cabin noise goes, is we're going nowhere, sitting at a stop sign right now, it's pretty good. So anyways, it's been perfectly fine in my short little test drive here today, actually get a little bit of rain noise because it's raining, but other than that, the road noise and the wind noise coming into the cabin, it's really non-existent, it's pretty darn good. So going over some rain right now, but other than that, it's brilliant. I definitely don't have any issues there. That touching on rear visibility because this is a sedan and not the hatchback, that's the big difference between the two, the rear visibility, the blind spots in the hatchback are absolutely insane, but if you wanted to get rid of that, you got the sedan. This is brilliant visibility in this Mazda 3 sedan, so definitely not gonna have any issues there. Did what I also mentioned though, another big plus when it comes to forward visibility is that rain-sensing windshield wipers actually do come standard for every single trim level across the board, so I have them on right now actually. So whenever this thing detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's gonna automatically turn on the windshield wipers so I don't have to keep adjusting the intermittent-ness if that's a word because of the, you know, how heavy the rainfall is, so just keep it on that automatic mode. You don't have to worry about it. You can better focus more of your attention on actually enjoying the drive because it is an enjoyable drive here in the Mazda 3 sedan. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Mazda 3 sedan. All right, so here she is, you guys, the new 2024 Mazda 3 sedan finished in Soul Red Crystal Metallic. In case you were curious of the exact exterior color name that we had on this one here today, but as always, let's go ahead and start with where the Mazda 3 is made. Taking a look at the bin, first character is the number three indicating that the Mazda 3 is built and assembled in Mexico actually, as a lot of vehicles have been lately that I've been looking at, but let's go ahead and start up front on this one, matte black front grille coming standard with that base trim level. However, all other trim levels will find a gloss black front grille in case you were curious about that. LED headlights with LED daytime running lights do come standard. Did you get the automatic feature 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. Then when that vehicle is gone, it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you there. But if you went with the turbo premium plus trim level, I will say you will also get an adaptive front lighting system. That is a safety feature in itself. So when you're going around a bed at night, the 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 an alien or a Sasquatch or whatever the case. So that's pretty darn cool. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the front end of this one. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now since we are around to the side of the Mazda 3 sedan, good looking side profile actually, but chrome upper window trim does come standard. Taking a look at the side mirrors, they are body colored or gloss black side mirrors. They will be power adjustable. Select sport trim level and up is going to give you heated side mirrors with integrated turd signals. That's what you guys are looking at, of course. And the memory settings coming with the preferred trim level and up. Then taking a look down at the wheel setup, 16 inch alloys is going to come with that base trim level. However, all other trim levels are going to get 18 inch alloys. In our particular case, it's finished in gloss black. So that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Listen, I'll go ahead and swing around to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one, black rear spoiler coming with the turbo premium plus trim level only if you wanted a rear spoiler, that's how you're going to go ahead and get that. But should have probably mentioned there's actually no body colored shark fin antenna or any kind of antenna up top. So another clean look much like Mercedes Benz and BMW does. So definitely a big fan of that. LED tail lights do come standard on all trim levels across the board. Gotta love that. Also just below, thank you Mazda for exposing the exhaust. They look amazing, but 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. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the Mazda 3 sedan, when it comes to opening that rear trunk, there is a button on the key fob. There's actually also a kind of hidden button on the trunk itself. It's located on the bottom portion of that Mazda logo. So if you kind of feel underneath of that, it is a rubberized button. So you can open it up that way as well. But once opened up, the cargo capacity comes in at 13.2 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, of course there is a 60-40 split and there's actually some levers in that cargo area to fold down the rear seats from there if you wanted to. But of course you got some cargo lighting back there as well and then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you will find a spare tire, which you guys know I always love to see. But then make your way up to the rear legroom that comes in at 35.1 inches. For reference, I'm an even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Rear center armrest with cup holders if you wanted that, you got to get the select sport trim level and up. Hence the reason we have it today. So got to love that. But a couple of things that I did not see, new USB charging ports unfortunately and no rear ventilation. But having said that, none of the competition gives you rear ventilation either. So no big deal there cause nobody else gets it. So anyways, then make your way up to the front seats, claw seating coming with the base trim level, leatherette seating coming with our select sport but also the preferred trim level too, leather seats coming with the carbon edition trim level and up. Then power adjustable driver seat for the preferred trim level and up, memory settings for the preferred trim level and up and heated front seats for the preferred trim level and up as well. That preferred might be the sweet spot but overalls for seat comfort goes is actually pretty nice. So in the, the kind of side bolsters that kind of holds you in place around the turns too. So I kind of liked that. So as far as seat comfort goes, it was perfectly fine for me. I'll just put it that way. But then taking a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping and is leather wrapped for the select sport trim level and up and then it will be heated. If you go with that top trim level the turbo premium plus, but then make your way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Mazda logo on the one side but all of your buttons are located on the side of the key, the lock unlock, the button to pop the rear trunk there but it is all keyless entry with a push button start. So all I'm going to do here is simply just put my foot in the brake and press that and just start button located just to the left of that climate control information. But then once started up, when it comes to that gauge cluster it is a seven inch LCD display front and center tachometers all the way to your left. Fuel information is to your right but the cool thing is there's an info button located on the left side of the steering wheel and that is where you can kind of change the look of the middle digital portion of the gauges if you wanted to. You could choose to display a digital speedometer with some safety information if you wanted to or if you press it again you got that full analog look although it is a digital screen still. So that is a pretty cool little setup that they got there. Of course you got outside temperature how many miles do you have left until you hit empty? There's trip A, trip B. So basically everything else you would want on the digital portion of the gauges I guess but then making our way to overall interior quality if you wanted to power moonroof go with the preferred trim level and up. That's why we don't have it with those here today. Overhead sunglass holder for the select sport trim level and up. We got that. Dual zoom climate control also select sport trim level and up. So both driver and passenger can set their own individual temperatures there. Frameless rear view mirror with home link for the turbo premium plus trim level only but just the front of the shifter you got a little bit of storage there. You got a couple cup holders surrounding the shifter Mazda finished that in a gloss black finish. I love that a lot of manufacturers like Honda and Toyota for example will finish that in a matte gray or a matte black plastic but Mazda finishes it in gloss black which I love. Then within the center armrest there's actually decent amount of storage there more so than the Corolla I know that a couple USB charging ports in there as well. So that's definitely working for me but overall I think Mazda did a really good job with the interior finishes here. A lot of soft touch material. Got some contrast stitching found just above the passenger side glove box as well as on the doors. Yeah I definitely don't have any issues with that but now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen. There's essentially gonna be two different screens. You got an 8.8 inch infotainment screen for the non turbo trim levels and then you got a 10 and a quarter inch infotainment screen so slightly larger for the turbo trim levels but either way though it's controlled by using the circular dial and buttons located just behind the shifter. It's not a touch screen. Somebody's always gonna ask that. It's a little bit too much of a reach for it to be a touch screen anyways but I will say it's super easy to use so it's easy to get used to. It's got Bluetooth and audio streaming of course, Android Auto Apple CarPlay. It's gonna be wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay for the carbon edition trim level and up by the way. You can check out your fuel economy if you wanted to up there as well as your radio information of course. So when it comes to the sound systems there's actually three of them. So you're gonna find six speakers for the Boe Select Sport and Prefer Trims. Eight speakers for the carbon edition and carbon turbo and then a 12 speaker Boe sound system for the Turbo Premium Plus. So we do have that six speaker sound system with us here today. So what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio. See what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one. All right, so first let me start by saying that was FM radio again. It wasn't like crystal clear, serious XM. My phone wasn't connected to the car or anything like that. So for that reason, clarity wasn't the best. Maybe it would have been better if, you know there's situations where they're, but the bass, I could feel like the bass was pretty darn good for a six speaker sound system. But with FM radio clarity, not that great. I think it would probably be better with the serious XM. So I'll just put it that way for now. But last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the Mazda 3 in reverse. You will find a rear view camera. 360 degree monitor actually does come on the Turbo Premium Plus. Of course we don't have that but it is pretty high definition. So I didn't mind it, but as always that it's going to lead us into safety. And so let me start with my favorite part, IIHS top safety pick plus, which is the very highest rating given by IIHS that pretty much says it all right there. Front side, side curtain airbags do come standard driver and passenger knee airbags as well. In the back, you're going to have latch, AKA lower anchors to the Tethister children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, temperature monitoring system, but also coming standard. Lane departure warning, lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control with stop and go, driver attention alert, and actually a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert. Usually you don't find that coming standard. So well done Mazda, but overall what a custom my final thoughts in the Mazda 3 sedan, excellent safety. I love starting without, especially if you're going to have kids in the back or anybody else in the car or even yourself, still you want to be safe. That's all I'm saying. So it doesn't get better than an IIHS top safety pick plus is steering field. Driving dynamics are amazing in the Mazda 3. And typically most Mazdas will give you that. It's an incredible steering feel, 60 to 0 and 112 feet, incredible braking as well. So just great driving dynamics all around. I love that all wheel drive is available for the Mazda 3 as well. You can't say that for the Civic, I'm just saying. So anyways, as far as the room for improvement goes, I would probably add some multicolor ambient lighting. And I always say this with Mazda, the 10 and two grips as far as the steering wheel goes, they're kind of small. So they kind of remind me of like a Volkswagen Beetle. So if you're driving a more enjoyable car to drive like the Mazda 3, typically you have a little thicker grips. Kind of like BMW M cars or really any kind of sports car. They have thicker grips. And this kind of feels like you're driving a sports car towards certain degrees. So Mazda, if you're watching this, just thicken up the grips a little bit and then I'm happy. But anyways, let me know what you guys think in the Mazda 3 sedan in the comment section below. That is about it for this one. You guys, thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media if you wanted to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube. 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