The Mazda3 Sport introduces unmistakable Mazda styling and functional intelligence. As with all Mazda vehicles, Mazda3 Sport's design is dynamic and strong with a road presence that visually communicates the exciting, fun-to-drive character that is the essence of "Zoom-Zoom".
"As for the top's operation, it takes a grand total of 12 seconds to raise or lower the top. Simply throw the single headliner latch, press a button and the rear deck panel seems to levitate away from the car. The hinged top folds one way while the rear window rotates another; the panels palm together and slip into a compartment behind the seats. Aesthetically, you couldn't ask for a better integration."
— Latimes.com 09/06
"Also unchanged is the MX-5's eager and enchanting behavior. Feather-light, darty and capering, the MX-5 is like throwing a saddle on Tinker Bell. Few cars answer to the reins as willingly or as well as the MX-5"
— Latimes.com 09/06
TOP MILEAGE BY CLASS
"Category –Two Seater: #1 Mazda MX-5 MT 25/30""
— Detroit Free Press 10/2006
"With the 2006 redesign, Mazda took a good thing and made it better. Yet its steering, handling and rear-wheel drive with perfect weight distribution make it a blast to drive. It lets you go sideways all you want without ever becoming unmanageable. Best of all, it's affordable."
— LA Times 06/06 ("New Best Bets", sports car comparisons)
"When the third-generation MX-5 arrived last fall, we fell in love with Mazda's roadster all over again."
— Car and Driver 8/06
"The new MX-5 is a car that envelopes you — physically and emotionally — delivering the light, nimble, quick essences of a roadster."
— Motor Trend 1/06
"The gearboxes were also spot-on, with every shift coming not only crisply and precisely but also with a certain mechanical 'snick'..."
— Forbes.com 04/03/06
"All things considered, Mazda is still the established master of the compact roadster game."
— Motor Trend
(winning a comparison test against the Pontiac Solstice)
"But the biggest reason the Miata took this one is the simple fact that it's 10 billion times more fun to drive. It's more responsive. Its engine is livelier and its gearbox feels like it was plucked from a shifter kart. It also has more steering feel, and it stops better."
— Edmunds.com (Comparison test versus Pontiac Solstice)
"Managing weight, improving antidive and antisquat, stiffening steering, and improving brake response and rigidity are among the most important factors in making the new Miata feel as sensational to drive as it ever did, with everything operating in perfect harmony at a higher level."
— AUTOMOBILE Magazine
"Sometimes, an automatic chokes the life out of a sports car, but this MX-5’s dynamics are every bit as playful as its manual counterpart’s." (MX-5 Sport Automatic)
— Car and Driver 8/06
"The Mazda is tidier, yet more practical package, narrower in the waist and lighter overall and a bit quicker to 60 MPH vs. Saturn Sky."
— Road & Track 06/2006
"The MX-5 is solid as a rock, a car of real substance. That's the first thing you notice after admiring how perfectly the little shift lever snicks through the six gears and the surprising amount of acceleration and sustained torque; 90 percent of the peak 140 lb-ft of torque is available from 2500 rpm to the 6700-rpm redline."
— AUTOMOBILE Magazine
"Throw in the fact that the Miata's engine sounds better, is smoother and out-sprints the Solstice through a lighter clutch, and it's clear which car's drivetrain we prefer."
— Edmunds.com
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