Recent content by swanniebird

Just ordered mine today :) Can't wait for it to arrive! My order price was just a smidge under invoice :) I got a Red Soul Metallic sGT with the new tech package, door sill trim, cargo tray, cargo net, all-weather floor mats, gas/brake/dead alloy pedals, and rear spoiler for $29,435 before...

This video was back in September right around launch in the US and all the rumors started circling about a manual on the 2.5. I suspect that this video is half true half false. True in the sense that, yes the manual was coming on the 2.5 (which it has already), but false because that didn't...

Does anyone have this system on their car without the rear parking sensors? I'm wondering how this works without those. Does it beep when something comes up or only flash on the screen? It doesn't make sense to me how the tech package adds this feature but the parking sensors are still an option...

The new 3's do have a sport mode with the automatic transmission. You push the button and it increases the acceleration pedal pressure to stiffen it's response. It also holds the shift points at red-line for a few seconds before it automatically upshifts for you (give you the chance to shift...

I just replied to a similar thread on another section of the forums here: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123836616-14-3s-MT-Release

On one of the other threads someone said that a 6MT for the 2.5 3 "was confirmed" but I don't believe that to be true. I spoke with a corporate representative from Mazda at the Philly Auto Show yesterday (2/8/14) and this is what I was told. "The Mazda 3 sGT with the 2.5L engine and a 6MT...