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Originally Posted by Ratmick
On my first Mazda 3, so far so good. I had an issue with the dealer fitted Mazda towbar but that was replaced and all good now.
It’s a sedan (2.5 litre auto) so quiet-as compared to my previous three cars, all of which were hatches.
Solid axle rear end lets the handling down slightly but it is perfectly fine for the way I drive, most of the time.
My daughter in law has an older 2, it’s had a few issues (it was made in Thailand) and an expensive new battery plus the airbox broke a mount (plus it had a weird plumbing issue causing an over-revving problem) but both of these were fixed reasonably easy…and given the lack of preventive maintenance the car experiences probably no great surprise.
My son just bought a CX5, no issues so far…
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Similar, we've got a "zoom zoom" era Mazda 3 Neo (2011 model) from new. Without jinxing it, mechanically it is good, still on original clutch.
From a cosmetic point of view, the quality isn't as good as I expected but it does its job, getting from a->b.
We've also got a post "zoom zoom" era CX5 (2017), again without jinxing it, mechanically good, quality inside and out is generations ahead of the 3 we have, it's just a nice car to be in. I couldn't care less about the on limit handling of it, we didn't buy it for that but it handles OK for a SUV.
I think the only faults I have with it are the entertainment system is running on a processor harvested from a 286 PC and the 2.5l 4 cylinder is a bit thirsty.
Both are cheap as chips to service too.