2017 Mazda 3 2.5L Manual Hatchback

Mazda has shuffled the 3’s lineup a bit for 2017, doing away with the confusing i and s trim designations, moving advanced safety content into cheaper models, fiddling with the front and rear bumper designs, and adding G-Vectoring Control. Mazda also tells us it worked to reduce noise in the cabin; our tests recorded 71 decibels at 70 mph in this vehicle, versus 72 decibels that we measured in a 2015 model with the same power train.