She’s RED! And she’s stunning. You know that you’ve always wanted a red car. Red cars go faster, right? Now you can have one of your very own. Let me introduce you to her. Her name is Winsome, which is derived from her QLD Rego - WSM, or you can call her Winnie if you want to be really friendly. I don’t know how fast she’ll go - I’ll let you find that out on your first date. Her four new tyres will safely take her to 240 km/hr. That low odometer reading really is very exciting, as she’s been kept rather quiet, dark, and lonely, safe in a locked garage all these past years waiting for you...
This charismatic charmer is blessed with the intelligence of a six CD stacker, a six speaker sound system and cruise control. She also has fire dazzling in her eyes when all her night lights and fog lamps are switched on. She has mesmerizing energy for a driving enthusiast, with a manual 2.0 litre five speed engine. Lastly, she has that pouting “I-know-who-I-am” look of a real red head. Her paint work is better than most her age. How attractive is that, if you want to catch her...
PERFECT FIRST CAR!
Perfect first car for a new driver.
First car buyers will love these features:
This car has air conditioning, making those summer drives a breeze, recently re-gassed, 16" alloy wheels with 4 new premium tires, cruise control, front cup holders, front & rear power windows and rear spoiler.
KEEP SAFE ON THE ROAD WITH THESE FEATURES
A 4 star ANCAP safety rating. This 2007 Mazda 3 Maxx Sport BK Series 2 Manual has driver airbag, side airbags and passenger airbag. It has 6 airbags fitted for your safety. Winsome has been regularly serviced and her log book is included and is up to date - she just had a service at 145,500kms.
THINK BIG WITH THESE EXTRAS
- Remote central locking
- Power door mirrors
Mazda3
Australian Launch
Mike Sinclair 25 July 2006
Melbourne (Vic), July 2006
What we liked
>> Quieter and more refined
>> Balance of handling and ride
>> New five-speed auto on SP23
Not so much
>> Neo base is still very base
>> Steering still sanitised
>> Not much else
OVERVIEW
Since its launch in January 2004 Mazda's small car, the 3, has been a runaway success. In short supply or even back-ordered almost constantly, it has averaged better than 2200 sales per month -- every month.
This year it is the second biggest-selling car in the VFACTs small car segment, behind Toyota's Corolla. With the Mazda selling few if any 3s to fleet purchasers, such as rental car companies and government departments, the little sedan/hatch has taken the battle for private buyers' dollars right up to the top-selling Toyo.
Aussies like the Mazda3 -- in all its variants.
As the saying goes, when you're on a good thing, stick to it. So, it'll take a very keen eye to pick the latest update of the 3.
New for the latter half of 2006, the updated 3 gets only minor bodywork changes. Indeed, it's under the skin where the work's been done. There's a revised 2.0-litre engine and the SP23 range-topper gets a new six-speed manual gearbox or five-speed Activematic auto. ABS brakes are now standard fitment across the range; DSC is optional and Mazda has declared war on the main criticism of the original 3 -- noise.
FEATURES
Overall the Mazda 3 range presents as unchanged. The trim levels of Neo, Maxx, Maxx Sport and SP23 remain, and both four-door sedan and five-door hatchback body variants of each are offered.
Bodywork changes are subtle. Across the entry-level Neo and better-equipped Maxx and Maxx Sport the front and rear bumpers have been reprofiled and there have been small changes to the front and rear lamps. New alloy wheel designs (the Neo still gets 15-inch steel wheels and trims) are probably the most obvious difference and Mazda has debuted seven new body colours with the new model (bringing the total from which to choose to 11).