Mazda 3 with a new diesel.
Mazda received a new diesel engine, which will join the model range 3. 2.0-The liter unit develops a power of 141 HP, so it is much more powerful, than the diesels offered so far. On the British market, Mazda 3 equipped with a new drive unit will cost 16 735 pounds; this is less than we will have to pay for a Ford Focus or VW Golf with similar engines.
Despite greater power than its competitors, Mazda 3 is slightly slower than them. Acceleration from 0 do 100 km/h takes 9,9 seconds (Ford i VW o 0,6 shorter). The maximum speed is already comparable and amounts to 201 km/h.
The average fuel consumption is within the limits 6 liters per 100 km, which is a slightly worse result than the competition. Ford and Golf are also more environmentally friendly; exhaust emission levels in the diesel version of Mazda 3 is 162g/km.