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In each case, Mazda says it doesn’t want, or feel the need, to compete with everyone else out there, so the company has concentrated on creating its very own class of vehicle. The segment? Fun to drive. The sales card? An expression of movement with muscle and stability.

Zoom-zoom, huh? It just might work.

As the replacement to the long-running, highly successful and loveable Protege, the Mazda3 is a distinctive fourdoor sedan or wagon that aims to remove the ‘sub’ from subcompact. With dynamic proportions created from a long wheelbase and cabin, short overhangs, large-diameter wheels and aggressively flared front and rear fenders, the Mazda3 has an assertive, upmarket (and bigger) presence.

It’s not aiming to challenge the Honda Civic or Toyota Corollas of the world. The sales goals are modest: about 85,000 units this year, just enough to make it a player. For the fun at heart and the frugal of wallet, it has a modest price of less than $ 14,000. In this segment that’s a deal clincher.

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