The MAZDA3 represents an excellent value. Competitors include compact car titans like the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, Volkswagen Golf and Subaru Impreza. The MAZDA3 undercuts many of its rivals with its impressive driving characteristics and premium interior quality, while still offering enough space, sophisticated manners and a sleek modern exterior.
The new MAZDA3 includes such enhanced safety technology and improved upscale interior appointments, it could be considered to compete not only with offerings from Honda, Toyota and Nissan, but also with some from European entries such as the BMW 3-Series and the Audi A3.