Mazda 3 1.6 TS Diesel (109ps)

Had 2 Mazda 6 diesels as company cars, now bought privately M3 TS diesel, could not believe the power from a 1.6 compared to the 2.2D i'd had, Great!

Smooth, very nippy, bit noisier than the 6 especially on the motorway, comfortable, my wife likes to drive as well, get 50+ mpg generally, £90 tax, shame its only got 5-speed gearbox. Would buy another though, i am a Maxda Fan.

this is my second mazda 3,the first i had from new and never had one bit of trouble with it,hence the easy decision to have another ,this time a 1.6 diesel,its a great all rounder,refined,with plenty of power for m/way driving and very economical,its easy to get 60 mpg plus ,plenty of standad kit (its a ts by the way) the mazda 3 never gets the praise it deserves ,if you want to spend 2 grand more for less kit and worse reliability by all means follow the motoring press advice and buy a golf.my advice,dont bother, buy one of these,its built on the focus chassis which cant be bad and the recent upgrade makes it look as good as it drives.

I picked up my new 1.6 diesel 5 door TS2 in silver on the 1st of September 09.

This is my first privately owned new car, so quite an event for me! The dealer in Basingstoke could not be more helpfull with his service and discount. The car was discounted by £1900.00 and the dealer included mats/flaps, reversing sensors, the chrome exhaust trim from the sport and tinted rear windows and tailgate.

The car drives great and has been faultless other than the sounder for the reversing sensors (dealer fitted option) coming loose and rattling in the boot. This was fixed (by me) with a sticky pad.

Very pleased with the whole event of buying a new car, and the car itself. Certainly stands out in my road thats full of new Ford Focus's!