The 2025 Mazda 3 hatchback receives updates focused on technology and engine refinements. The biggest change is a new 2.5-liter naturally-aspirated engine replacing the entry-level powertrain. The review explores the new engine options, including Mazda's unique Skyactiv-X technology.
While Mazda’s gone a little quirky and off the wall with some of its most recent models, the 3 hatchback is still right at the heart of its model line-up.
Tech changes include wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and cloud-based update capability for the infotainment.There is quite a range of choice available, so let’s start with the powertrains. The fuel burn is between two and three times leaner than a conventional petrol engine, and the unit can swap between spark ignition and compression ignition on the fly . Mazda says the system offers up to 20 per cent better fuel economy and lower CO2 emissions.and, at the time, we weren’t all that convinced. However, Mazda made some improvements to the engine in 2021, swapping in some new pistons, adding some fresh software for the mild-hybrid system and lowering the compression ratio from 16.
Mazda offers five trim levels: Prime-Line, Centre-Line, Homura, Exclusive-Line and Takumi. Every Mazda 3 benefits from a 10.25-inch infotainment system with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, part-digital instruments, rear parking sensors and camera and a head-up display. Homura is more about the look, tarting up your Mazda 3 with some black details, while upper trims like Exclusive-Line throw in kit like a Bose stereo system and proper LED headlights among other luxuries.
The Skyactiv-X engine in particular also makes a whole orchestra of oddball noises – but, rest assured, they’re completely normal. On cold starts, for example, it sounds like a diesel with gruff grumbles and gargles at low revs. Only when you push the engine north of 4,000rpm does it start to sound more like a conventional petrol engine – and where you reach maximum torque.
There’s no widescreen digital instrument cluster, either – just a display inside the central speedo. The dials to the sides are physical and analogue. A head-up display is standard on all trim levels in Europe, which is almost an exclusive bragging right for Mazda. The driving position is excellent, too, and the seats are both supportive and comfortable.
Mazda 3 Hatchback 2025 Model Engine Technology Skyactiv-X
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