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Our daughter has a 2010 Mazda 3 as her first car, they are very nimble and fun to drive. It has 61,000 miles on it so far and it has been trouble free. The only thing I don't like is the lack of a water temp gauge and on the newer cars - the screen stuck on the dash like an after thought. It seems more and more cars have that same screen on the top of the dash, very inelegant. Couldn't they have better integrated them into the dashboard somehow?

The exterior lines of the new 3 are much nicer than the older one with the gaping mouth.
Yeah, it definitely has a "tablet stapled to the dash" look. But, it's up high in the line of sight with no obstructions from a shroud. Looked odd when I first saw one last year, I guess because it's so different, but it's grown on me.

Head's up display is pretty cool. In addition to the speedo, it puts up the next turn info when navigating. Random video demo pulled from Youtube:

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