I like the car too, although I'm not crazy about the vertical vents on both ends of the front bumper.

The interior is nice, to me, and although i really hated the Civic dashboard (it extends forever, and the dual speedo- / tachometer), this one isn't bad. I'll have to see it in person to see how large it is, but so far no complaints about it.

The Nav screen is nice, and the overall idea is similar to Audi - the upper portion of the middle of the dash hosts an LCD screen for Nav or other things.

 

yikes! That is just one weird looking car...

Compared to the current Mazda 3, I don't like a single thing better about the exterior styling of this new car.

 

That's got to be the happiest looking car I've ever seen.

 

Holy Crap that is one butt ugly front end!!! Thank god I am not the only one who thinkgs that. I "used" to like the 3 series cars. Not anymore. WTF

 

well I used to think the mazda 3 was a good car, time to watch the sales plummit.

 

Finally a vehicle with REASONABLY priced nav! I think it's insane how it's just accepted that OEM nav systems cost 1400-2400 dollars and nobody really thinks to question the cost of the feature vs what they're paying for it.

Here's another article about the Mazda3, though.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...hotopanel..1.*