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Mazda 3: Test Drive (continued)

Date: 06 September 2007   |   Author: John Mahoney

Category: Lower medium
Prices: £11,430-£19,495
Key rival: Ford Focus

Our car also suffered from a less than slick change, but that could improve with the miles.

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Mazda says its 2.0-litre diesel should sprint to 60mph in 9.1secs, trailing the sportier-still Seat diesel FR by almost a second while matching its 47.1mpg fuel consumption and 22% BIK tax bracket.

The Leon FR also has an identical CPM - 28.5p per mile - but a lower P11D. But it's not game, set and match quite yet for the Seat because the 3 Sport claws back part of the deficit with greater specification like Xenon lamps fitted as standard.

Overall the Seat is the car we'd plump for, but the 3 is a better-equipped, fractionally superior to drive alternative that's well worth a second look.

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