2014 Mazda3 Wins Car of the Year

ALL-NEW 2014 MAZDA3 NAMED 'CAR OF THE YEAR' BY AUTOGUIDE.COM
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- All-new from the ground up, the 2014 Mazda3 was today named "Car of the Year" by the editors of AutoGuide.com.  One of five finalists, which also included the new 2014 Mazda6 midsize sedan, the Mazda3 compact car is the second vehicle to earn this distinction.  This redesigned, third-generation 2014 model features not only the Mazda-developed SKYACTIV®  TECHNOLOGY and emotive character lines of the KODO "Soul of Motion" design language but also all-new Mazda systems such as i-ACTIVSENSE, a suite of active-safety pre-crash detection systems, and MAZDA CONNECT™, a next-generation driving-focused in-vehicle connectivity system that also features an innovative Active Driving Display.