![]() market despite fostering some of the best products in the industry. Also, I think it’s one of the reasons why Mazda is having a hard time making inroads in the U.S. It’s in this context that my girlfriend and I headed out on one of my family’s favorite pastimes from when I was a child - a weekend camping trip - in the millennial-focused 2016 Mazda CX-3.īefore we get to the driving, let’s talk about what actually is a CX-3 because the nomenclature is, I think, incredibly confusing to consumers. There are some key differences between them and me however: I have one extra dog (for a total of two), lack children and I don’t own a home. My parents were done with school and working on budding careers and a growing family inside their newly acquired home. They were the last of the Baby Boomers and in the 1990s faced what many Millennials face today. As a daily runabout, it was solid, economical, and - with its wagon-esque virtues - incredibly versatile.Back then, my parents were about the same age I am now. The Chevette, now off to the scrapyard, was replaced by a Pontiac Firefly five-door, known for its economical three-cylinder engine outputting double-digit horsepower whilst solidly achieving double-digit miles per gallon halfway to the centripulcate. Write-off total: approximately $500 - for both cars. The Chevette had been dispatched by a freshly licensed 16-year-old driving a Hyundai Pony and fueled by Vitamin O. As I laid on a bed at my grandmother’s apartment, attempting as much as a young child would to get to sleep (translation: not trying at all), I was startled by tire squealing, a loud bang, silence, then more tire squealing. In the early 1990s, the Chevette ended with a bang. The second conveyance in our driveway was a 1992 Suzuki Sidekick, Jay Green in color, and rugged as my father needed for his job traversing Cape Breton Island’s vast spaghetti network of logging roads. The first one I can vividly remember was the precursor to GM’s dreaded Cavalier and Cobalt, a 1987 Chevrolet Chevette, with an interior as roomy as any compact you can buy today. * All prices include $880 destination fee (U.S.) or $1,995 destination fee, PDI and A/C tax (Canada).įor as long as I can remember, my parents always had two vehicles while I was growing up. Tested Options: i-ACTIVSENSE Safety Package (U.S.)/Technology Package (Canada), i-ACTIV all-wheel drive (U.S., AWD is standard on GT trim in Canada) 2016 Mazda CX-3 Grand Touring AWD (U.S.)/GT AWD (Canada)Ģ.0-liter SKYACTIV DOHC I-4, direct injection, dual S-VT (146 horsepower 6,000 rpm 146 lbs-ft of torque 2,800 rpm)Ħ-speed SKYACTIV-Drive automatic w/ Sport mode and paddle shiftersĢ7 city/32 highway/29 combined (EPA Rating, MPG)ģ0 mpg on the camping-gear-laden test cycle, 80 percent highway (Observed, MPG)
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