A road trip from New Jersey’s Newark Airport back to Detroit at the wheel of the updated 2017 Mazda3Grand Touring 5-Door proves to to be not only fun, but also an educational endeavor. You can learn an awful lot about a car while covering 628 miles over the course of 8 hours and 53 minutes.
In past experiences with the third-generation Mazda3, I’ve always walked away impressed with its excellent handling capabilities, but the Mazda previously came up short in some other areas, including ride quality, cabin noise isolation and interior build quality.
However, for 2017 Mazda makes some revisions to address some of the 3’s weak points and bolster its technology offerings. Oh, and this is Mazda we’re talking about here, so of course they’ve also done some work to make the car even more fun to drive.
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