The Mazda 3
Ahh, a car that I dislikes from the very first day that I saw it. Yet, it has me fascinated and dying to understand it. The Mazda 3 I think is one of the few Japanese cars that has had so many variants come about without actually doing what most manufacturer’s call a facelift… The front grill can be a body colored single think line, or a black single line and even a black mesh. But then even on the single think line the line’s thickness varies. And then we go to the back. We see the lights in red transparent, standards colored plastic and even clear crystal lights with a black base and colored bulbs, or even a black base with colorless bulbs. It’d help to know exactly which car came first and which is newer, but the there’s the many combinations of the front grill and rear lights. Oh, then there’s the front bumpers’ styling.
Mazda seems to have built quite a fan base with the Mazda 3, on its looks (which for some reason I can’t see what Mazda buyers see) and interior styling. But come to think of it, till recently the mid-size sedans that all manufacturers like
And what does this have to do with the Mazda 3. Well, you’ll all know when you see the rear end of both of these! The resemblance is uncanny! But the Lancer’s rear lights are much nicer looking. It’s like a Mazda 3 that had plastic surgery. But it could seriously do with a different shade of plastic for the rear lights. I don’t think the faded red plastic suits it best. But I’m sure it’ll be jut a matter of months before you can get a decent set of black or crystal aftermarket lights for it!
But still, here I am coming back to the darn Mazda 3! It is so freaking hard to understand the styling variants on that car, and this mystery creates a curiosity in me to find out more and more about a car that is simply butt-ugly!!
