Gadgetory

well in a year when car sales are off on a rocket trip to the moon in the US one of the hottest categories is where this guy's playing in the compact crossover market new entry from mazda this is theirs it's the cx-3 now it's based in spite of the nomenclature on the mazda 2 but they've kind of pulled that thing to its maximum dimensions eight inches longer than a to going this way about three inches wider going this way but what I want you to see more than its volumes is its overall style this is all about premium look and styling you got good size wheels you got an audacious body you've got Mazdas very celebrated new kind of front clip and face and inside a lot of premium look as well it's not a bare-bones proposition also check out the rear quarter it would be the c-pillar you've got some blackout treatment there you see us on a lot of Jaguars in fact that gives you the impression of sort of a floating roof again I premium touch you don't expect in a little guy this size or class now inside we see a lot of classic current Mazda cues they're going with something called Mazda connect on this car believe it's their second car that will have that they're moving more into a connected absent infotainment platform it starts off largely with an LCD panel here this kind of multi controller down here and ah ha from Harmon bringing in a lot of different services in an audio form information podcasts radio even travel information but all kind of packaged for your ear and they expect to have more apps supported in that flew 2015 which would be a good piece of ketchup for them I notice up here a little plastic pop-up HUD combiner a little hood screen basically this is part of the Mazda connect technology also as they kind of bring some information out there to keep your eyes more on the road even while you have other interfaces in the car CX three hits us spring of 2015 pricing is obviously it's a little too early for that I can tell you this it's one engine only in the US though a two liter skyactiv high compression gas for hooked up to an automatic transmission all-wheel drive will be an option will look for it soon