I agree...the interior looks nice...the exterior looks wierd.
But I don't beileve the interior will look as nice when it comes to america.
In asia/europe most people buy compact cars, they want luxery still.
I wonder what it'll look nice without the leather, aluminum pedals/trim.
If you want to look at an example...take a look at the japanese sunny (the japanese sentra basically) (or the pulsar in europe), then look at the american sentra.
http://www.nissan.com.hk/html/sunny_exterior.html
http://www.nissan.com.au/pulsarsedan/
http://www.nissan.com.tw/sentra/index.htm
oh yea, in australia they still sell the S15 :/ bastards ><
And in Japan, they can get AWD, along with a nav system.
Compare those to the american sentra. The interior is no where as practicle or as nice...
Just using that as an example. but it's a true example, that european/asian versions of american econoboxes are ALOT nicer (for the most part)
You can also compare the japanese corolla, to the american one. MORE luxerious.
But I want AWD in my sentra...but atleast I know it's possible now, to do as a mod
.
Hopefully the Mazda 3 isn't as badly degenerated when it comes to our shores.