Why does the front smiling fascia of the Mazda 3 always get made fun of. Compared to the competition the overall design of the 3 is better than most. Unlike the Darth Vader front fascia of the Focus, that I liked at first, but grows old quick. The side profile of the 3 looks better to me than the focus. Then their is the Elantra which design is nice, but when I see how their are hundreds of them on the road and how Hyundai has used virtually the same design for the accent, elantra, and the sonata, that design gets old quick and seems gimmicky to me. I often wondered how Hyundai can use virtually the same body design for 3 of their cars and yet the auto world praises them for their bold design moves, and hardly criticizes the fact that they have 3 cars with the same design. If Honda, Toyota, or even Mazda had used one design for three of their cars, the auto world would have ripped those companies apart for being clique and thoughtless for not putting more effort into each individual model. Then their is the jetta which has never won many awards for it exterior design, and the civic and corolla have been ho hum and boring for years, even so much that the officials at Honda and Toyota have admitted that much. I just don't understand how the smile on the front fascia of the 3 is such a deal breaker for some people, if you look at the overall design of the 3 and not just on the smile, it is one of the better designs in the compact car segment, not to mention that it handles way better than most of those cars in its segment.
2012 Mazda 3 design vs others
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