2014 Mazda3 Review in The New York Times

[LennyR]

Spoiler Alert: They like it alot.

The written review has an embedded video that's also worth a watch:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/a...rivate-parties.html?hpw&rref=automobiles&_r=0

 

[ceric]

I also found the lack of back pocket on driver's seatback strange.(boom01)
It is like Mazda tried to save $2 there.

As to lack of rear vents, maybe Mazda tried to save $50 there. I can forgive them since I rarely sit back there anyway.

 

[Debbadoo12]

In my Subaru Outback, they provided a rear seat back pocket only on the passenger side as well. It does seem odd not to have one on each side. I need as many storage compartments as possible, which is why I also wish the door pockets were bigger in the Mazda and not just bottle holders. Also wish it had a locking glove box. I often lock my glove box. Oh well, small sacrifices.

 

[LennyR]

I think that only having a pocket on the right-side seat back is fairly common, the logic being that if the driver's seat is pretty far back to accommodate a (male) driver, you don't want stuff in a seat-back pocket pushing up against a rear passenger's knees.

 

[MplsMike]

Also the driver can reach into that pocket while seated.

 

[MplsMike]

Had been waiting for a review from the NYT. And, while not as effusive as they could have been, I'm glad they are on board with the popular consensus.

 

[LennyR]

BTW, that review appeared in the Sunday print edition of the Times, which normally devotes the last page of the Sunday sports section to articles about and reviews of cars.

 

[Chibana]

I must have missed it. I didn't read or rear any reference to missing rear vents. I heard a reference to a lacking rear power-point, which I agree with. My 2012 Focus had one. However, as far as rear air vents, like most cars, they're located under the front seats.

 

[dougal]

In this morning of Time, they listed the most important/noteworthy cars of 2013. Top of the list is the Mazda 3.