You sure? my 16 is a touring with everything, and it's the primary reason we are upgrading. Do it right the first time.
My progression from Sport to (eventually) GT has confirmed (at least to me) that doing it right the first time is probably the best way, especially for a sub 50k vehicle (including options).
Yes - I own a Mazda 2010 GT with all packages. But compared to the 2016/2016.5 GT, there are very few things the 2017 Touring + Preferred package doesn't have that I'd like. Check out the spec sheet which shows the comparison between all the three models, what's standard and what's available as an add on.
https://app.box.com/s/tea9v7cekf15eezhcc3vqd5ilt3trdy5
I couldn't justify the difference for the price.
Red Soul Touring w/ Preferred Package MSRP 29535
- GT - 32230 ($2695 diff)
- GT with Package - 34060 ($4495 diff)
I would probably get the Retractable cargo cover $250 and All weather mats (OEM or weathertech).
From what I can tell - the following things are available in 'GT or GT with package' compared to 'Touring with Preferred Package': [want] are the things I care about
- the iActiveSense package contents available in Touring (which are good but unfortunately, only one of the Touring packages can be applied at a time) - [want] smart brake support, [want] lane departure warning, [want] mazda radar cruise control, high beam control
- 19" wheels
- [want] Adaptive front lighting system
- LED daylight + taillight + fog lights
- Heated side mirrors (my current mazda3 has it but I somehow am not sure how beneficial they've been - and i live in a city that gets a lot of rain)
- Windshield De-icer [not much snow here]
- Heated steering wheel
- Leather seats (sort of a pain to clean with a kid - my mazda 3 Gt has them)
- [want] 2 position memory
- Heated rear seats
- Satellite radio
- active driving windshield type display
- different cool looking tire rims.