The Mazda 3 Touring is a front wheel drive road car, with the engine mounted in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) bodyshell.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2.5 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 184 bhp (187 PS/137 kW) at 5700 rpm and 251 Nm (185 lbft/25.6 kgm) at 3250 rpm respectively.
Power is transmitted to the wheels via a 6 speed manual gearbox.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1367 kg.
Top quoted speed is 209 km/h (130 mph), official fuel consumption is 25/34/29 US MPG EPA city/highway/combined.
Full specs
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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2700 mm | 106.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1554 mm | 61.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1560 mm | 61.4 inches | |
| Length | 4580 mm | 180.3 inches | |
| Width | 1796 mm | 70.7 inches | |
| Height | 1455 mm | 57.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 155 mm | 6.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1367 kg | 3014 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 60% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 50 litres | 11 [13.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.26 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mazda | ||
| Engine code | SKYACTIV-G 2.5 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.5 litre 2488 cc (151.827 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 89 × 100 mm
3.5 × 3.94 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.89 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 187 PS (184 bhp) (137 kW) at 5700 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 251 Nm (185 ft·lb) (25.6 kgm) at 3250 rpm |
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| Specific output | 55.1 kW/litre 75 ps/litre 74 bhp/litre 1.21 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
100.88 Nm/litre
1.22 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium alloy block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 13:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1267.7 kPa (183.9 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6500 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 622 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 209 km/h (130 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 136.47 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 100.37 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 134.6 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.96 kg/kW 16.64 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 25/34/29 US MPG EPA city/highway/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 9.4/6.9/8.1 l/100km city/highway/combined | ||
| km/litre | 10.6/14.5/12.3 km/l city/highway/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 30.0/40.8/34.8 UK MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| US MPG | 25.0/34.0/29.0 US MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.570 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi. | ||
| Wheel size front | 7J x 18 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7J x 18 | ||
| Tyres front | 215/45 R 18 89W | ||
| Tyres rear | 215/45 R 18 89W | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 295 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 265 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.68 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.85 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 553993 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 19.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2018 Mazda 3 Touring added 2018-06-03. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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