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.
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