Which Mazda 3 should I buy?

I'm looking for a new small or medium petrol automatic with 4/5 doors. I do about 10,000 miles per year, mostly made up by a daily 40 mile round trip commute, two thirds of which is motorway.

I like the Mazda 3 Skyactiv 2.0 Sport Nav 120 Auto but ideally would like a bit more power to cope with the motorway miles. Do you have any other sub-£25,000 suggestions?

Asked on 3 May 2014 by MonkeyStripe

Answered by Honest John

Go for the 150 Skyactiv diesel auto then. The SE-L Nav is a lot more comfortable than the Sport and the tyres last longer. I did 14k miles in 10 months in a Mazda 6 150d SE-L nav auto. Brilliant.

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