Was gonna make a new thread, but think i might as well put it in here!
Baseline (Neo) $22500 2L engine, inc air, cd player, sport trim and inline with the US i model. Can have safety package or power packages (n\c cruise)... Is cheaper to get them together.
Mid Spec (Maxx) $26000. 6 stacker cd player and 15" alloys. Also includes the safety and power packages as standard.
Mid Spec Sport +$700
Adds sportier seats and interior (from the SP23 as far as i could tell from the info sheet) + (spoiler side sills), 16" alloys
High Spec ($30700)
2.3L, electroluminescent gauges, sportier seats and interior, automatic climate control, full body kit (sports\areo bumpers, fog lights, 5 point grill ect.), plus Mid spec features.
Other things items of interest i picked up from talking to the sales manager... will cost ~$2000 for auto, at this time it is unclear whether the hatch will cost more than the sedan, Australia will also get the black\clear read headlamps (yay).
He also mentioned that it will be setup like the mazda6 in many aspects. Pick and choose what you want so you can get your own personal 'limited edition'. It's just a matter of whether its cheaper to go for the model below and add what you need, or go for one that has what you want already and maybe a bit more.
Now, the exciting bit for us Aussies is that apparently the mz3 may already be here (in the mazda holding yard
), but since the 323's are almost gone, it is quite possible that the 3 will be released around Christmas (not officially, they cannot advertise the 3 sale\availability till the 15th I believe). The sales manager also said that he had a 3 on order and that it was on the water, and he expected that he could have it before Christmas (late next week if all things go well, new year if not)
At this time they don’t have all the information, and I had many other questions that I could have asked, but the sheet was all the information they had so there was no point asking questions that involved a lot of detail. Like myself, they were also mystified to what really separates an optioned up baseline to the mid spec.. The addition of sportier seats, wheels and a cd stacker doesn’t really seem to really make it feel like separate models, so when full details are released, this will hopefully be cleared up.
(He expected that more information has to be released very soon due to the fact that 3’s could be available two to three weeks.(and the fact that they've sold a few already))
Finally he also asked if I wanted to go down with him some time to the mazda holding yard and check them out. No test driving though. Also said there was an upcoming info meeting (I assume for the dealers) and that I might want to come along to that! Not totally sure they’ll contact me about that stuff. We’ll see.
And yeah, as I said in a thead hidden around this board, sun roof is not an option
Eh, and leather, well.. not so good on a 40 degree day
I think thats it for now.. Hope this helps someone (also now that its in a slightly more visible place)
