[neomonkey]

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/brunoluong/vwp?.dir=/Chantilly&.dnm=chantilly64.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t&.hires=t

You be the judge. They look eerily similar. :?

 

[Absinthe]

Hmm... the 3 looks thicker, taller, and shorter in length.

 

[gib]

Yes they are both sedan and grey :roll:

 

[dinu01]

You're exaggerating a little. One is a soapy-looking ancient-designed bland appliance and the other a car that has some emotion in it and looks sharper. Let's not even talk about the driving dynamics and interior.

 

[98LX]

While they are similar, you could say that about any two compact sedans. Lets get a comparion of the front, then see how similar they are.

 

[schulkw]

Definitely could tell a Cavy from a 3.

 

[mz6zoomzoom]

Yeah this isn't nearly as close as the 6/Corolla issue, or 6/TSX.

 

[Redeemer]

What about this:

When I saw first pictures about Mazda3 sedan, somehow
this Seat Cordoba came on my mind. From front side they
differ a lot.

 

[98LX]

I've never heard of that car.

 

[atl]

Nope that doesn't look even close too the 3 IMO. That is very tru MZ6ZmZm. The $hitrolla/Corolla and TSX looks alot like a 6 I have alot of ppl saying hey is that a TSX or hey thats a nice Corolla cool looking wheels too. *Damn Bastard for saying that yesterday*

 

[Kazbaeden]

Haha. I can see it now: "Why'd you put those mazda badges on that toyota, man?"

 

[mz6zoomzoom]

Don't make ATL and I murder you in your sleep.

 

[schulkw]

Looks more like a Corolla.

 

[Spammy56]

The Corolla design was a missed opportunity to me. It has many nice styling elements but they do not fit an such a short, high car as the Corrolla. Shows how stupid Toyota design is. Honestly the only thing on the Corrolla that reminds me of the 6 is the tail lights.

 

[mz6zoomzoom]

Yeah, but the taillights often define a car, unfortunately. Even I, to this day, upon seeing a Corolla do a double take. (Actually, it's even more profound with an Escort (or countour, I forget which), although nobodies mentioned that yet.)

 

[Spammy56]

LOL, Contour and escort, you are really pushing there. The 3 looks way more like the Cavalier than the 6 looks at all like a Contour. I understand the Corrolla thing because the circle pattern in the taillights are very similar but hose lights are much less detailed than the 6 ones.

 

[mz6zoomzoom]

The Contours taillights also have that same pattern.

 

[schulkw]

The Contour's lights are thinner than the 3. The Corolla's are more similar, imo, to the 3's.

 

[schulkw]

 

[Spammy56]

The contour's lights are a completely different shape, they are like oval blobs while the 6's lights have much more of an actual shape.