The Japanese automaker Mazda isn’t giving up hopes for passenger cars and has recently updated the well-known Mazda3 across some important right-hand drive markets – not long ago they announced what’s new for the Land Down Under (Australia) and now also for the island nation of the United Kingdom.
The Japanese carmaker has ben pretty busy announcing the 2027 model year changes for a raft of models in various regions – over in the United States the 2027 Mazda CX-90 can now be had with just two rows of seats on certain trim levels, thus effectively replacing the CX-70 in the US. There’s also the 2027 Mazda CX-5 for America, which keeps steady in terms of pricing at the base, but also in terms of features.
Back in Australia, the right-hand-drive Mazda3 and CX-30 have received a set of thorough upgrades for the customers in the Land Down Under, including new grades and features, and now Mazda is also announcing the Mazda3 novelties for the 2027 model year in the United Kingdom.
The company says the current iteration of the Mazda3 was introduced at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show and “has proven to be one of Mazda’s biggest global sales success stories.” The styling is based on the 2017 Kai concept car, and the stylish hatchback won the World Car Design of the Year in 2020 – with global production currently standing at over 1.5 million units.
The updated 2027 Mazda3 is arriving in the UK later this year with just one body style: the Mazda3 Saloon is being retired from the market, and only the hatchback will be offered with a singular powertrain option, the 140 ps (138 hp) 2.5-liter e-Skyactiv G engine with cylinder deactivation and Mazda M-Hybrid mild-hybrid technology.
The lineup will consist of the Prime-Line, Centre-Line, Homura, Exclusive-Line, Homura Plus and Takumi grades, with Homura Plus being the novelty for the 2027 model year. Aside from Prime-Line and Centre-Line, all grades have both manual or automatic transmission options, and the Aero Grey paint is introduced on the range.
The base Prime-Line model now has evolved Smart Brake Support, Emergency Lane Keep, and Blind Spot Monitoring technology with increased functionality, and Driver Monitoring has been added to all trim levels. The Exclusive-Line now has gunmetal grey interior decorations, while the Adaptive LED headlights have a new internal decoration. New for the 2027 Mazda3, the Homura Plus model builds on the Homura specification.
It adds a 12-speaker Bose audio system, black leather seat trim, power seats, gunmetal and gloss black interior trim, a 360-degree view monitor, and exterior LED signature lighting. “The Mazda3 remains one of the best-looking and most fun to drive hatchbacks on the market, while the e-Skyactiv G engine blends excellent torque and drivability with strong efficiency. Combine this with the Mazda3’s award-winning styling, and it’s easy to see why it remains a benchmark car in the compact hatchback sector,” said Jeremy Thomson, Mazda Motors UK Managing Director.