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EXPERT RATING
7.5

Likes

  • More affordable than G25
  • G20 grades are still packed with features
  • More fuel efficient than G25

Dislikes

  • G20 feels a little underpowered
  • Doesn’t have cylinder deactivation
  • Engine can be noisy
Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
12 Apr 2019
1 min read

The G20 is the entry-spec engine variant in the new Mazda3 range which can be had in the Pure grade from $24,990, the Evolve grade from $26,690 and the Touring grade from $28,990.

Those prices are for G20 cars with the manual gearbox, but if you want the automatic transmission, you’ll only need to pay $1000 more.

The G20 is a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine making 114kW/200Nm.

The level of standard features across the range of cars with G20 engines is seriously good. Coming standard on all cars is a head-up display, an 8.8-inch screen, reversing camera, sat nav (GPS), adaptive cruise control, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, digital (DAB+) radio, Bluetooth and steering wheel mounted controls.

All Mazda3s come loaded with advanced safety equipment such as AEB, blind spot monitoring and lane keeping assistance.

The G20 Pure and G20 Evolve have cloth seats, while the G20 Touring has leather with a power adjustable driver’s seat.

Only the G20 Pure misses out on paddle shifters and dual-zone climate control but has single-zone air-conditioning instead.

Read the full 2019 Mazda 3 review

Mazda 3 2019: G20 Pure

Engine Type Inline 4, 2.0L
Fuel Type Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency 6.2L/100km (combined)
Seating 5
Price From $17,490 - $22,110
Safety Rating

Pricing Guides

$24,289
Based on 410 cars listed for sale in the last 6 months.
LOWEST PRICE
$15,990
HIGHEST PRICE
$33,990
Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
Laura Berry is a best-selling Australian author and journalist who has been reviewing cars for almost 20 years.  Much more of a Hot Wheels girl than a Matchbox one, she grew up in a family that would spend every Friday night sitting on a hill at the Speedway watching Sprintcars slide in the mud. The best part of this was being given money to buy stickers. She loved stickers… which then turned into a love of tattoos. Out of boredom, she learnt to drive at 14 on her parents’ bush property in what can only be described as a heavily modified Toyota LandCruiser.   At the age of 17 she was told she couldn’t have a V8 Holden ute by her mother, which led to Laura and her father laying in the driveway for three months building a six-cylinder ute with more horsepower than a V8.   Since then she’s only ever owned V8s, with a Ford Falcon XW and a Holden Monaro CV8 part of her collection over the years.  Laura has authored two books and worked as a journalist writing about science, cars, music, TV, cars, art, food, cars, finance, architecture, theatre, cars, film and cars. But, mainly cars.   A wife and parent, her current daily driver is a chopped 1951 Ford Tudor with a V8.
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Pricing Guide
$15,990
Lowest price, based on third party pricing data.
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