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James Cleary

Deputy Editor

10 min read

Once dominant in the Australian new car market, sedans are now a niche option, typically preferred by traditionalists who aren’t even on the hatch bandwagon, let alone the SUV train.

But Mazda is a sedan true believer, offering three-box versions of its main hatch lines, the city-sized Mazda2, family-focused Mazda6, and now this car, the recently arrived fourth generation Mazda3.

It swims in a small but turbulent pool of similarly sized sedans from half-a-dozen on-point competitors, and the question is, can this newcomer mix things up in the same way its hatchback sibling has?

Read the full Mazda 3 sedan 2019 review: G20 Touring.