2025 Mazda CX-3 Reviews

You'll find all our 2025 Mazda CX-3 reviews right here.

Our reviews offer detailed analysis of the 's features, design, practicality, fuel consumption, engine and transmission, safety, ownership and what it's like to drive.

The most recent reviews sit up the top of the page, but if you're looking for an older model year or shopping for a used car, scroll down to find Mazda CX-3 dating back as far as 2015.

Mazda CX-3 Reviews

Mazda CX-3 2018 review: Maxx FWD
By Andrew Chesterton · 22 Dec 2017
If you're looking for the genesis of the small SUV apocalypse that's decimating small car sales, look no further than Mazda's CX-3. And earlier this year, Mazda released a nipped-and-tucked version.
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Mazda CX-3 Akari 2017 Review
By Peter Anderson · 28 Jun 2017
Mazda's baby SUV, the CX-3, has been nothing short of a sales sensation since its release almost two years ago. But competition is getting hotter, and Mazda has given the CX-3 range some attention.
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Mazda CX-3 2017 review
By Tim Robson · 12 May 2017
One of Mazda's biggest successes of recent years is the diminutive CX-3, which launched to a rapturous reception in 2015. Will the 2017 update boost it further?
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Mazda CX-3 Neo 2017 review: snapshot
By Tim Robson · 12 May 2017
The five-seat, five-door small SUV starts at $20,490 for a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol-powered front-wheel-drive version, rising to $22,490 for a six-speed auto.
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Mazda CX-3 Maxx 2017 review
By Andrew Chesterton · 12 May 2017
The five-seat, five-door small SUV starts at $22,890 for a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol-powered front-wheel-drive manual version, rising to $24,890 for a six-speed auto.
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Mazda CX-3 sTouring 2017 review: snapshot
By Tim Robson · 12 May 2017
The five-seat, five-door small SUV starts at $26,990 for a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol-powered front-wheel-drive manual version, rising to $28,990 for a six-speed auto.
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Mazda CX-3 Akari 2017 review: snapshot
By Tim Robson · 12 May 2017
The five-seat, five-door small SUV starts at $31,490 for a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol-powered front-wheel-drive manual version, rising to $33,490 for a six-speed auto.
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Mazda CX-3 2016 review
By Peter Anderson · 24 Jan 2017
Peter Anderson road tests and reviews the Mazda CX-3 with specs, fuel consumption and verdict. Mazda's CX-5 is pretty much the benchmark in its segment, wiping the floor with the competition from Toyota and Hyundai while picking its teeth with Honda and Nissan, former segment heavyweights. So it was with much
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Mazda CX-3 Akari 2016 review: snapshot
By Peter Anderson · 24 Jan 2017
The Akari is the top of the CX-3 range and is fully-loaded with everything you can get on a CX-3.
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Mazda CX-3 sTouring 2016 review: snapshot
By Peter Anderson · 24 Jan 2017
It might have a slightly odd name, but we think the CX-3 sTouring is the pick of the range.
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