2021 Mazda CX-3 vs 2020

What's the difference?

Nobody ever wants to feel their Mum’s knees in the small of their back. And I’d never experienced that before, not until I drove the CX-3 Maxx Sport. I’ll explain later, but let’s just say there’s nothing Maxx about the CX-3, nor Sport, but it’s still a pretty good choice for an urban car.

Allow me to explain.

At one point in the past few weeks I was testing two cars at the same time: one was a big, hardcore seven-seat SUV and the other was a Mazda CX-3. Both were sitting out the front of my flat in Sydney’s Inner West but do you know which was my go-to car just about every day?

Yep, the Mazda CX-3. See, I live in the city and as much as I love tough, go-anywhere trucks I didn’t really want to take the hardcore seven-seater when I was just going to the shops, or doing the preschool drop off, or anywhere I needed to park. The tiny Mazda SUV was just easier to drive because it was smaller.

So, is that it for the urban review of the CX-3 Maxx Sport, then? Small = good urban car? Case closed? Let’s hit the showers? Not so fast, there. Here’s what you should know, plus a few things I learned about the CX-3 Maxx Sport when it came to stay with me.