MAZDA 3 · 1.6 CiTD Business · Hatchback · 2009 ‐ 2010

Mazda launched production from 2009 of cars type 3, modification of 1.6 CiTD Business and terminated it in 2010. In this automobile can sit 5 men including the driver, it has the form of a hatchback with 5 doors, and length 4.5 meters, weight 1.2 tons.

«3 1.6 CiTD Business» auto with a 5-speed manual gearbox is fitted to the front wheels. This auto can speed up for 11 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 185 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders diesel motor with a «common rail system», which generate a peak power of 109 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Gas tank capacity of this car is 55 liters of diesel, so when normal fuel rate is 4.5 liters per 100 km (3.8 liters on the suburban, 5.8 l in the urban), that allows drive nearly 1223 km unrefueled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 278 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 265 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Tires have the following size - 205/55R16.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Mazda 3 gained the maximal quantity of stars - 5, which indicates that it is a highly safe auto. Furthermore to passive systems of safety (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags), it is also has dynamic safety such as EBD, Traction control, ABS, ESP, Brake assistant.