MAZDA 3 Sedan · 2.0 i-stop GT-M · 2009 ‐ 2011

From 2009 Mazda began production of automobiles model 3 Sedan, modification of 2.0 i-stop GT-M and terminated it in 2011. This car has 4 doors, the body chassis is in the form a sedan, weight 1.2 tons and length 4.6 meters, which can seat 5 person total.

«3 Sedan 2.0 i-stop GT-M» have a front wheel drive auto with a 6-speed manual gearbox. This automobile can speed up for 10.4 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 212 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «direct injection fuel system», which generate a peak output of 151 hp at 6000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 9.3 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 5.4 liters, and the medium fuel rate is 6.8 l per 100 kilometers. Gas tank capacity is 55 l of petrol, what lets to drive roughly 809 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/50R17.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Mazda 3 Sedan gained the maximum quantity of stars - five, which means that it is a highly safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety features (head/curtain, side, driver, passenger airbags), it is also has active safety such as EBD, Traction control, ESP, Brake assistant, ABS.