The Mazda3 has consistently maintained a position within Kelly Blue Book’s 10 Coolest New Cars lists, and the 2018 Mazda3 continues that impressive trend. In a world where the sedan is quickly becoming less and less popular in the wake of the rising popularity of larger vehicles like crossovers and SUVs, the fact that the 2018 Mazda3 continues to get so much positive attention is impressive. So what is it about this car that has everybody so interested?
Here are some of the coolest features of the 2018 Mazda3.
Active Driving Display
Heads-up displays are nothing new in the modern vehicle market, but to call the Mazda3’s Active Driving Display a heads-up display would be doing it a serious injustice. Most displays like this offer very limited information and even some of the better implementations don’t have very effective displays.
The Mazda3’s Active Driving Display is a small full-color display that projects important information directly into the driver’s field of view without distracting his or her attention from the road. Important updates suddenly become immediately available, and you can keep track of navigation without having to take your eyes off the road to look at the car’s main display. Avoiding distractions helps create safer ways to drive.
MAZDA CONNECT Infotainment System
Speaking of the Mazda3’s main display, the vehicle’s full-color, 7-inch touch-screen display is powered by Mazda’s innovating MAZDA CONNECT operating system. This system provides you with direct access to important modern features like Bluetooth connectivity, hands-free calling, streaming media playback, and onboard navigation control. Everything you could want or need in an onboard control center is here, with an intuitive control interface that’s specifically designed for the driver’s ease of use.
Commander Control
One feature that makes the Mazda3’s onboard control panel better than those found in most other vehicles is the Commander control interface. This takes the form of a simple omnidirectional knob located directly on the car’s center console. The Commander control knob provides the driver with an intuitive interface that offers direct control of the infotainment system without distracting too much from the road.
Adaptive Cruise Control
One of the Mazda3’s coolest features is one that you likely won’t even notice because that’s exactly what it’s designed for. In the past, cruise-control features were almost more work than they were worth because you had to constantly turn the cruise control on and off depending on traffic conditions. The Mazda3’s Adaptive Cruise Control makes use of an onboard radar system to automatically slow the car down when it detects a vehicle in front of you and seamlessly resume cruising speed once it’s safe to do so. That takes a lot of work out of maintaining a constant speed on the highway.
The many really interesting features on the Mazda3 all add up to something so special that this sedan continues to garner attention while other cars in its class are declining in popularity. If you’d like to experience these features firsthand, visit a local Mazda dealership for a test drive.
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