2019 Mazda3 GT Test Drive and Review | Premium Package |

Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another video. It's Christopher here from Cars Unlocked. Today I'm going to be test driving the 2019 Mazda 3. So while we're driving here I just want to say a special thank you to St. Catharines Mazda for letting me borrow the Mazda 3. I just put out a video of me doing a full walk around and review of the brand-new 2019 Mazda 3. A lot of you requested that I take one out for a test drive so they were nice enough to give me the vehicle again to take it out for a test drive. Again as always guys I'm gonna be posting videos at your request so if you want to see me drive or try any other vehicles just ask me in the comment section below and I'll get to those cars if I have them available. But today we're out in the 2019 Mazda 3 GT. This one's got that Skyactiv 2.5 that I mentioned in my review. Check that out if you want to see the ins and outs and all the features that the car has but today we're concentrating just on the drive. So right when we get driving it's important to note that there's two engine configurations for the Mazda 3. The 2 liter Skyactiv 4-cylinder and the one that we're in now is the 2.5 Skyactiv 4-cylinder. The 2.5 comes with this top GT package. I'm gonna give you a bit more horsepower you get the 186 horsepower and 186 pounds-feet of torque. What I really like about it there's no CVT transmission so as you guys know I'm used to driving the Nissan's which all come with a CVT transmission. They're very loud this one it's a very very quiet transmission and when you put your foot down you actually feel it go and you can feel it get through those cycles. It takes off very very quickly I don't want to go too fast but very very quiet acceleration when I put my foot down which is something that I really appreciate. I just sat in this car for the first time last week and overall I'm very very impressed with how it drives. I actually really really like the job that Mazda did to this car. The drive on it is phenomenal it's very very quiet the cabin there's very very little cabin noise coming from the outside and everything is soft here in the cabin there's a lot of soft leather accents all throughout the dash. Pretty much from the waist up everything is a nice soft leather finish to it to make for a comfier ride. So for the first time ever a big announcement was that Mazda is going to have an all-wheel drive available for the 3. This specific model is in the front-wheel drive it's not the all-wheel drive. There's a ton of value in this car it's gonna be about $30,000 all-in for this fully loaded with the premium package but you don't get the all-wheel drive X. I don't feel it's necessary like yes it is a big announcement but for the type of market that purchases this vehicle I don't really see the all-wheel drive being necessary. They're just gonna do quick city trips and point A to point B. They probably don't do a lot of driving for the Mazda 3 target market so I don't really think the all-wheel drive is necessary but it is available and I'm looking forward to it nonetheless. So I mentioned this in my other review but with this premium package you get a ton of technology. One of my favorite things is the active driving display that's the heads-up display where it's going to show my speed sign and my digital speedometer right in the windshield here. It's also going to come with all the smart safety features that Mazda has to offer like the smart brake support in the rear, the smart brake support in the front, and the rear cross-traffic smart brake support. It does have a backup camera with rear parking sensors, the traffic sign recognition, the GPS, there's so much technology built into this thing for $30,000 you get a lot of high-end features. So as I'm making quick turns and driving this vehicle around I do notice that g-vectoring control that Mazda has been advertising. It really smooths your take into the turns. Basically they apply a bit more pressure to the front wheels to help you when you're turning. I can feel it I can feel it like really hugging the turns when I go through. If I take them at fast speeds I'm very confident to go around bends and around turns at fast speeds. When I'm on the highway I have quite a bit of technology like the blind spot feature where it's going to notify me if someone's in the blind spot. The smart assisted cruise control is going to allow me to stay in the in the active lane here. We're going to take it right around some bends and I'm going to put my foot down here and you can feel it and you can hear it. I really like this six-speed transmission. We're going to get up to speed here a bit and you can feel it take the turns. It really hugs the turns with that g-vectoring control. There's not a lot of engine noise. Usually when I do these drive videos I'm trying to keep my audio levels good for the engine noise but this car there's not too much engine noise. So we got her up to about 140 kilometers an hour now and it's still very quiet. I'm very impressed with the drive of this Mazda 3. The acceleration on this 2.5 is phenomenal. It takes off. It's very very quiet. There's very little engine and cabin noise that you hear in the car. If you want to see me unlock any more vehicles do not hesitate to subscribe to my channel. I film videos by request so if you want to see me unlock or drive any cars just let me know in the comment section below and I'll try to get to them. Subscribe to my channel and hopefully you'll see me post it. Thanks again for watching and have a good day.