mazda3 is awsome i got to test drive one and must say i fell in love with it.My husband prefers the mazda 3 speed but i don't do stick justnot comfortable with it. Right now i am driving a ford van lol it was given to me through my husbands family when i moved to Michigan. So a soon as I have the money im ditching the van and getting my Mazda 3 in black and a hatchback with a sunroof of course