MAZDA 3 Sedan · 1.6 CiTD Executive · 2006 ‐ 2008

In 2006 Mazda began manufacture of automobiles type 3 Sedan, modification 1.6 CiTD Executive and terminated it in 2008. The weight of the car is 1.2 tons and a length of 4.5 meters, It is shaped as sedan with 4 doors, and can be placed in a 5 men including the driver.

«3 Sedan 1.6 CiTD Executive» automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift is fitted to the front-wheels. This car can speed up for 11.5 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 185 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders diesel motor with a «common rail system», which produce a maximum output of 109 horsepower at 4000 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this auto is 55 liters of diesel, so when normal fuel consumption is 4.8 l per 100 km (4.1 l on the highway, 6.1 l in the urban), that allows to go roughly 1146 km unrefueled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 278 mm brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 265 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following measure - 205/55R16.

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Mazda 3 Sedan received the great quantity of stars - four, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe car. Furthermore to passive safety systems (driver, head/curtain, passenger, side airbags), it is also equipped with active systems of safety such as EBD, ABS, Brake assistant, Traction control.