Mazda road3: From Hiroshima to Frankfurt

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- A trip across the world driving the new Mazda3 -

• The last-nee Mazda accomplish a journey of 15,000 km between the headquarters of the manufacturer and the site of Hiroshima International Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA)

• The new model will be Team of the full range of SKYACTIV Technologies will be marketed in Europe this fall

Mazda has always been well known for the reliability and robustness of its vehicles. The all new Mazda3 is no exception to the rule. To demonstrate the full range of its qualities, Mazda will have available eight copies of its new compact five-door in a road test for the least unusual setting - a journey of about 15 000 km link directly factory Hiroshima manufacturer or held in Frankfurt International Motor Show IAA 2013.

The "Mazda road3 - Hiroshima to Frankfurt Challenger Tour 2013" will cover not less than nine time zones and cross successively Russia, the largest country in the world, Belarus and Poland. Cars arrive in Frankfurt on September 7, just before the doors opened at the IAA.

Visit www.mazdaroute3.eu a specially dedicated website has this adventure or you can follow the evolution of the participants through a travel melant images and videos.

This is the third time that Mazda models involved a test of endurance as extreme. In 1977, German journalists had rallied Japan Frankfurt driving two Mazda 323 (the ancestor of the Mazda3).

This expedition was followed by another challenge in 1990 Mazda 626 which four were taken to cross the former Soviet Union. Today, all the conditions are fulfilled for the compact the most advanced in the history of Mazda rolls in the footsteps of its predecessors glorious.

After crossing the Sea of ​​Japan by boat, test participants endurance Mazda road3 - ie journalists, bloggers and fans of the brand from around the world - begin early August their first step on land in Vladivostok, the main Russian Pacific port. They will have between three and six days to cover each of the seven stages of the journey - each representing an average of just over 2 100 km section. Needless to say they have plenty of time to familiarize themselves with the new Mazda3 in all kinds of situations. Along the route, they will also be the opportunity given to repeatedly discover other cultures and lifestyles.

All vehicles participating in this trial will animes by a SKYACTIV-G 120 hp couple the manual transmission a six-speed SKYACTIV-MT, resolutely flexible and incisive.

After the arrival of this race in Frankfurt, Mazda reserve many surprises visitors to the IAA that will offer all kinds of activities on an exhibition specially in feeder outside on the occasion of the first presentation of the new compact Mazda in a trade show.

With its exterior design adopting the design language of the brand dubbed "KODO - Soul of Motion ', its SKYACTIV Technologies avant-garde and its interior completely redesigned the Mazda3 wants revolutionary in the soul, and seek to overcome the expectations of its customers. Further enhancing the core values ​​of Mazda, it is distinguished by its handling, its security and its manufacturing quality without compromise.

It is optionally available with two petrol engines SKYACTIV-G and SKYACTIV-D Diesel block, the engine glow all by their performance and sobriety, and should "propel" the new Mazda3 among the best models in the C segment in Europe .

Source: Mazda France