The next-Gen Mazda3 has achieved the maximum five star safety rating from the Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), scoring a record breaking result in one category.
Tested to strict criteria, the result helps Mazda maintain its five-star safety rating across its entire range of vehicles.
The rating applies to all Next-Gen Mazda3 models, which are equipped with an unprecedented list of advanced active and passive safety technologies as standard.
Next-Gen Mazda3’s impressive list of active safety technology includes a Mazda Radar Cruise Control (MRCC) with Stop & Go, Lane-keep Assist System (LAS), Lane Departure Warning (LDW) and Forward Obstruction Warning (FOW).
Safety equipment also includes a Driver Monitoring system that uses an infrared camera to observe the driver’s condition, Rear Cross Traffic Alert (FCTA) to monitor blind spots at the front left and right of the vehicle and Cruising & Traffic Support (CTS), which helps reduce driver fatigue by assisting with accelerator, brake pedal and steering operations when stuck in traffic jams on the highway.
From a passive safety perspective, Next-Gen Mazda3’s credentials are strengthened with the ratio of ultra-high-tensile steel rated at 980MPa or higher greatly increased, from the 3% used on the previous model to 30% for the new model.
Next-Gen Mazda3 is also the first car in the world to adopt 1,310MPa-grade ultra-high-tensile steel to form part of its framework, and the first Mazda vehicle to add a driver’s seat knee airbag as standard equipment.
Plus, Mazda has improved measures that protect against frontal, side and rear impact, and better pedestrian, motorcycle and bicycle protection. Seat design and seatbelts have also been improved to mitigate injuries for all occupants.
Every all-new Mazda3 will include a 5-year unlimited kilometre factory warranty, 5 years of Mazda On Call Roadside assisitance, Genuine Scheduled Servicing for 5 years or 100,000 kilometers (whichever occurs first) at no extra cost.
