Quote Originally Posted by pdc2 View Post
:question: is there a difference in the suspension of the old and new Mazda3? I thought aesthetics lang ang updates...
Mazda changed a few things here and there under the body. Supposedly, the Mazda3 is now somewhat stiffer and they've retuned the suspension to take advantage of it.

Seems they tuned the shocks softer to take advantage of the stiffening... it still feels planted and body control and handling are still at the top of the class, but there seems to be more body movement over undulations than before.

A good contrast is the Focus... while the Focus received a slight cosmetic update, the suspension is unchanged... which means it now actually feels a bit stiffer than the Mazda3 (at least on the same 205/55R16 tires... I don't know about the new Mazda3 2.0R).