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• MX-5 for the family? Manual Mazda 3 is an everyday driver's delight

  28-06-2026 07:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Much of what the five-star MX-5 so great is evident in this humble hatchbackI worry about the future of smaller car firms. With so much new technology to invest in and develop and new rivals flooding the market, the relative minnows are getting squeezed.
  That's why, like many of its contemporaries, Mazda is increasingly reliant on partnerships, sharing development with Toyota and Changan. Such deals give a firm like Mazda a path into the future, but the fear is that they lose some of the individ
  
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• Why car buyers should still care about depreciation

  28-06-2026 06:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  PCP deals have put depreciation out of mind for most motorists, but it could soon bite backWhatever happened to depreciation?
  There was a time when it was car buyers' main concern. Now, not so much. Perhaps the popularity of PCP finance deals is the reason. With the car's minimum future value guaranteed, a vague promise of equity at the end of the term to put towards the next one and lower monthly payments than hire purchase, PCPs might just have brushed the spectre of depreciation under th
  
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