Transmission Control Module (TCM) faults are not unknown on these early Mazda 3s. Symptoms usually involve erratic shifting, a failure to select gear at all and having the car go into limp-home mode.

Mazda gets credit for helping to keep the manual transmission alive—but just barely. While Americans used to be able to get a manual in the mid-size Mazda 6 sedan, several versions of the 3 compact ...

It starts with Aristotle—as so many things do—this idea that something can be more than the sum of its parts. Two people collaborating can build something better than two people working alone. A ...