Since there seems to be a few Mazda 3 (late 2014-2015 model) owners in here, I thought I would ask about petrol range
Having upgraded from a 96 Civic that didn't have any "computer gadgets", this is the first car I have owned that had a range to empty meter.
The advertised specs are 5.6l per 100km (for the GLX Auto), which is probably unrealistic, so I figured based on the 55l tank and at roughly 7l per 100km, I should be doing around 700-750km per tank. After reading the New Zealand users guide (was reading the USA one), the tank is only 51l, so I adjusted downwards to around 650-700km per tank.
Then I read that the tank holds 9l in reserve so that when the range is showing 0km, there is actually still 9l in the tank and you can still drive a little bit BUT eventually you will hit a point that fuel can't be pulled into the engine.
So with that in mind - 600km per tank, at 7l per 100km seemed reasonable to expect
Did my first fill in the weekend (had a 'roughly' full tank when picked up) - 41l put in and a range of 480km
I was a tad disappointed that I wasn't able to get to 500km and of course well short of my guesstimate of 600km
So, fellow Mazda 3 owners - can you report your range?