Mazda priced the 2026 Mazda3 Hatchback 2.5 S Premium at $31,650. That is the only row on Mazda’s official 2026 Mazda3 pricing release that still prints a Skyactiv-MT six-speed manual. Destination and handling is $1,315 ($1,360 in Alaska). Tax, title, and license are extra.
One hatch. One stick. No sedan twin.
This is the clutch graf, and Mazda made it exclusive. The Aug. 19, 2025 kit says the 2.5 S Premium is hatchback-only and FWD-only, with a Skyactiv-MT six-speed as the sole gearbox on that trim. Every other Mazda3 sedan and hatch in the table is a Skyactiv-Drive six-speed automatic. Carbon Edition and Turbo Premium Plus are AWD and automatic. There is no three-pedal sedan, and there is no three-pedal turbo.
The official number board
Mazda’s pricing sheet puts hatchback MSRPs (excluding destination) at:
- 2.5 S FWD: $25,650
- 2.5 S Select Sport FWD: $26,840
- 2.5 S Preferred FWD: $28,640
- 2.5 S Carbon Edition AWD: $30,965
- 2.5 S Premium 6MT FWD: $31,650
- 2.5 Turbo Premium Plus AWD: $38,090
Premium paint is $595 for Soul Red Crystal Metallic, Machine Gray Metallic, Polymetal Gray Metallic, Snowflake White Pearl Mica, and Ceramic Metallic. The Premium pack itself brings leather (black or red), Bose 12-speaker audio, an Active Driving Display, Adaptive Front-lighting, Traffic Sign Recognition, Mazda Online Navigation, and 18-inch black-finish alloys.
2.5 liters. 3,058 pounds. Six ratios.
Mazda’s U.S. Mazda3 Hatchback page rates the Skyactiv-G 2.5-liter four at up to 186 horsepower and 186 lb-ft. The 2026 Mazda3 Spec Deck lists the Skyactiv-MT as standard only on the Premium hatch, with ratios of 3.700, 1.947, 1.300, 1.029, 0.837, and 0.680, reverse 3.724, and a 3.850 final drive. Curb weight for the 2.5-liter manual is 3,058 pounds. The Spec Deck puts the FWD automatic hatch at 3,117 pounds and the Turbo AWD hatch at 3,417.
Sedan 2.5 S pricing starts at $24,650 on the same kit. If you want three pedals in a new Mazda3, the book says hatch, Premium, FWD, $31,650 before destination.
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