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Surprised no Mazda so far. Lots of nice stuff, but most of the cars are beyond normal budgets. The current crop of Mazdas, including the 3, have some of the nicest interiors in the class they participate in. The MX-30 is straight up beautiful. I had a Mazda6 for 7 years and never felt the interior was low quality, or out dated. It was a great place to be, and the nicest interior in it’s class when I bought it back in ‘13. It’s not just their latest cars either - the ‘04 Mazda3 I had came with by far the nicest interior in its class. There are a couple of duds (looking at you NC and RX-8), but overall Mazda has been hitting above their weightclass for a long time. In the category of cars that most regular folks can actually afford, Mazda has been consistently at the top, or near the top of their class.