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Or consider the Mazda CX3.
I've had a Mazda 3 Sport (the hatchback) for about a year and a half. It's not the ideal snow vehicle. I've got Hakapallita R2s on it in the winter and thus equipped it gets me through snow, but ground clearance isn't great, so I've had to plow snow with the front air dam and bumper, and that air dam isn't a plow blade; my aunt who has the same car managed to damage that air dam breaking through the frozen snowbank left by the plow. I've had to adjust my driving style, no more flooring it and plow through everything in its path like I used to do with my older more solid cars.
That being said, the Mazda 3 has convinced me that they probably did a good job on their CX 3. I've managed to get 50 US mpg on several highway trips at the speed limit and have averaged 36 US mpg (including some driving at double the speed limit ) over the life of the car (35,000 miles so far) in a mix of city/highway driving. No problems so far.
As above why not just pick up something cheap and bombproof for the urban commute like a new MAZDA 3?
Or consider the Mazda CX3.
I've had a Mazda 3 Sport (the hatchback) for about a year and a half. It's not the ideal snow vehicle. I've got Hakapallita R2s on it in the winter and thus equipped it gets me through snow, but ground clearance isn't great, so I've had to plow snow with the front air dam and bumper, and that air dam isn't a plow blade; my aunt who has the same car managed to damage that air dam breaking through the frozen snowbank left by the plow. I've had to adjust my driving style, no more flooring it and plow through everything in its path like I used to do with my older more solid cars.
That being said, the Mazda 3 has convinced me that they probably did a good job on their CX 3. I've managed to get 50 US mpg on several highway trips at the speed limit and have averaged 36 US mpg (including some driving at double the speed limit ) over the life of the car (35,000 miles so far) in a mix of city/highway driving. No problems so far.