saw a mazda 3 hatch today and thought it was a CT 200h
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was driving and saw a car from behind and thought cool that must be a new CT200h. drove up and it was a mazda 3 hatchback. ![Egads!](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/pat.gif)
mazda 3
![](http://www.3dexport.com/items/2005/05/06/1656/10955/mazda_3_hatchback_2009_1.jpg)
ct 200h
![](http://lexusenthusiast.com/images/gallery/lexus-ct200h-outside/lexus-ct-200h-outside-1.jpg)
pretty similar?
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mazda 3
![](http://www.3dexport.com/items/2005/05/06/1656/10955/mazda_3_hatchback_2009_1.jpg)
ct 200h
![](http://lexusenthusiast.com/images/gallery/lexus-ct200h-outside/lexus-ct-200h-outside-1.jpg)
pretty similar?
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3 hatch
![](http://nicemazdapics.info/pictures/car/images/92/2009-mazda-3-hatchback12.jpg)
ct 200h
![](http://nicemazdapics.info/pictures/car/images/92/2009-mazda-3-hatchback12.jpg)
ct 200h
![](http://www.carsmagz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/2011-Lexus-CT-200h-Side-View.jpg)
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i think the ct is better looking, but i was surprised at the similarity.
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I've made the same mistake myself on a few occasions. The Mazda is a bit of a more cohesive design in my opinion. The Lexus is a big disappointment compared to the concept. I don't know what was the point of the concept if all Lexus was going to do was take an IS and remove everything after the C pillar and graft on an iQ rear end.
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I see you guys noticed it, too. One of the things I wrote up in my recent CT review was its styling-similarity to the Mazda3 hatchback. While I don't have the exact dimensions of each car in front of me, though, the CT seemed even smaller physically, especially with its teeny rear-window and its (roughly) 6-inch rear-wiper-arm.
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Yes, a sharp-eye can note some differences, particularly up close. But from some distance, the two are quite similiar. Not everyone is as car-saavy as most of us here on car-chat, either. Even my brother, who is fairly knowledgeable himself, often calls me at night and says he saw something with such-and-such a shape/logo, and wants to know what it is.
What do you think of the Smiley-clown face on the grille? We had a recent thread here, signifying that Mazda may go with different styling in the next-generation.
The sportiest versions of the Mazda 3 look better IMO.
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