2023 Mazda Mazda3 Preferred
Vehicle Details
Preferred
Charlotte, NC 28273
Is this 2023 Mazda Mazda3 Preferred a good deal?
OAV verdict: Great Deal
Why: Listed at $12,995, comparable market range $22,998–$26,749, based on 10 comparable listings. Days on lot: 42 days (market average 50 days).
Market price position
$12,995 · $10,003 below market low
- Comparable range
- $22,998 – $26,749
- vs. market low
- — $10,003 (43% below)
- Comparable vehicles
- 10
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$24,874This vehicle $12,995 · $11,879 (48%) below MRP
MRP™ is the midpoint of the comparable market range — the representative price the market is asking for similar vehicles. How MRP works.
True Retail Value (TRV™)
$13,126This vehicle $12,995 · $131 (1%) below TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-08-15) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.
Comparable vehicles nationally have sold faster than the market baseline, but this listing has been available longer than the cohort’s typical sell-time (about 9–38 days).
What does Demand-Verified mean?
- This listing is priced about 43% below the lowest comparable vehicle in the regional market. A discount this steep is unusual — confirm the vehicle's title status, history, condition, and out-the-door price (pull a vehicle history report and review the photos) before inquiring.
Market Breakdown
Local = comparable listings in the same metro. Regional = comparable listings across the broader state or multi-state region. Both ranges are rebuilt from the market snapshot shown above.
Starmount Motors
Charlotte, NC
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About This 2023 Mazda Mazda3
Listing updated: Aug 15, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Charlotte, NC · On lot for 42 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2023 Mazda Mazda3 Preferred is listed at $12,995 by starmount motors in Charlotte, NC 28273. It has 184,204 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Black. It features a FWD drivetrain with a 2.5L I4 engine and Automatic transmission.
OAV's AI-powered Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as a Great Deal — priced below market value. Based on 10 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $22,998 to $26,749. These comparisons match year, make, and model and may currently span trims and configurations (trim-level matching is rolling out).
This vehicle has been on the lot for 42 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477).
Market context
This listing is part of OAV's broader Charlotte, NC sedans market analysis. OAV compares vehicles using local and regional price-to-market ranges, days-on-lot, comparable count, and demand signals where available.
How this deal is rated
OAV compares this 2023 Mazda Mazda3 against similar vehicles currently available in the local and regional market — same make, model, and year range (currently across available trims and configurations; trim-level matching is rolling out), filtered for comparable mileage. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:
- Great Deal — priced below the typical range for comparable vehicles.
- Fair Price — priced within the expected range for comparable vehicles.
- Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in Charlotte, NC, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN 3MZBPACM1PM376252 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.
Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented methodology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles within the same geographic market.
2023 Mazda Mazda3 Market in NC
NC Market Listings
98
Average Price
$22,477
Price Range
$12,699–$31,998
Avg Days on Lot
50
Based on all 98 2021-2025 Mazda Mazda3 listings in the NC market, the average asking price is $22,477. This listing at $12,995 is $9,482 below the broader NC average (42% below the NC average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across NC; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in NC range from $12,699 to $31,998. Similar vehicles spend an average of 50 days on dealer lots in this market.