2026 Mazda Mazda3 Preferred
Vehicle Details
Preferred
Dover, DE 19904
Is this 2026 Mazda Mazda3 Preferred a good deal?
OAV verdict: Fair Price
Why: Listed at $28,699, comparable market range $27,260–$30,140, based on 63 comparable listings. Days on lot: 47 days (market average 67 days).
Manufacturer MSRPReference
$28,600This vehicle $28,699 · $99 (0%) above MSRP
MSRP is the manufacturer's suggested retail price, shown for reference only. OAV rates new-car deals by how far below the LOCAL COMPARABLE MARKET a vehicle is priced (see OAV's market comparables / MRP and sold-price value / TRV) — not by discount from MSRP, because dealer-supplied MSRP is not independently verified. The advertised price is set by the dealer and may require financing, rebates, trade-in, or other qualifications, and excludes taxes, fees, and dealer add-ons — confirm the out-the-door price with the dealer. How OAV rates new-car deals.
Market price position
$28,699 · within market range
- Comparable range
- $27,260 – $30,140
- vs. market
- $1,439 above low · $1,441 below high
- Comparable vehicles
- 63
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$28,700This vehicle $28,699 · $1 (0%) 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™)
$28,193This vehicle $28,699 · $506 (2%) above TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-08-04) — 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 12–36 days).
What does Demand-Verified mean?
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.
Hertrich's Capitol Mazda
Dover, DE
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About This 2026 Mazda Mazda3
Listing updated: Aug 4, 2026Listed by a franchise dealer in Dover, DE · On lot for 47 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This new 2026 Mazda Mazda3 Preferred is listed at $28,699 by hertrich's capitol mazda in Dover, DE 19904. The exterior color is Gray. 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 Fair Price — priced at market value. Based on 63 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $27,260 to $30,140. 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 47 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 Dover, DE 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 2026 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 a franchise dealer in Dover, DE, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN JM1BPACL9T1895048 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.
2026 Mazda Mazda3 Market in DE
DE Market Listings
64
Average Price
$29,171
Price Range
$20,554–$40,334
Avg Days on Lot
67
Based on all 64 2024-2028 Mazda Mazda3 listings in the DE market, the average asking price is $29,171. This listing at $28,699 is $472 below the broader DE average (2% below the DE average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across DE; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in DE range from $20,554 to $40,334. Similar vehicles spend an average of 67 days on dealer lots in this market.
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