I am planning in a year to buy me a car, there are three main cars that I am trying to choose between- 2017-2020 Ford Fusion, 2017-2021 Volkswagen Jetta, and 2017-2021 Mazda3 or Mazda 6. They would be a daily driver to work and back about 25 miles. Thank you for your opinion
Forget the Jetta, those are endless moneypits. Both the Mazda 3 and the Mazda 6 are excellent choices. A Ford Fusion is a good choice too as long as it doesn't have an EcoBoost engine.
Get the Mazda/s, out of those options.
If buying used, be sure to have it inspected by a professional mechanic, before purchase.
All the best!
If the fusion was more in the early 2010s range, that wouldn't be a bad choice. But the newer mazda's are considerably better.
Mazda has a relationship with Toyota now, and their quality has increased dramatically.
Test drive the 6 and the 3, see which one you like better.
Of those definitely go with the Mazda’s - pick the naturally aspirated engine versions over the turbocharged if you can. Also, starting with 2018 model year for the Mazda6 to the present, the naturally aspirated 2.5L Skactiv-G engines came with cylinder deactivation. I would avoid those, which means looking for pre-2018 model year with the 2.5L engine. For the Mazda3 I don’t recall which year they offered cylinder deactivation, but check the Mazda3 brochure (I think by 2019/2020 they had it). To add confusion, it came on certain trims (but just check the brochure for each year to dial it in).
Go with the Mazda