Mazdaspeed 3 vs. 2010 Volkswagen GTI - Car & Driver Tests

[sip]

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparisons/09q4/2010_mazdaspeed_3_vs._2010_volkswagen_gti-comparison_tests

First place: VW GTI

Highs: Great seats, sweet shifter, impeccable steering, agility without harshness, tidy styling.

Lows: Achtung, Wolfsburg! Surely you guys have a little more horsepower lying around?

The Verdict: Proof that you can be the champ without delivering a knockout punch.

Second: 2010 Mazdaspeed 3


Highs: Power galore, improved responses, roomy within, lots of attitude.

Lows: So-so seats; P.T. Barnum trim; and if torque steer was a virtue, everyone would have it.

The Verdict: Still aptly named, and still faster.

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

Thanks for coming out, but you're about 2 weeks too late. This has already been covered in the Mazdaspeed section. What does Consumer's Reports say about the cars?? LOL

[sip]

I didn't know it was covered in the Mazdaspeed section. The web link I posted that gives the full article was available only yesterday.

Consumer Reports says as their articles are highly flawed, to ask Zoom Zoom for scientific analysis on cars and their performance.

Here (http://www.topgear.com/uk/mazda/3-mps/road-test/256bhp) is another article on MS3 from BBC’s Top Gear. Hope it was not posted before.

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

Good to know CR is getting it right finally. :chuckle

Thanks for the TG link. That was irreverently funny, as most of them are.

[trademark83]

ms3 over a gti any day.

[mazdilla]

Yes, the TG article was very irreverent and funny. The writer is an encyclopedia of metaphors.

I linked through that to a Focus RS article. That is quite a little bomb. Too bad that's not available in NA.

[candal82]

The VW feels like a higher quality car in every department... I'll sacrifice a few hp for a better built car...

[OhAxela]

whats with the 2 inch navi display? might as well pay 150 bucks and get a proper navi at BB

[DeadB2000]

The VW feels like a higher quality car in every department... I'll sacrifice a few hp for a better built car...

Sure but when you are putting $10,000 worth of wiring in your VW down the road becase they haven't sorted out those problems since they made the Kuffelwagen in 1939, you will wish you bought the Mazda.

[Hives]

MS3 > GTi

VW = Trouble

[MSMitch]

I like reading the European comparisons where they have a much more interesting selection of hot-hatches, I'd go for the Ford RS or Vauxhall even.

1st Gen MS3 > GTI > new Gen MS3 (still too smily for my liking)

[J_man]

So why are you in a mazda forum! Leave intruder! lol :)


The VW feels like a higher quality car in every department... I'll sacrifice a few hp for a better built car...

[Egor...ka]

OMG VW GTI = realy sadface...... cant even compare :) Its same like VW bug :)

[bigbradford]

Yeah posting this here isn't completely biased or anything...

[BlueJoe]

Yeah posting this here isn't completely biased or anything...

Even so, I would say MS3! How can you deny that cute smile :)

[Impressive]

ms3 over a gti any day.

+1. I read this aritcle while I was waiting for my summers to be put on and just laughed. No way I'd take the GTI over the MS3, though I'd truly rather have an 08-09 MS3 over the new ones.

[McGuyver_3]

whats with the 2 inch navi display? might as well pay 150 bucks and get a proper navi at BB

you dont take the nav optionfor 2000$ then you are missing out on
bose 10.1 audio pilot and center point,
push button start with smart key,
active front headlights
sirius satelite built in
and of course nav system

for 2000$ thats a pretty good option were VW wants 6000 i think for just nav :O

Although having been in a 2010 gti and been driven in it hands down GTI over MS3. Also seeing what you can do with a simple cable that you hook up to your laptop and messing around with a program called vag-com is absoloutely phinominal

[Linkz]

MS3 > GTi

VW = Trouble

VW can be a maintenance nightmare sometimes...it's very expensive.

[Kris"Speed3"CWP]

WOW!! This is a Mazda forum right? Well Hands down I'd take the MS3 as it has all the toys and more power for $32,995 where the VW you will be spending $37,995 or $38,995 for all the toys!! With less power to boot! Now if we were talking 2011 Golf R that would be a very different story as spec are same as MS3 but with AWD it would still fall short of the EVO and the WRX STi and the price for this beast would be $42-44Grand like the other two 305hp monsters!! Which still makes it a win win for MS3. Mazda where is our AWD or Dual clutch auto come on already!

[itzmattz]

MS3 > GTi...yup.
However, the GTi has a godly DSG tranny. VW is too expensive for my taste. Not worth the money. Not to mention the costs of maintenance...dear god.

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