Shiny Happy Track Stars: The Mazda 3 World Challenge Car

[Fobio]

http://jalopnik.com/5421607/shiny-happy-track-stars-the-mazda-3-world-challenge-car



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This goofy little grinner was stuck off in a corner of the Mazda stand at the LA Auto Show. It's not news, but with a face like that, how could we not grab the wide lens and go to town?

Mazda's 3 World Challenge car debuted this year at Laguna Seca. Eric Foss qualified it twelfth and finished eleventh. Tri-Point Motorsports (the same team that campaigned Jeff Altenberg's championship-winning Mazda 6 in 2007) handled prep duties. Call us dorks, but we've raced too many Mazda products to not find this cool. Check the rear suspension! The footwell reservoir mounts! That goofy-ass face!

Hanukkah Harry: A season's worth of running costs. My stocking/menorah pile. 'Nuff said.

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[Kappa]

lol mazdaspeed 3 sedan?

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That is pretty sick.

I actually like how the front looks on that lol.

They don't say what type of engine is in it, MS3 engine? (like those that FLIPDADY posted?) or just a regular 2.5L Mazda3?

[Kappa]

would a 2.5l engin bolt up to my 08? because i would do that up in a second and put the 6speed in it as well :)