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thanu31
03-05-2013, 12:09 AM
random question....

started thinking while watching Top Gear, especially when they did the episode on Hot hatchbacks...
Why no mention of the MPS?

I thought it would have been a great contender with the cars they had..

Any reason, or are they just not a fan of Mazda lol
Thrizzl3
03-05-2013, 12:10 AM
they did the MS6.
thanu31
03-05-2013, 12:13 AM
long time ago, why not the MS3 especially on the hatchback episode
Thrizzl3
03-05-2013, 12:15 AM
long time ago, why not the MS3 especially on the hatchback episode

we can make our own...get one of the members to dress like jeremy clarkson. voila...a top gear review on the Mazda 3 MPS
2012speed3
03-05-2013, 12:15 AM
A recent Top Gear USA had MS3 in it, they were talking about 150mph econo boxes! :chuckle
Thrizzl3
03-05-2013, 12:19 AM
A recent Top Gear USA had MS3 in it, they were talking about 150mph econo boxes! :chuckle

econobox you say...liars.
Zuluwun
03-05-2013, 12:44 AM
Motortrend also just did a review of the MS3.

I agree with you though thanu, I think it would've fit into that comparison. Well, except that I don't think any of the others were FI, so it'd easily be the most powerful. It seems to me like the MPS is less popular across the pond for some reason..
zzz3
03-05-2013, 12:48 AM
Top gear UK, being a British show, probably focused on hot hatches that are the most popular in the segment. I don't think MPS is all that prevelant in the tuner scene as it is here.
asyed
03-05-2013, 01:00 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dulXIyQ1HdQ

not as entertaining but still a uk based comparison....


but top gear really needs to review the MS3 .... someone send them an email.... maybe we will get a review like the Ford fiesta one they had a few years back :chuckle
SomeGuy
03-05-2013, 01:42 AM
They've done a written review (you can find it on their site) and they don't really like it and clarkson would just bash the hell out of it, so no point. Besides, if they were going to review it they probably should have done it in 2007 when it came out or 2010 when the design changed. As it stands I doubt we'd see it until there's another refresh at the earliest.

That said, I am sick of the stupid renaults and fords and citorens they ALWAYS review.
Cab0oze
03-05-2013, 07:18 AM
I don't think I remember seeing them ever put a mazda on the show (although I haven't watched several of the older seasons). Is this a true statement? Maybe mazda doesn't want to lend them cars for some reason lol
mathew.poulos
03-05-2013, 08:22 AM
I don't think I remember seeing them ever put a mazda on the show (although I haven't watched several of the older seasons). Is this a true statement? Maybe mazda doesn't want to lend them cars for some reason lol

They did the RX8 a while back
Rob23
03-05-2013, 09:40 AM
I don't think I remember seeing them ever put a mazda on the show (although I haven't watched several of the older seasons). Is this a true statement? Maybe mazda doesn't want to lend them cars for some reason lol

And the MS6. And I saw a review on the Mazda3 n/a first gen, they didn't like it lol.
Johns 08 3 GT
03-05-2013, 10:01 AM
They did the RX8 a while back

Yup.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRiPSlx8PxA
Cab0oze
03-05-2013, 10:08 AM
Sometimes I wonder if their verdicts on cars are skewed by money from the manufacturers though, because it seems like plenty of cars get great reviews while overlooking obvious flaws, and other good cars get nitpicked to pieces. Plus, as natural as they make it seem, top gear is all scripted, so the reviews could be scripted too.


They did the RX8 a while back

Ok must have missed that (and the ms6)... I'll have to go back and watch them :D
JD@WhitbyMazda
03-05-2013, 10:16 AM
When they did their Middle East Special, Clarkson drove an older MX-5. Talked about how much he loved the car when he introduced it as his pick... Of course in true Top Gear fashion it wasn't much of a Mazda by the episodes finish...
Mr Wilson
03-05-2013, 07:34 PM
They've done a written review (you can find it on their site) and they don't really like it and clarkson would just bash the hell out of it, so no point. Besides, if they were going to review it they probably should have done it in 2007 when it came out or 2010 when the design changed. As it stands I doubt we'd see it until there's another refresh at the earliest.

That said, I am sick of the stupid renaults and fords and citorens they ALWAYS review.

This. They had three new cars.......why include a 4 year old car.
standsideways
03-05-2013, 11:07 PM
When your roads are always wet and slippery. And "petrol" costs more than it does here, the speed isnt the greatest choice for alot of them, they just bitch about how it has too much power for a fwd car and you cant modify it without making it worse rah rah rah whatever.

For great Britain use, those little euro hot hatches are perrrrrfect
sammifan
03-07-2013, 12:02 PM
If I remember correctly, they did a written review of the first gen MS3 and Clarkson didn't like it at all and in fact bashed it pretty bad. It seems if it isn't British, Porsche or some super exotic, they get bashed. It is entertaining to watch though with their challenges.
Rob23
03-07-2013, 12:05 PM
If I remember correctly, they did a written review of the first gen MS3 and Clarkson didn't like it at all and in fact bashed it pretty bad. It seems if it isn't British, Porsche or some super exotic, they get bashed. It is entertaining to watch though with their challenges.

No they bash Porsche all the time too.
SirWanker
03-07-2013, 12:18 PM
That said, I am sick of the stupid renaults and fords and citorens they ALWAYS review.

Well they are on the other side of the pond and those cars are popular in the EU. Not to mention that their primary target audience are Brits.
Personally I find it refreshing to have reviews on brands that we cannot get here in NA.
That being said, I did see quite a large number of M2s, less so for M3s and the rest while I was in Lisbon last fall.
mickey_g
03-07-2013, 11:33 PM
Here is Fifth Gear's comparo: MS3 vs. GTI


http://youtu.be/JAI18lEdJoQ
mickey_g
03-07-2013, 11:52 PM
not really a comparo but she dragged on so much about the GTI that it as well have been one
O1Kanoby
03-08-2013, 11:27 AM
based off of top gear episode season 19 episode 4 (http://www.streetfire.net/video/top-gear-season-19-episode-4-19x04_2419939.htm) and motortrends review of the 2013 ms3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDK87rCFe-0) if they were to do a comparison between ford focus st and ms3, it would be tipped in the focus's favor. Everyone seems to compliment how ford has done something to completely get rid of torque steer, something which mazda has been trying to do, but has not gotten it quite right yet....
standsideways
03-08-2013, 03:28 PM
You do know the focus uses a brake based diff?

And gives you instant power assist to combat whatever side the car is pulling to?

Ford took out what made the car LEGIT.

The REVOKNUCKLE was made to PROPERLY combat torque steer!

especially in those 300whp+ special edition's they get in europe.

The one we get is 2/3 focus st IMO