Mazdaspeed 3

[bluntman]

Autocar Magazine article (http://www.autocarmagazine.com/news_article.asp?na_id=212367)

[majic]

well i\'ve waited for a while already.. might as well cancel with avante and pick this puppy up in 2006.. :D

intersting that they dumbed down the 2.3L MPS6 engine down.. u know what this means.. LOTSA ROOM FOR MODS AND POWER :D

they should have kept it a 2.0L to compete in the rally world .. oh well

[FLIPDADY]

So far Mazda hasn\'t released any news on the MSP3. So I guess we\'ll just wait and see.

[majic]

are you just trying to keep me from cancelling my purchase from avante? ;) :p heh..

i just thoght of something.. if/when MSP3 is out.. this will mean a drop-in turbo that won\'t void the warranty no?

[s_h_a_o_l_i_n]

Hope it comes late late late... later than 2008 or sth... I just got my car!! argh...

[bluntman]

If it gets the piano gloss black interior pieces like in the MX Sportif, I\'ll be all over it...the interior pieces, not the car.

[MajesticBlueNTO]

Originally posted by majic

i just thoght of something.. if/when MSP3 is out.. this will mean a drop-in turbo that won\'t void the warranty no?


no drop-in turbo for the 2.3L engine we have as the one in the MPS6 is a direct-injected ALL mazda engine (i.e. it shares zero architecture with the duratec 2.3L engine).

[majic]

Originally posted by MajesticBlueN



Originally posted by majic

i just thoght of something.. if/when MSP3 is out.. this will mean a drop-in turbo that won\'t void the warranty no?


no drop-in turbo for the 2.3L engine we have as the one in the MPS6 is a direct-injected ALL mazda engine (i.e. it shares zero architecture with the duratec 2.3L engine).

o ic.. i didn\'t know that mazda \'re-invented\' the wheel with this engine.. hmmm i guess back to aftermarket turbos eh?


MPS6 = mazdaspeed mazda6
what does MPS stand for then? = mazda protege speed? why MPS?

[MajesticBlueNTO]

Originally posted by majic

o ic.. i didn\'t know that mazda \'re-invented\' the wheel with this engine.. hmmm i guess back to aftermarket turbos eh?


MPS6 = mazdaspeed mazda6
what does MPS stand for then? = mazda protege speed? why MPS?

MPS ...from the article, i\'m guessing Mazda Performance Series :)

japanese manufacturers in the JDM market uses direct-injection gas engines .... better fuel consumption and higher compression ratios ...more power from smaller displacement ;)

[Xenon]

Interesting... it has a GS style grille...

I thought they would use the Mazdaspeed mesh grille.

[majic]

Originally posted by Xenon


Interesting... it has a GS style grille...

I thought they would use the Mazdaspeed mesh grille.

it\'s going to share its looks with the mx sportif version.. it won\'t necessairly look identical but we don\'t know to what extent till it\'s on the road..

[Xenon]

it looks nothing like the Mazdaspeed Axela A-Spec found on the mazda.co.jp site....

Which I don\'t like, cuz the one on the jp site looks amazing.

[majic]

but FWIK.. JDM.. A-spec.. Ausie (mx) and others have different stylings.. just like JDM hondas and american ones.. so just wati till more info comes out about the styling cues..

[bluntman]

FYI, the photo in the article that I linked to is of the MX Sportif concept car, not the Mazdaspeed 3.

[bluntman]

Mazdaspeed 3 photo from PBase (http://www.pbase.com/image/38347140)

[mEtH]

THATS A SEDAN!!!

[Xenon]

Originally posted by methodyst


THATS A SEDAN!!!

With the GS/GX bumper style? I donno... THe Mazdaspeed 6 got all new body panels. That car looks like a GS with skirts.

[Zaku_4]

hmm,
lol i find it weird how the mazdaspeed 6 and 3 are NA. would of thought they would have turbos. then again better to have a nice base NA engine and slap on a turbo later haha

[majic]

Originally posted by Zaku_4


hmm,
lol i find it weird how the mazdaspeed 6 and 3 are NA. would of thought they would have turbos. then again better to have a nice base NA engine and slap on a turbo later haha

what are you smokin? ;)

mazdaspeed mazda6 (http://www.modernracer.com/mazdaspeed6.html)
mazdaspeed mazda3 (http://usautonews.auto123.com/en/info/autonews/index,view.spy?artid=32779)

[mEtH]

Originally posted by majic


what are you smokin? ;)

Whatever hes smokin? GIVE ME SOME!!!!! (I dont feel like working)

[Fuman]

Originally posted by Xenon


it looks nothing like the Mazdaspeed Axela A-Spec found on the mazda.co.jp site....

Which I don\'t like, cuz the one on the jp site looks amazing.
straight up man....
I wish they had the AWD system on there. Means I cant screw around in the snow =(

[Indusbreed]

THATS A SEDAN!!!
AWESOME....:D :D :D
210 HP with Turbo...i am trading in my other Rolla next year for sure :D :D