2010 Mazdaspeed3 pics
02-03-09, 07:16 AM
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2010 Mazdaspeed3 pics
Next month at the Geneva Motor Show, we'll finally get a look at the highly-anticipated Mazda3 MPS (that's Mazdaspeed3 in Americanized English for y'all), as well as the new Mazda3 i-stop, which features the automaker's fuel-saving stop/start system. The i-stop system, combined with Mazda's MZR 2.0L DISI four-cylinder, deliver 12-percent better city fuel economy and helps drive down the car's emissions output in the face of the upcoming Euro 5 standards.
The Mazda3 MPS takes the jovial-looking hatchback and gives it a little more of an edge. As you can see, the happy face remains, but it's now accentuated by a substantial hood scoop, specific grille trim, and round foglamps. Out back, a pronounced roof spoiler, black bumper insert, and dual exhaust tips are visual cues that tip off the car's performance nature. Power comes, as before, from a turbocharged MZR 2.3-liter DISI four-cylinder, but no specific numbers have been released yet. For that, Mazda's making us wait. No problem, we're patient.
The Mazda3 MPS takes the jovial-looking hatchback and gives it a little more of an edge. As you can see, the happy face remains, but it's now accentuated by a substantial hood scoop, specific grille trim, and round foglamps. Out back, a pronounced roof spoiler, black bumper insert, and dual exhaust tips are visual cues that tip off the car's performance nature. Power comes, as before, from a turbocharged MZR 2.3-liter DISI four-cylinder, but no specific numbers have been released yet. For that, Mazda's making us wait. No problem, we're patient.
02-03-09, 08:31 AM
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I think the current Mazda3 hatch looks fantastic. Mazda designers really dropped the ball with the happy face front end. That's probably a deal breaker for a lot of people considering the car. It would be for me.
02-03-09, 09:00 AM
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Just like the sedan, this new hatch looks awful. I figured that the last-gen Mazda 3 and Acura TL were such great designs, there was a good chance Mazda and Acura would mess up the next-gen designs and they definitely did.
The exterior looks alone would be a deal-breaker for me, and that's not even looking at the interior.
The exterior looks alone would be a deal-breaker for me, and that's not even looking at the interior.
02-03-09, 09:13 AM
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The hood scoops look entirely different in those 2 pics.. it can't just be the angle. In the top pic the scoop looks HUGE and right at the front edge of the hood. The 2nd pic, it's slimmer, and set further back.
