I could use one of these, esp. if it has the 2.5-liter five-cylinder turbo slated to crank out 300 hp as used in the new Euro-only Ford Focus RS!

Digging that scoop, rear spoiler and RX-8 like wheels & front end hidden in there. Very nice! All wheel drive perhaps?

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-mazdaspeed3-spy-shots/1112493/full/

that looks pretty sweet

2.5t.. oh dear if we had one of those in our 8s.

looks pretty bad ass... someone run up and start taking off the tape!

it has 40th aniv year rims.

Looks beefy


2.5t.. oh dear if we had one of those in our 8s.^^^did he really just say that??????:SHOCKED:

Oh snap, repost.

Good game, WRX, Civic Si and Lancer GTS... Good Game..

Please let it have AWD. That's the only thing that kept me from buying the last one. It should have come with the same drivetrain as the MS6.

it has 40th aniv year rims.

look more curvy like the R3 wheels, but lighter in color- the 40th wheels have more edges (i've spent a long time staring at mine :-P)

meh.....

Looks like it has a pretty aggressive front bumper.

If it turned out to be AWD I'd buy one immediately.

looks awesome. i'd love to get one of these.

I highly doubt it will have RWD, look at the Focus RS, they dumped a ton of money into developing the "Revo Knuckle" in order to make an increasingly faster FWD car market. Plus, look at the new Cobalt SS while its still a crappy baseline model Chevy, its beating cars that are more expensive and AWD. AWD is just going to make the car heavier.

All that aside, I'd love to see this beast as an AWD machine!

Meh looks like the new WRX STi to me and I can't stand that hatch look. It could have 800 whp for the same price and I still don't think I would buy one.

sweet!!!!

Someone with good photoshop skills needs to put the sedan's face on the hatch body, pronto! :rollingla:

its the mazdaspeed3 so it'll look different.

I don't think it'll be that far off since since the intake ducts have been replaced with the hood scoop. I'd say the only major difference on the front end is the bulging hood.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f198/miralamorena/P1J04111s.jpg
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2.5t.. oh dear if we had one of those in our 8s.

I hate to say it but...+1

it looks awesome, id maybe trade my 8 for one haha

if its AWD, Im all for it.

Or else. no deal.

It looks FWD. Wide front and similar rear width. I doubt Mazda will put a AWD MS3.

too small for my taste. Need space. Wish Mazda brought the new Mazda6 in wagon format!

In Japan they do have AWD option for the 3.

In Japan they do have AWD option for the 3.

yes. it was launched 2 years ago......

it's seems the same system of cx-7/Ms6/cx-9

http://www.mazda.com/publicity/release/2006/200606/060606.html

why do they always have to make the suped up mazdaspeed version out of the ugly ass hatch. Make a damn coupe already and supe that up for god sakes.

I think the hatch body style was more fitting, especially with those big rear fender haunches, IMO. Plus hatches are way more popular in other countries than they are here. It would be nice if they had both a sedan and hatch version though.

why do they always have to make the suped up mazdaspeed version out of the ugly ass hatch. Make a damn coupe already and supe that up for god sakes.

America is the only market that doesn't like hatches.

I think they should make a 3-door hatch version of this car.

In Japan they do have AWD option for the 3.

Sweet. That's one hell of an option. If they make the AWD option for the MS3 then they should make a FI option for the 8. Never going to happen but one can wish, right?

You can ONLY wish ... nothing will be given :P

I like the hatch version more than the 4 door version.

Blah, too bad no AWD option nor will there be one.

Bad ass. I hope the front isn't ugly... the body lines on the hatch are awesome. That car has some potential.

more effort into making the econoboxes faster, less emphasis on making its "flagship sports car" any faster. seeing this just pisses me off haha

What can we do ?

Auto Companies will always sell more Econbox than any flagship halo sports car. Its the same for everyone of them out there. and those Econbox is what keeps the company going.

Only a few companies have some flagship car thats significantly faster than the rest of their lineup. Like Covertte(GM), GT-R(Nissan), etc.

Even Toyota/Lexus does not have one. what ? IS-F ? sure it has 416 hp. but its not really their flagship car nor it is that much faster than the rest of their lineups.

Looks good. However I doubt that the exchange rates right now would allow for it to be AWD for less than $35K in the US...although it's about damn time somebody else threw their hat in the "STi vs Evo" battle. It doesn't look like Ford is interested and VW hasn't figured out that putting their more tuneable 2.0L turbo in thqt fat-a$$ R32 would also save some weight.

:scratchhe For some reason I've always been leary of odd number cylinder engines. But 300 HP would be nice.