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Old 10-24-2008, 01:22 PM
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In Japan they do have AWD option for the 3.
Old 10-24-2008, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by nycgps
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/relea...06/060606.html
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why do they always have to make the suped up mazdaspeed version out of the ugly *** hatch. Make a damn coupe already and supe that up for god sakes.

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Old 10-24-2008, 04:28 PM
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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.
Old 10-24-2008, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by bulletproof21
why do they always have to make the suped up mazdaspeed version out of the ugly *** hatch. Make a damn coupe already and supe that up for god sakes.
America is the only market that doesn't like hatches.
Old 10-24-2008, 09:37 PM
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I think they should make a 3-door hatch version of this car.
Old 10-24-2008, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by nycgps
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?
Old 10-24-2008, 10:15 PM
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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.
Old 10-24-2008, 10:47 PM
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Bad ***. I hope the front isn't ugly... the body lines on the hatch are awesome. That car has some potential.
Old 10-24-2008, 11:03 PM
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more effort into making the econoboxes faster, less emphasis on making its "flagship sports car" any faster. seeing this just pisses me off haha
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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.

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