Brief Article on the Mazda3 - TheCarConnection.com
 

MAZDA DROPS A BIG HINT WITH MX SPORTIF

The MX Sportif concept sedan provides “a very real look into Mazda’s future,” hinted the Japanese automaker’s new U.S. president, Jim O’Sullivan. The aggressively styled compact is expected to be renamed the Mazda3 when it hits the road about a year from now. It’s edgy, “zoomist” design is meant to emphasize Mazda’s newly rediscovered sportiness, and is clearly in the same family as the new Mazda6 mid-size sedan. Like the larger four-door, the MX Sportif/Mazda3 is aiming at the mid to higher end of its market niche, and will offer a number of highline features, including a 160-horsepower engine, along with optional xenon headlights and leather seats

This was posted on my other car site-
http://www.donlen.com/Whats_New/new_...art_mazda.html

you can start ordering this 6/1/03.

Dont know if i believe it though. Why wouldnt the Mazda site mention anything about this car? Its not even in the upcoming cars section of the site.