Who wants to buy the new MazdaSpeed3?
 

I think the MazdaSpeed3 will surprise alot on the road! :balls:

I agree....you will see some STI and EVO guys upset that Mazda made a car that can keep up now....

I love the sounds of it - especially at the price!!! But boy oh boy 268 HP to just the front wheels sounds like a recipe for tire smoke and bad launches, even with a good limited slip differential. But I guess enough so that Mazda had to calibrate the PCM to retard power in 1st and 2nd gear? :confused:

Fun, fer sure tho. :D

i get bad launches w/ 170HP, still get the stubborn wheel hop w/ stiffer motor mounts... another 100 horses... sounds like fun! - cant beat that price though.. lotta car 4 the money.

damn, i gotta get my 100 shot...I cant be getting beat by no stock mazda,lol :bt:

Im a bit bitter they stuck with FWD, if they truely want the mazdaspeed3 to compete with its intended competition(ie. STI and EVO) it should be AWD and be packin about 50 more hp imo. Im not gunna lie though im pretty excited to see how it competes, its curb weight is less than the EVO and the STI but its trailing the EVO by 35 hp/10 ft-lbs and the STI by 50 hp/50 ft-lbs.

Im pretty sure that stock for stock the EVO and STI will take the Speed3, but luckily the Speed3 is 8 grand less, so dollar for dollar, the Speed3 Kicks the shit out of the EVO and STI both.

about 10 grand 4 the sti :) $33,000 - evo starts @ $30,000

Ok. So how much is the price? About 23K?

Starting @ 22,835 according to Mazdausa.com

Dam I wish we had those MSRP prices out here in Puerto Rico a base SPEED3 will cost me $29-30g's.

i'd get one if it was a sedan...the hatch is too big for a small girl like me

I'd love to trade in my protege for a newer MSP3... but I couldn't live with driving a hatch, I'm sorry.. but I'm a 100% sedan only guy :(

same here, love the car but absolutely hate the hatches...on any car

MS3 will be awesome. It may even be faster than my MS6 but I needed a bigger car and the AWD will really help out if I decide to launch the car at the track.

it trails the STi by 20 lb/ft of torque not 50... and it trails the STi by 37hp.. and the STi puts down about 225 awhp due to the drastic drivetrain loss.. the MS3 should put down around 235-240whp i'm guessing because fwd's have less drivetrain loss than rwd too. The mazdaspeed weighs 3153 the STi weighs 3351 i don't see the STi romping on this car in anything really besides from a stop.. which is the only advantage..

We just put our deposit on the girl...Two in the family now...SP & MPS...

But there is only one thing that will make you mad, as it did myself. they will only be shipping 5000 of them here a year.

Yea...but in the Bay Area more people drive BMW's/Mercedes...sure you'll see them, the MPS...but not alot...same with our SP23...really don't see that many in the Bay Area...i've seen maybe half dozen...

yeah you dont see alot of them in the dallas area either, but the is really nohing special about the sp2.3. the only difference between the 2.3 and sp2.3 is little things like heated seats, rain sensors on the window, just little things like that. there is no performance difference thought. but yeah i still want a speed3 BADLY. but i probly will just go through the proccess of making mine turbo.

Don't forget the major difference...the color is only in sp23...back to the MPS...I need turbo...

yeah im saving up for mine is gonna be about 5500 to turn mine turbo with full programing. but while in doing that im in the process of gathering up some reinforced internals.like the crawford forgeds pistons and rods, but i need to find some who makes a better crank. oh hey, have you seen the mazda3 gt wide body kit from brs?

the dealership in athens got a black ms3 yesterday :) - of course, i had to stop and look!

sticker price was $24900

let me know if you need an s-plan number....

^ I wish!

i already did :-D

Do tell! :bt:

it was tempty when I drove tested. But I rather just add a turbo and LSD to mine than to get the MS3 and I will need to change some of its parts in order to get it to my taste. But if you have not made any investment on your 3, I highly recommend to get it....I invested a bit on my 3 already.I love it..

Well I pretty much LOVE it.
I love the low rumble it makes. and I like the interior everything is great.
I have two beefs with it though.
1. 1st gear is really really low almost too low for normal launching at a stop light.
2. My sticker said I was supposed to have a 6 disc cd changer and 7 speaker bose system but I don't have it.
I have a Sport model and apparently it's not supposed to be on it and it was a mix up however it WAS something I was looking forward too and Mazda is sending me one to install.


I have another one thats not really a big deal.

There are lots of regular m3 hatches driving around so mine dosnt relaly stand out .
However cops see it as an econo car lol :Kill1:

I doubt that. My wife is 4' 10" and she can reach the hatch.

actualy the HB gives you a more compact feeling compared to the sedan. Speacialy for women they can make better stimate on how much room they have to back up....

Those rear tri window's suck for blind spots on the Hatch...FYI...

i disagree, i came from a compact sedan and drove several rental cars in between... but from day one of driving a 2006 3 5-door (and now the 07 ms3) i have been completely comfortable with the visibility to my side and behind me. always had a good feeling of distances between other cars around me. also, i've never heard anyone else complain. do you drive the 5-door as well? not sure how i'd feel in a p5, never driven one before. we have an explorer at work in one of those vinyl wraps. that makes my feel uncomfortable, vinyl wrap is hard to see out of and the explorer in general is not something i'm used to size-wise...
anyways, if your mirrors are set correctly and you are paying attention, you shouldn't have to worry about not knowing if someone is in your blind spot. imo, i have no blind spots, just people around me who don't know how to drive wasting space on the highway. :asian:

Owners, where can I find pictures and input about the new Mazdaspeed3

Speaking of driver visibility, today I was messing around with the seat adjuster and wondered what it would be like to drive with the seat at it's highest position.
So I raised it as high as I could and I could see everything! I felt like it was an advantage I didn't know about... However I drive with the steering wheel and the seat at it's lowest because I prefer it. I'm not that tall but I just like it, so I put it back down.
Also, having the seat up that high, my head almost touched the roof and the car felt alot less roomy.

So it's all about how you adjust your seats, wheel and mirrors. That is one of the things that attracted me to this car is being able to adjust the driver positioning in so many ways (not to mention lumbar support).

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35K at Mazda of roswell for a MazdaSpeed 3. It made me cry.

That is so far BEYOND absurd that it's insulting. I hope they get in trouble with Mazda for it.

well Jim ellis is the same-- the sad part is they are selling!!!!!

i got mine with jim ellis @ msrp... both were offering msrp when i checked. seemed offended when i mentioned other dealers selling over. thinking of trading the rx8?

p.s. i could watch that avatar all day