ALL 2010 Mazda3 Stuff Goes Here

[wisniaPl]

at least you got the mp3 deck and a white color option.
i waited until 2008's came out to buy mine since i figured it would be a 2yr run like always. when white wasn't offered, i finally went to the dealer and got my car, then 1 mos later, they announced the 08.5 models with white and metro grey + mp3 deck + alcantera

i have 08 so no mp3 and other s***.....i should of buy rx8 when i had chance than put turbo or sc and have fun on twists....or track
however if they do it awd I will shot my self

 

[clos561]

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1566349


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[Rotary_Powered]

so w/e happend to the whole 2 year run thing for speeds?

They started making money(rlaugh)

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

300 hp on FWD is going to = fail

 

[mckraut]

300 hp on FWD is going to = fail

Quite a few modded MS3s are pushing well over that currently.

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

lol I know...its just seems silly to me to have that much hp in a FWD car...I know it can be done but for a typical street car its just going to be annoying (hence the cut boost in 1st and 2nd gear in the current MS3)

Quite a few modded MS3s are pushing well over that currently.

 

[Mazdaspeed2oo35]

lol I know...its just seems silly to me to have that much hp in a FWD car...I know it can be done but for a typical street car its just going to be annoying (hence the cut boost in 1st and 2nd gear in the current MS3)

C'mon Evil lol lol lol,,,,You keep pointing out FWD with 300 HP or more is a problem is the streets, i don't see or hear any Honda Owners making twice that amount of power complaining.. this traction problem can easily be solve with some good traction bars. I keep seeing more FWD cars whooping AWD and RWD cars in races.. I guess they are not that bad don't you think ?

We all know AWD is better than FWD, but FWD Ain't all that bad man...

 

[copperkid]

I would be very interested if it's AWD.

 

[jaydubz]

I am liking where this is going!

I really wish people would stop bashing FWD! As we have seen in numerous examples AWD is not necessarily the answer! For example look at the shoot out with the Speed3 and the R32 from VW, very marginal difference and once again on the 2008 WRX, which was crap before Subaru did some real modifications to it.

A properly set up FWD car is just as capable on the street as is a AWD vehicle.

Hopefully Mazda will borrow the Revo knuckle technology that ford has adopted for the Focus RS

 

[spdjnke]

EVERYONE should just trade their current MS3's in when the new one comes out, that way the market will suffer and they will have to DISCOUNT the new one!!

 

[ThreeEdgedSword]

What's going on with that grille under the license plate?

I'm guessing (and hoping) it's just part of the camo/wrapping they do to keep the actual styling a secret.

 

[happy and angry]

lol I know...its just seems silly to me to have that much hp in a FWD car...I know it can be done but for a typical street car its just going to be annoying (hence the cut boost in 1st and 2nd gear in the current MS3)

If they are using Ford's new REVO-knuckle front suspension, it might not be as big an issue as you think.

http://forums.focaljet.com/suspension/585922-future-fwd-performance-revo-knuckle.html

http://www.not2fast.com/chassis/revoKnuckle.pdf

If they use the drivetrain from the Focus RS, I see no reason for them to avoid using the front suspension.

 

[clos561]

so then the mazda3 = focus

 

[eg6motion]

so then the mazda3 = focus

more or less...drivetrain and suspension on the mps is supposed to be the same. But the new focus rs/st is also no slouch...or american-derived focus.

 

[happy and angry]

Well the Mazda3 was built on the chasis originally designed for the European Focus, and most of the parts have FoMoCo. stamped on em, and the 2.0L and 2.3L are derived from Ford's Duratec engines (specifically the 2.0L and 2.3L that the U.S. Focus used), so it's not that far off as far as comparisons go.

 

[clos561]

i can tell from those spy pictures that the new 3 is going to look like a ****** up version of the new mazda6 (headlights and grill) and cx-7 (the fender on the front wheels seem to stick out alot like the cx7 sort of does)

 

[Olestra]

so then the mazda3 = focus

I would drive that 300hp focus RS in look at me green all day.

This looks promising! I hope they don't jack the price up. =)

 

[AWDthis]

Make it RWD or AWD with 300hp and under $30k and People will sleep outside the dealer like if it was an iPhone.

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

that price will take it out of its intended market.

 

[madvillian]

dude i'm not so sure about this thing, they are kind of getting rid of the "sleeperness" of it, which is what i like the best about my car. and those wheels are god awful! and im even more pissed that they're still making these, i wanted them to follow the 2 year run!

it is pretty sick though..