Honestly, it is a big difference. I had the regular hatch before. When I transferred my stuff from my hatch to the MS3, the stuff I had on my hatch which occupied the hidden storage and about a quarter of the hatch open space, occupied more than half of my MS3's hatch space. Plus, like I posted...
Aftermarket HID's are illegal in the US. You can fool the inspectors if you have 35w 4500 or 5000 as they look very close to stock HID's (4300K are stock on our 3's).
By the way, I installed 35w 5000 HID's on mine. Worked perfectly until I noticed the left side is a little brighter than the...
08.5 MS3 Sport MGM
Jersey City, NJ
Maxon Mazda, Union, NJ
35/5 tints
shark fin (I know some wouldn't like it on the hatch but I love it ;))
shifter bushings
HID conversions
LED interior lights
traded in 07 3 5dr GT SS, stock
The reason why I bought a hatch was because my 00 Corolla's trunk is bigger than the 07 3 sedan's trunk. Even the opening was small compared to my Corolla.
Then, when I bought the MS3, I understood why they had the hatch as the speed not the sedan, the hatch's trunk shrunk as a result of the...