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- 07 Speed3, Cosmic Blue
Hiroshima FTW!
oh wait, was that a little insensitive?
oh wait, was that a little insensitive?
Dealer Knows Nothing...
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that, my friend, is amazing..... I almost fell out of my chair laughing
the extreme was pretty much a reflash, intake, cbe, and some visual mods. Won't be coming here because of emissions
I forget who posted it, but as far as the "true awd axela" it's only on their base 2.0 motor. The MS axela has the same system we do, just rhd
peterdaniel
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I have had the pleasure of meeting some higher management people from within Mazda and they inform me of several things..
1) Mazda loses money on anything Mazdaspeed ( car wise). They really do sell them at a loss
2) when you compare a top of the line GT N/A with a speed3 GT, the price difference is only a couple of thousand dollars and look what you get!
3) They do not make them in massive quanities because quite frankly, they DON"T sell, (thought the speed3 might be the exception since its quite practical) Most dealers have leftover speeds at the end of the year. I bought my speed Miata for 9K off of sticker!
4) limited quantities means higher costs to produce.
5) Mazda is a small company without a lot of name recognition.. Unlike Toyota and Nissan and Honda, Rarely does Mazda get mentioned in the same breath
6) Making them for only 2 years, limits their losses, maximizes the excitement of the model, brings people into the showroom and creates a great image for the company.
But they don't make money DIRECTLY off of the speeds.. They follow the American practice of race on Sunday, sell on Monday.
I would consider us quite fortunate for the gift that is Mazda.. The ability of that small company to resist the big bad daddy parent Ford and give us some truly awe inspiring cars
1) Mazda loses money on anything Mazdaspeed ( car wise). They really do sell them at a loss
2) when you compare a top of the line GT N/A with a speed3 GT, the price difference is only a couple of thousand dollars and look what you get!
3) They do not make them in massive quanities because quite frankly, they DON"T sell, (thought the speed3 might be the exception since its quite practical) Most dealers have leftover speeds at the end of the year. I bought my speed Miata for 9K off of sticker!
4) limited quantities means higher costs to produce.
5) Mazda is a small company without a lot of name recognition.. Unlike Toyota and Nissan and Honda, Rarely does Mazda get mentioned in the same breath
6) Making them for only 2 years, limits their losses, maximizes the excitement of the model, brings people into the showroom and creates a great image for the company.
But they don't make money DIRECTLY off of the speeds.. They follow the American practice of race on Sunday, sell on Monday.
I would consider us quite fortunate for the gift that is Mazda.. The ability of that small company to resist the big bad daddy parent Ford and give us some truly awe inspiring cars
Hey yea
Yes I thought 5000 available to US in 2007. Again Mazda gave the folks in the " know" a great gift with speed 3 You just can't manufacture a car with this much performance engineering and realize a big profit. That's why some of us waited in line for this little hot rod+. I was at a historical Corvette meet last summer, parked in lot. Father and young son also leaving. I overheard as I pulled out kid say Daddy is that a race car? He pointed to me and my spd3 , oh yeah its a very cool car dude!
Im pretty sure that the speed3 is limited edition. i even read that they only made 5000 of them in north america. But when i asked my dealer he said that they were becoming part of the mazda line for good. One reason i bought the car as because i was hoping there wasn't going to be too many around. If any one can clear this up for me it would be great
Yes I thought 5000 available to US in 2007. Again Mazda gave the folks in the " know" a great gift with speed 3 You just can't manufacture a car with this much performance engineering and realize a big profit. That's why some of us waited in line for this little hot rod+. I was at a historical Corvette meet last summer, parked in lot. Father and young son also leaving. I overheard as I pulled out kid say Daddy is that a race car? He pointed to me and my spd3 , oh yeah its a very cool car dude!
Im pretty sure that the speed3 is limited edition. i even read that they only made 5000 of them in north america. But when i asked my dealer he said that they were becoming part of the mazda line for good. One reason i bought the car as because i was hoping there wasn't going to be too many around. If any one can clear this up for me it would be great
My dealership didnt even know you could get them in cwp or metro grey in a few months until I told them a couple weeks ago.
AutoXRacer
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AutoXRacer
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Yeah, there is a trend over there with owning American muscle, classics, and big boats... (lol2)
At least Mazdagod will assure all his faithful a Mazdaspeed before production ends
AutoXRacer
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Since the merger of Ford, Volvo, Mazda, Jaguar, and Land Rover, they have been swapping parts between each other...
Till now, the swapping of parts has been a positive thing...
Till now, the swapping of parts has been a positive thing...
MS3JamOnIt
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- 2007 Mazdaspeed3
I think it's from the XC90. I saw this Volvo the other day in a parking lot and I noticed that the brakes look like the ones we have on our MS3's. The size and the type look identical.
