I just finished reading the "Vile Gossip" Column written by Jean Jennings of Automoblie. She wanted to see if mazdas 155 MPH claim on the MS3 was legit so they took it to germany and let it rip on the autobahn. She actually got it up to 162mph. I just thought that it was a cool tidbit. You lucky MS3 owners.
Automobile Takes MS3 to 163mph on the Autobhan!
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patmaz said:
Very impressive.
Donas64 said:
well,i beleive the 3 speed is pretty fast,but to say that it left an A8 in the dust on the autobahn,that seem to be a bit ridiculous,thoses audi s are beasts on highways,maybe he just didnt push it....
its really fast for a small car,but be reallist,no way it can eat an A8 at that speed,on a take off,i d beleive it,but after 100mph,no way!(glare)
Just as a point of technicality, the MS3 was taken to 161.5mph (260kph) but it really doesn't matter (ie. it doesn't matter if it was 161 vs. 162 vs. 163), but the point was that even then the speed limiter didn't kick in!!! Maybe it's just marketed at 155mph for insurance purposes I have no idea, but regardless this car is pretty bad. Oh and yeah the A8 wasn't racing but still - pretty awesome!
Can't imagine how this car is going to run once people start slapping on the GT3076R offered by atpturbo.com (now on their front page). The potential for this little car seems pretty remarkable.
Can't imagine how this car is going to run once people start slapping on the GT3076R offered by atpturbo.com (now on their front page). The potential for this little car seems pretty remarkable.
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was reading Road and Track very closely and noticed they had an asterisk by their 155mph top speed specifications, saying that it was electronically limited at 155mph. I guess that means this one that was tested is a European on that is not limited?
dmitrik4 said:
Hey, stuff happens. Nothing bad about mentioning it again.
