Not sure if this has been posted but, just finished reading the October issue of Winding Road(WindingRoad.com). Another happy editor with another GREAT review of the Mazdaspeed 3. I'm currently doing the research for a New vehicle(next spring) and was leaning toward the Mini till Mazda released the MSP3, however with only 5000 vehicles in the first year, it might come down to an availibilty issue.