I agree jandree....a mazdaspeed 5 would be in my drive if they made one...but it dont make up for the european feel of the vw's. european cars have handling down....the steering is weighted perfect, where all japanese cars I have owned the steering is way to light, no feel to it....even the awsome MS6 is this way, the steering is too light. that is the one major flaw of the mazdaspeed, and the japanese car makers in general...if they could take a vw, or bmw and design their cars to "feel" more like them, and make their interior more like them, I would only have mazda products.....but the idea of a 250 hp mazda 5, AWSOME!