Mazdaspeed3 in 2005

[NegatiZE]

By early 2005, performance junkies can expect a turbocharged Mazdaspeed 3 sports compact that should pump out at least 200 horsepower (or up to 240, if Mazda decides to offer an all-wheel-drive version). The hotted-up 3 should be followed by Mazdaspeed's take on the mid-size 6.

http://money.cnn.com/2003/12/22/pf/a...iata/index.htm

[McCorkle]

j/k


And possibly a 240 hp All-wheel drive

[Lil Freek]

damn!!! 240 with AWD.. given it's an "if".. but still!!
hmmmmmm..... now i must rethink getting a MSP in March.

damn it all!

[bz3n]

the ms mx5 looks sexy as hell...

you know in los angeles...if you drive around in a stock miata...most people will think you're gay

until they eat yo dust hehe

[Lil Freek]

[QUOTE]you know in los angeles...if you drive around in a stock miata...most people will think you're gay[QUOTE]

I remember hearing that when i was a kid.... weird.
i always just used to call them "poseur racers"... but after seeing some of the mods possible on those things... very very nice cars.

[Kelly]

yeah theres a 30k compact

[funkdaddysmack]

the ms mx5 looks sexy as hell...

I concur

[macklum]

I believe it when it happens ,Mazda has said things like this before ,they really screwed up on the MP3 ,Mazdaspeed and RX-8 ,. Do they no nothing about marketing . As I consumer ,One wants the product when it is suposed to be released not 3 months after the fact . Now Mazda has to discount the Mazda speed because of poor marketing ,and quality control issues just to move them off the dealers lots
If and I only if when mazda brings out an AWD 240 HP Mazda 3 I wont be lining up to get one , Mazda blew there chances with me . lets face if Mazda promotted their product better and backed it up with support from the factry anbout modding it ,they Mazda could be a contenter in the import war ,Until mazda realizes this they are only going to slip further down the line .

[Kelly]

i just got information about the 3 for the first time with my car note yesterday.

[turbonium959]

I believe it when it happens ,Mazda has said things like this before ,they really screwed up on the MP3 ,Mazdaspeed and RX-8 ,. Do they no nothing about marketing . As I consumer ,One wants the product when it is suposed to be released not 3 months after the fact . Now Mazda has to discount the Mazda speed because of poor marketing ,and quality control issues just to move them off the dealers lots
If and I only if when mazda brings out an AWD 240 HP Mazda 3 I wont be lining up to get one , Mazda blew there chances with me . lets face if Mazda promotted their product better and backed it up with support from the factry anbout modding it ,they Mazda could be a contenter in the import war ,Until mazda realizes this they are only going to slip further down the line .

I share the same opinion with you. Mazdaspeed should have build the cars in Japan, and ship them here complete, and not letting dealers mess with them. Not only Mazda made mistakes with Mazdaspeed Protege, but Mazda 6 as well. When Mazda introduced the 6, it was supposed to go head to head with Accord/Camry/Altima. They even spend record money on advertising, but the hell did all that money go to. Here in New England, I see more Tourags and Cayennes then I do 6s, well not really, but they do not seem to poping around the corner as much as Accord/Campry/Altima. Even in all the comparrison tests, the 6 is always 2nd behind Accord, so what the hell is wrong then.

But if things are going to continue in this manner, Mazdaspeed version of Axela/3 will never make it here.

[funkdaddysmack]

I would NEVER buy a 6 now, ever. My friends bought an '03 and it's been back to the dealer at least 4 times now (Knock Sensor bad, car repeatedly going into limp mode), and it has 4000 miles on it.

A friend of THEIRS just bought one even though they told him not to, he was in the dealer for some problem a week after he bought the car.

There's NO way I'd ever buy a 6 now

[charles]

Didn't they also install the alarms at the port? Heh.

the dealers have NOTHING to do with the production of the mazdaspeed protege... they were built in japan with everything but the turbo, spoiler, front & rear skirts, pedals, shift knob, stereo... when they arrived they were installed at the port before being shipped to the dealers

so far mazda has done stupid **** in their mazdaspeed marketing in the US because of certain internal issues within MNAO corporate (hence why they can't make up their damn minds what to do right now)... all I know is that it's very political and that I'm assuming that it has something to do with where parts are sourced, who controls the development and production.... big things like that.... like I said... I'm just assuming... even I don't know what's going on