Mazda getting interesting...

[Neo_VR]

Ive been half-looking around for a new and bigger car to replace my pocket rocket tweaked Fabia vRS..

i have to say id never really looked at mazda until watching topgear on sunday.. the MPS series look quite tempting
even the mazda 3 (golf gti rival) is 70kg lighter, with 250bhp
and the 6 mps has got 260bhp and 4 wheel drive... all for less than all the rivals too!

might have to investigate further

[XA04]

Yes... but as Jeremy said, it's like a girl... she has good looks, she's funny, she's clever, but she has a mustache.

[Howard]

Looks are entirely personal. I think the Mazda 6 looks fantastic, as does the 3. I want that vRS of yours also

[ParoXoN]

Ya, Mazda's been getting interesting again over the past few years. I don't think the RX8 wa as successful as they'd hoped (it was hardly a successor to the RX7) but in the middle-range market they seem to be doing quite well.

I still entertain the pipe dream that they'll bring the FD back into production, though

[piggeh]

they're bringing out a mazda 3 2.0D TS2 in the autumn. Will be having a look at that when it's out.

[schmunk]

And an MX-5 with a folding hard top - looks like a winner!

[5lab]

240 bhp seat leon cupra for under £20k ftw

[Neo_VR]

240 bhp seat leon cupra for under £20k ftw

Itll be good.. but its still VW based..
TBH id still rather have a new octavia vRS than a new Leon..
Usual tuneability applies... got a mate with a Octy II vRS.. with a remap, cai and exhaust.. its pushing 275bhp at the wheels.. its fecking quick but a handful with it being FWD

Considering the market the Mazda 6 is aiming for, its very competative... the mundano st220 is 1k more, and hasnt got half the toys... the only thing thats optional on the mps is sat-nav!

[5lab]

ah but its not, you can get the mondie pre-reg for 17k. i've never seen the mazda for under 20.. 17k for a brand new 220bhp family car is cheapy goodness

[Hobart Paving]

The Mazda is a pretty smart looking car - taught and sinewy but in an understated way. Its alot more of an interesting design that the other saloon / hatchback cars in its class and you just know that its never going to break down, even with 4WD and 100k miles under its belt.

Have to agree about the grille - its looks a bit weird. The strange thing is, in the pre-production design the grille never looked like that.

Pre-production MPS


http://media.mazda.ch/communiques/Ma...azda6mps22.jpg

Production:

[Zak33]

that Mazda makea a huge amount of sense.....it's a big old boy too.

Don't forget to look at 9-3 Aero

[badass]

I still entertain the pipe dream that they'll bring the FD back into production, though

The Successor to the RX7 will be of a similar size, have a new larger 1.6 litre engine and over 300 BHP to play with. It looks amazing aswell.

[atrull]

th grille is no worse than any of the recent vw/audi BEARDS

[Zak33]

th grille is no worse than any of the recent vw/audi BEARDS

and it's not as pig ugly as a new style 3 series either.

[Neo_VR]

Well.. reason im interested.. its 4wd

Ive got a Audi A4 quattro this weekend.. its the 1.9tdi one, 4years old with 93k under its belt and its great... big difference to the scrabblewagon a powerful FWD car is.. and a million miles better from the brand new vauxhall signum that i got out of...

im having mucho fun on damp roundabouts with the ESP off

[Zak33]

.. and a million miles better from the brand new vauxhall signum that i got out of...

steady....... I love Signum's