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Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
11/25/08

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The 2010 Mazda Truck:

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Mad_Science
11/25/08

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Always liked the 3.

Almost bought a 3 (or MS3) over my current WRX. To be honest, I like the MS3 interior best, but that's more power than I'd like running through the front wheels.
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c0de
11/25/08

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Looks like a face-lifted "current" mazda3. I love the front, but i dunno about those rear lights. I'm liking it though. Let's see what the MS3 has, please say AWD with 40-60 (highly impossible)
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layabout
11/25/08

@c0de: I hate to pee on your fire,but it's doubtful that the 3 will be AWD,they don't even have that on the new Focus RS.
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c0de
11/25/08

@layabout: i know :( i would love to have another lancia evoluzione.. a hatch with AWD (and not the fugly subie, eventhough it's starting to look "bareable")
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layabout
11/25/08

@c0de: You had an Evo!? Cool!
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Cognitive Friction
11/25/08

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No fair, the Japanese version gets a real name instead of just a number
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WarShrike
11/25/08

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Love my Mazda3. Like the fact that they got rid of the hideous grill on where the logo is. Noticed they no longer have the huge hood that goes all the way down as well.

I just saw the spy shots of the MS3. Glad the guys decided to give the top mount IC some more breathing room w/ a smooth hood scoop. That was what quite a few of us guys on the Mazda3 forums had wanted on the original MS3 (I.E. Saab 9-2x), before these shots had ever hit the market.
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Ash78, cube farmer
11/25/08

@WarShrike: original MS3 (I.E. Saab 9-2x)

You mean WRX? I never knew there was a Saab-Mazda connection.
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Ash78, cube farmer
11/25/08

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Hard to tell how severe the sweep is on the rear window. Wonder how much that cuts into the cargo area. I still like it, and I still think it's 90% better than the sedan--sedan styling cues always seem to look "forced" on small cars.
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layabout
11/25/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: Agree with your view on small sedans,something just looks wrong about them.
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Miscellanea
11/25/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: Yup, small hatches always look infinitely better than the sedan counterparts. This is no exception.
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layabout
11/25/08

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I really like the Mazda 3,i'd still pick a Focus over it,slightly cheaper & still the best handling hatchback. Still good to see Mazda's reputation on the up.
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Graverobber
11/25/08

@layabout: That's because the focus you get is significantly different that the focus we get, and if you could only buy the focus we get instead of the focus you get you'd focus on getting something else, like the Mazda because the focus we get is probably the reason that the Mazda looks like it's smiling at some joke (meaning the focus we get.)

Run-on sentences are fun!
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Feds
11/25/08

@layabout:

Us poor North Americans don't get the Focus that platform shares with this car, so we buy this, because it is the best handling hatch.
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layabout
11/25/08

@graverobber- My Yugo Nova!:

@Feds: GM & Ford are dumb & dumber, America & Canada want Euro Fords & Opels & i'm pretty sure Corvettes & Mustangs would sell in Europe if only they would let us officially have them. We can all smell the coffee,why can't they?
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LTDScott
11/25/08

@Feds: There is no Focus hatchback at all anymore here.
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Thom
11/25/08

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Looks a little like the new Matrix/Vibe, don't know if that's because you can only do so much with a 5-door design but I like it better because it's a Mazda. The next question is, how different will the Speed3 look? I've seen the spy shots of it all camo'd up but a nice clear shot would be better.
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Ash78, cube farmer
11/25/08

@Thom: Yep. As much as I hate to admit it, most of those shots absolutely scream MATRIX--sort of like the Jetta looks like a Corolla (which is to say "not much, but just enough"). And as much as I hate to keep admitting things, the new Matrix actually looks pretty good.
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brandegee
11/25/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: I just hope this thing looks better in person (which is what the media is claiming). I can already assume it will be more fun to drive than a Matrix/Vibe.
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Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
11/25/08

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Pricing?
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Ray Wert
11/25/08

@timtoolman: Unknown. You know everything we know.
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