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    2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    That is one seriously gay car.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    That car and I both smile when we're angry.


    I want one, and I don't give a crap what the front end looks like; I can't see it from behind the steering wheel anyway.

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    The Mazda3 is rapidly becoming Aztekified. One more nose opening and it becomes a fully-fledged big shiny bundle of ugly.
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    Sweet sassy molassy but does that car have a serious case of butterface. It's made all the worse too by the fact that from every other angle it looks better than the old one. Kinda like walking up behind the best-looking pair of yoga-pants you've ever seen and then she turns around and it's a Klingon crossed with Pumba crossed with A Clearasil "before" picture.


    I hope you weren't planning on weaselling out of any tickets if you buy one of these because every cop will tell you the same thing: "U-G-L-Y, You ain't got no alibi."

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    02/03/09

    @boosted-lego-wagon:


    That, sir, is what paper bags and "car bras" are for.

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    There is absolutely zero likelihood that I will buy any of these new Mazdas as long as they have that assinine smiling grille on them. Poor aesthetics can ruin a car.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    02/03/09

    @DoctorNine:


    Tell that to Chris Bangle....

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    Image of Trembler Trembler
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    I could do without the inter-cooler on top of the motor. A front mount is so much more efficient.
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    Image of Unregular Unregular
    02/03/09

    @Trembler: top mounted actually much more efficient. 1/2 the piping.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    02/03/09

    @Unregular: But also 1/2 as fast and about as much as furious.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    Mazda. MAZDA! You give that Z06 hood back this instant! And wipe that debouched grin off your face.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    02/03/09

    @be more D i L i J e n t: Mazda! Stop that! Go stand beside GEM Pod in the corner. You both have been very bad!
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    Image of c0de c0de
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    i like the car, nice performance and GREAT price (the current one).. but this new one is SO not under the radar, the thing i loved most about the old one was that it's a sleeper.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    02/03/09

    @c0de: Yeah, the loss of sleeper status hurts this one. On the old one, I think the biggest giveaway were the wheels, and even those were pretty subtle.


    The Mazda3 in general has a bit of an immature, boy-racerish look to it...the redesign doesn't help. I imagine myself buying this now at it would seem okay. But I'd feel weird driving it at age 40. Sort of like how Celine Dion's husband must feel.

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    Image of bigloaf bigloaf
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    That should read "piques our interest," not "peaks our interest."


    Sorry, journalism major here

    anyway, go on...

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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    02/03/09

    @bigloaf: I think that choice depends on the power curve of the engine, though.
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    Image of bigloaf bigloaf
    02/03/09

    @Ash78: I suppose that's true. At least we have some way to rationalize it.


    Just last week one of the writers for our school paper wrote that a nearby restaurant had a "sheikh, urban feel," and it made it through copy editing to the print version.


    Sigh. I guess I'm just a snob about things like that.

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    Image of drewdrawsLA drewdrawsLA
    02/03/09

    @bigloaf: I don't suppose you're in Dubai...
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    Fortunately, the grill design is not nearly as obnoxious in person.


    Now about that scoop...

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    Braces and a rhinoplasty aren't enough to make it look good, so it'll have to rely on its merits as a sporty and functional car.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    I could do without the hood scoop.
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    Image of JDickson87 JDickson87
    02/03/09

    @FromaBuick6: I agree. I'm kind of bummed- I have an 08.5 MS3, and it does without the scoop. I like the stealthy looks. You don't need to tell anyone you're fast, let the turbo do the talking when it's needed. Of course, the last 3 had a front end more partial to using the grill as an intercooler intake. The new one.... not so much. Still, it makes me kind of sad. The stealth factor is gone.


    But I bet it's still fun as hell.

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    02/03/09

    @jdickson87: Couldn't have said it better.
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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    I have nothing against Mazda, but can they dispense with the cartoon character front end? It's just plain silly looking.
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    Image of Bumblebee Bumblebee
    02/03/09

    @Timtoolman: Yeah, I don't know why automakers have to take good-looking, successful models and hit them with the ugly stick so goddamn hard.


    Z3 to Z4

    5-Series

    A4

    Impreza/WRX

    Mini, though that was more a swat than a full-on bludgeoning.

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    Happy hatch with hoop scoop

    is coming to take us away,

    coming to take us away....


    I had some hope that they would do something to make the grill see just a tad more aggressive, and perhaps differentiate it from the WRX/STi a little bit.

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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/03/09

    In reply to 2010 Mazdaspeed3, Mazda3 i-Stop Heading To Geneva
    I like it,& it's smiling at me.
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