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11-07-2005, 07:55 PM | #1 |
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Mazda3 MPS in the pipelines
MOTOR magazine has a brief preview and pic of what they believe to be a Mazda3 MPS. Word in the article suggests that it will be front-drive only (citing some Mazda claim that they are not "going after the WRX")
I found some pics and a small article online here (go the beer carton bonnet scoop!!) http://www.thecarconnection.com/Enth...178.A8646.html |
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11-07-2005, 08:04 PM | #2 |
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11-07-2005, 08:04 PM | #3 |
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HAAHAHHAhahhahahhahhhhaa love that scoop
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11-07-2005, 08:14 PM | #4 |
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Thank christ it says "makeshift"... indicating to me that it's not going to come out of the factory like that. I certainly hope.
Good step forward for Mazda tho, seizing a slive of a market that's been thin of entries of late. |
11-07-2005, 08:42 PM | #5 |
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Yeah, these pics have been up before on one of the forums, that is a cover over or inplace of the real scoop to maintain secrecy, so no shaker design for the 3!
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12-07-2005, 02:27 PM | #6 |
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more spy photos ....
ok not really ... but it was outside my house last week!
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12-07-2005, 02:59 PM | #8 |
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i posted that up on OMC as secret pics of the MPS 3 Nate....you should see how many 3 owners......got ll excited waiting for that beauty to download...priceless....
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12-07-2005, 04:55 PM | #9 | |
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Lucky it was only there so I could deliver it. MPS has never been a guarantee of AWD or turbo
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12-07-2005, 09:20 PM | #10 | |
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13-07-2005, 07:32 PM | #11 | |
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11-08-2005, 08:01 PM | #12 |
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Mps 3
The MPS 3 should be at in June this yr so i have been told
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03-02-2006, 10:25 AM | #14 |
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ive been told that 2, but i still cant find any new info or pics of it
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Unless there's a concept car at a show in the next 2 or 3 months, i'd say it's a myth. Mazda have a long gestation time for cars
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03-02-2006, 12:59 PM | #16 |
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it has been mentioned in a recent Mazda statement somewhere...stuffed if i can find it though. The MPS 6 was shown at the Melb motor show earlier in the year before it came out, so anyone heard of the MPS 3 being there? I know teh diesel 6 is, and it has been worked on here in Oz for several years really, and is known to be coming out later in the year.
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03-02-2006, 02:31 PM | #17 |
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i was told by the manager of the gold coast dealer, he said he didnt know a single thing about it just it will be here this year
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03-02-2006, 02:41 PM | #18 |
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There is a way I can find out, just can't say it here. I might try that, but I'll wait another week or so for the melb car show...there might be something about it there.
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03-02-2006, 05:58 PM | #19 |
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Melbourne motor show is only a month away.
If it were as radical as the Mazda 6 MPS then Mazda would have published spy photos by now. I'm sure that the Mazda 3 was released with an AWD option in Japan and the Mazda 6 has the Turbo 2.3 in Australia. That said MPS is not an abbreviation for 'Turbo AWD Mazda' and if you think it is then you may very well be disappointed.
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i bet they spotlight the MX Crosssport (CX-7) this year
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