https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...-that-in-2020/ This is basic logic...there's no mystery here. You have a car that is competitive with a VW GTi in luxury but competitive with a Corolla in power. It's a
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10-30-2019, 10:19 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Beautiful new Mazda 3 tanking!
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...-that-in-2020/
This is basic logic...there's no mystery here. You have a car that is competitive with a VW GTi in luxury but competitive with a Corolla in power. It's a sweet spot NOBODY wants. You can go that slow for cheaper or you can get the same build quality and go much faster. The civic and veloster N are lower cost competitors to the VW. So mazda needs to build a cheap Golf R competitor with their new AWD system. Even if it's not as high hp, but gets close. If I was buying a hot hatch .. it would be a 3 "IF" it had the right engine. Dual clutch wouldn't hurt either. The mazda 3 is another addition of a list of "almost good but not good enough cars" from japan. I dont know why they abandoned their 90's reputation?
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maybe it is because the zoom-zoom is missing....
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I love the new Mazda 3 especially the hatchback, I sat in the new 2019 and the interior looks like a luxury German car high quality materials. I had the MKI 2004 5speed manual hatchback it was sure fun to drive.
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I am interested to see what the TCR car will do next year.
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Makes me sad that it's becoming more and more "Buy what you want" or "buy the cheapest car you can", with no middle ground. Mazda makes a fantastic product, and the company is a pleasure to deal with.
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