I really like the fact that this car is so sleeper but so much potential and it provides so much comfort (6MPS luxury).
Most of my friends never heard of the MPS and when I try explaining to them that it's not just a normal mazda 6 they just scratch their heads.
For me it was only ever out of two performance cars i was looking at buying around the start/middle of 2011... A evo 7/8 or a 3 MPS! Tesr drove a handful of clean evo 7/8's from dealerships and most of them with bolt on mods, but in all honesty they all fell short in being an all round comfortable/performance daily driven car i wanted to be in! And the other turn off was just the amount of evo's at the time and still to this day i see on the road it simply aint funny and i guess you can throw the golf GTI in that category aswell. On the other hand ive had a soft sport especially for the 3 MPS since 2006! Id never forget the time where they would have just been released here in Australia a red gen 1 absolutley blitzed my mates 300hp at all four wheels RS Liberty turbo rolling start on cumberland highway! Always had a thing for them since then and knew the true potential these cars had! So around August last year i found a 2008 BK MG luxury model with only one since new, so i was looking intrested so the salesman took me for a spin got back to the dealership 20 minutes later i signed the paper work a week later the car was mine, and until this day i dont regret my descision one little bit! I love the sleeper status on these things and 99% of the owners who own these cars dont give the MPS community a bad rap sheet!
Cheers Lee
Metro Grey 2008 Mazda 3 MPS Luxury Pack
Mods done - CPe TIP - Corksport SRI - Corksport TMIC - Corksport Stealth Boost Tubes - CPe Stage 2 REM - JBR Shift Kit Stage 2 - Cobb AP Stage 1 OTS Tune - F+R Whiteline Sway Bars - Lowered On King Springs
Mods to come - FP Internals - CPe DP - Stage 2 Cobb AP Map
Agree with others, love the sleeper appeal. I reckon to most people, it's just another Mazda 3 which I'm perfectly fine with. Keeps me off the radar on all levels
Same can't be said about the genpu's though!
The Gen II are obviously a little less subtle but it is still the least recognised mainstream car I know about! and this is the key to its under-the-radar appeal. Everyone who has asked about my car thinks I have a Mazda 3 Sport... and they almost fall over when I tell them its turbo... and they really notice when you take them for a spin
The Gen II may be more radical with the style, but it still looks like a 3 from most angles and that is what matters. Plus Bogans can't spell M-P-S... so we are all safe.
You'd be surprised, even with the bonnet scoop on the Gen2 people aren't convinced it has power...i've had (a couple of times now) guys pull up beside me at traffic lights in commodores etc point and laugh thinking they were looking at a standard Mazda 3 with an aftermarket bonnet with a scoop, assuming it was just for show. As tempting as it was, i've never revealed to any of them the animal that lay beneth, even after the lights go green, doesn't faze me
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agreed.......and as Doug said earlier coming off an on-ramp onto a motorway - Gotta love giving it a bit more then usual there hehe!
'05 6 MPS | BNR S3 | JBR 3.5" Intake | Corksport Airbox | CP-E 3.25" TMIC | M2 DP | CP-E CBE | CP-E/TT Diff Mounts | Autotech HPFP Internals | JBR REM, PMM, TMM | SURE Shortcut | SURE Countershift | SURE Anchors | Denso ITV22s | JBR TIGs | EGR Delete | Coolant Bypass | PTP Inj Seals | MD OCC | H&R Springs | Bilstein B8 Shocks | Car-LED Tails | Badgeless Grille | 6000k HIDs | OZ Ultraleggera 18x8 +48
Why so few? Coz they not as good as some think they are, simple. The old megane drove so much better. Dont ban me now....lol
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Stone him!!!
Isn't it funny how the OP hasn't said a word since?? lol
When @LittleredMPS destroyed his BPV and calling Mazda spare parts departments to see if there was one available, one particularly daft guy asked what the part was for. Jace and Sam explained that it bolts on just off the intercooler and this bloke said "We make a car with a turbo?"
If a staff member in spare parts doesn't know, what chance do the public have!
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From stock, to GT3071, to substantially less modded, many lessons learned!
3" HTP | 100 Cel DP | Autotech HPFP | AP V3 - Self Tuned on E20 | JBR RSB | CPE S2 REM | JBR Shifter Bushings
I think the answer is no simpler then fwd and torque steer, both of which I happen to not find a problem. Let's face it with the internet people would quiet easily find out about the mps when searching for a new car and quickly cross it off there short list because of the torque-steer(journos that can't drive) lol. And there seems to be this thing were awd is superior to fwd. I'd rather save the weight, fuel and insurance cost (wrx). When looking for my new car I drove xr5s, wrx and the mps and I was that surprised with the initial understeer on turn in on the wrx I had to drive the mps again. I was instantly sold on the mps, nicer interior also.