Great review, good words, totally unbiased, but the WRX still comes out trumps...
Great review, good words, totally unbiased, but the WRX still comes out trumps...
Last edited by Wardski; 01-10-2009 at 05:23 PM.
sorry i really dont likr the wrx.. sti yes....
plus im sorry... torque steer is managble.. i dont personally have issues!!
so there!!
Post up the rest of the report....... Please
Ugly or not, I still dont understand why Mazda cannot build the MPS with AWD, when the WRX is still only $300 more expensive....?? dumb..
agreed!!!
You got to be joking me.....
can't honestly recall the last time I un-inentionally steered into a fence.....I must be one of those good drivers
Last edited by ChaMPS; 01-10-2009 at 06:14 PM.
I am a bit confused too.
As far as I know...the new MPS 'Does' have an LSD.
It also doesnt have a 6k redline...think it is actually about 6.7 or something.
The main point though is that..YES...It has torque steer..and if you are crazy enough to smash your foot to the floor when you have 260 odd hp's running through your front wheels then you are most likely going to go for a bit of a road wander.
But none of those other cars will put a smile on your face like the MPS does...seriously...I have driven all sorts of cars with all sorts of power ratings...and I have never laughed like a demented idiot every time I get a bit toe heavy like I do with this puppy lol.
MPS is gone. Ghey Trail enabled....Not Happy. MPS 6 to come
With 310 running through the front I doubt you would smash the go pedal to the floor either...its more like the gentle art of acceleration lol.
Nope...havent driven the XR5's...It was on my list...but hard to give up the Mazda's after having 3 in a row lol.
MPS is gone. Ghey Trail enabled....Not Happy. MPS 6 to come
I would take the XR5, its got decent performance, decent interior, great looks compared to the other 3 and its the cheapest!.... The megane, new MPS and Subaru look so sh!t.
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The ones they dont make anymore?
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I doubt Mazda could come up with an AWD system like the Subaru.
CES "SS" TBE | SURE "Aeros" SRI | SURE "Sidewinder" TIP | SURE "Return" Recirc Hose | CUSTOM "PWR Core" FMIC | Hypertech "Tuned" | Turbosmart "Atmo" BOV | MSD DashHawk | CP-e REM | SURE "Anchors" Shifter Bushings | JBR SSP and Weight | JBR Heavy Knob |Redline Hood Quick LIFT ELITE | TEIN "SS" Coilovers | Front - Rear HOTCHKIS Swaybars | Front - Rear DBA 4000 Slotted Rotors | A1RM Brake Pads | 18x8 +45 Tenzo-R Cuzco Black V1 | 235/40/18 Michelin Pilot Super Sport | Safe n' Sound baby Seat lol
Launch yes..... But once it's moving, it's flat to the floor....
Next time your in ACT, drop me a line.... We'll see if we can convert you...
For the record.... The XR5 has 6 gears.... not 5.... Probably why he thought it was slow.... he was in a Zetec....
"The car is soft"..... but Clarkson spent half the segment on UK TG cocking the rear wheel off the ground..... When I jack up the front wheel, the rear comes off the ground too..... If that aint stiff enough I don't know what is..
Last edited by ChaMPS; 01-10-2009 at 07:23 PM.
And then they stopped making them. Bastards!
The new 3MPS styling has completely grown on me. If it was AWD I'd buy one tomorrow. The AWD system already exists and I bet my left nut the Mazda engineers and marketing people wanted to make the new 3MPS AWD but the bean counters vetoed it.
We should ask the boss to start a petition so we can persuade Mazda to do the right thing and make this the car it should be - before I jump ship to a brand that caters for people who have tasted AWD dynamics and can never go back.
Gone to Volvo
I drove the new WRX the other week, was a bit disappointed..
I felt my car pulled harder and i was giving it quite a bit of curry.
Id take the new STI any day. wrx... no thanks.
oh...its a Top Gear Aust article...pfft!! like i would even read it...Thankfully the word Canberra was in the first sentence...saved me wasting my time.