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07-04-2020, 08:32 PM | #1 |
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2021 2.5l Turbo AWD Mazda 3
227hp, 310lb-ft. With the upgraded interior, this would make a stong all season daily driver.
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Will be interested to see what the next MS3 is like.
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Something that weirds me out now days is cars the size of the Mazda 3 are considered small.
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07-05-2020, 01:24 PM | #4 |
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If they made this in a manual it would be really hard to not get one (I've owned a mazdaspeed 3 and two mazdaspeed 6's)
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Not enough space inside as so and so car... Bitch....its a COMPACT car, its supposed to be small! I hate how everything's getting bigger and bigger each year. |
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I walked past a current model VW Polo yesterday. I stopped, stared and had to make sure I wasn't looking at a Golf. Polos used to be a small car.
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I saw a Ferrari 308 GTB parked between a couple of modern Ferraris recently, and the 308 looked like a toy in between them. So much lower and narrower. And better looking IMO. |
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At the multi-level car park at the shopping center the wife and I visit there are a few bays that are signed "small cars only". I don't consider my BRZ to be small and yet I park in those bays with much room to spare.
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I agree I hate that cars are getting bigger. I do consider the 86 small though.
1. Extra Large(above 190 inches) = Challenger/8 series 2. Large(above 180 inches) = Mustang/Camaro/4 series 3. Medium(above 170 inches) = 2 series 4. Smal(above 160 inches)l = 86/BRZ/370Z 5. Extra Small(under 160 inches) = Miata/4c/Elise Last edited by SUB-FT86; 07-06-2020 at 06:53 AM. |
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The manufacturers would love to be able to make the smaller cars smaller but they are in a sort of Catch 22 situation with regulations.
One set of regulations demands better mileage and less emissions. To be able to go smaller and lighter would be an easy route to reach the goals. The other set of regulations call for increased crash protection. These requirements make cars get bigger and heavier in order to comply. All in all the blame is on the world governments for having conflicting laws not the buying public nor the cat companies.
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Oh man!! This is sooooo petty it is even weirding me out as I type but where does one draw the line? Obviously that's a rhetorical question which if you feel like answering go here.
So for the sake of..... I'm not really sure but I am bored so maybe I'll say for the sake of relieving boredom. Or maybe I won't. Anyways. "Catch 22" is hyphenated. So it's Catch-22 not Catch 22 unless you have been catching 22 balls or something else that's been caught 22 times. Thank you. Thank you very much, I shall now end this post with a full stop.
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Do not blame the cat companies for this.
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