More cheap performance (Mazdaspeed 3)

[Axel]

Performance keeps getting cheaper all the time!
(now if it was only RWD, and a coupe for that price!)
should blow away all the new civics.

Observant Autoblog reader Matt Miller informed us that Mazda has quietly released the pricing of its forthcoming MazdaSpeed3 on the car's website. The 250-hp wonder wagon will start at $22,800 for the Sport model and feature a six-speed manual transmission, stability and traction control, 18-inch wheels, four-wheel ABS, and more. The Sport model will be topped by the Grand Touring, which begins at $24,515 and adds automatic on/off headlights, rain-sensing wipers, Xenon HID headlights, LED rear combination taillights, leather bolsters on its black cloth seats, a premium BOSE sound system and available DVD navigation. We'd say Mazda's asking a fair price for a four-door hatchwagon that can reach sixty in under six seconds and return nearly 30 mpg on the highway.

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[cerberus]

Not my cup of tea, but sounds interesting.
Anything which stirs up some competition on the performance side can't be a bad thing.

Now if they could just get them fully ashore..

[GetAboutRL]