2009 Mazdaspeed 3 on 2040-cars
Zachary, Louisiana, United States
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This Speed3 has been owned by myself for 30,000 miles, i bought from a dealership with 40Kmiles on clock. At 69,000 miles the turbo packed in, i thereafter found out it to be a common issue with speed3's. Wish i had known before buying the car. The car has had a new turbo installed but it still has some smoking issues. The new turbo was a factory sized turbo, not any bigger, but i have been led to believe from some mazda dealerships that it may be a PCV issue. I no longer need this vehicle, and it has only had 50 miles put on it in the last 6 months. I am giving eBay a shot for a month before taking it into a dealership and taking what i can get.
The interior is 9/10 for a 5 year old car. The exterior i would give an 8, only because the windshield has a crack. I know this vehicle would be a $15K car if it was perfect in a dealership. With a little know how and time, someone could have a great deal. It has Yakima roof racks included, but otherwise stock. It is the GT version so Bose sound system as standard as well as the leather and alcantara interior. It is still a very fun and quick vehicle and is 100% driveable. |
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Mazda CEO says rotary not viable, so don't look for a new one
Tue, 19 Nov 2013We have some very sad news to report, rotor-heads fans: Don't expect a new rotary-powered vehicle anytime soon. This comes straight from Masamichi Kogai, the CEO of Mazda, which is the only company to ever market a commercially successful rotary-powered automobile in the world. The issue, as it has pretty much always been, is environmental.
While the Wankel rotary engine does indeed make a lot of power in a small, lightweight package, it does so while burning lots of fuel and emitting lots of noxious gases into the atmosphere, at least when running on gasoline. And that means the rotary engine will likely only ever be able to power niche vehicles. And that, in turn, means that it is very difficult to turn a profit on vehicles with rotary engines, particularly for a small automaker like Mazda.
"It has to be a viable commercial proposition. If we are going to adopt it, it has to be a product that can generate at least sales of 100,000 units a year. We have to be able to achieve a profit," said Kogai in an interview with Automotive News. Mazda sold 56,203 RX-7 models in the United States (the automaker's biggest market) in 1986. Sales of the RX-8 peaked in 2004, its first full year on the market, with just 23,690 units.
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Rather than let the occasion pass with nothing more than a press release (like the one below), Mazda gave Lauren a brand-new 2014 Mazda3 to replace the 2013 model she had bought. Which is a nice gesture, of course, but also enables Mazda to hold on to the landmark 10,000,000th car in its heritage collection.