2010 One Lap of America

Motor Trend follows The Tire Rack One Lap of America as it travels 3500 miles across the U.S. and makes stops at 8 tracks along the way. All on one set of tires.

Read the full story here: http://www.motortrend.com/features/performance/1005_the_2010_tire_rack_one_la...

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[Mach1club]

@masonizere Whatever dude. Ads blow and so must you.

[cpds25]

the guy with the mazda5 is fucking retarted. taking weight out of the rear of a FWD car..... smart. ugh

[IkillV8]

Topspeed Motorsports FTMFW!!!!

[abenaway]

@Kyu1LL I agree the GTR is a lightyear ahead in those characteristics but thats the difference between a $65K car that covers up driver mistakes with electronics and a $30K that you are directly connected with the road.

[Kyu1LL]

@abenaway for me... It's 2012 (almost). Mazda can afford to put more things on the left side of that arrow. My GT-R for example.. is a tank (heavy)... but I still get decent mpg, good power, good handling, awesome looks (my opinion, not of most), pretty good luxury. Yes, the MS3 was on my list for a daily... but the new design language is horrendous. If a previous gen owner is happy they didn't trade to a newer model, I consider that as a mistake haha. I will take an older MS3 anyday. cheers

[abenaway]

@BlackTransAmdude your comment was good until you said Camaro. Those are boats definately not a track car.

[abenaway]

@Kyu1LL That is very true about gas milage. Im a subaru guy all the way but even the fwd MS3 is a great handling car. I like Mazdas direction of their sports cars, handling > power, mpg, looks, luxury@Kyu1LL

[Kyu1LL]

@abenaway I agree... but it's a little unfair to try to compare something like a miata to a car that's like 1000 lbs. heavier. BUT, nonetheless... after the RX7, maybe the RX8... no mazdas really look good enough for me to buy... and why do they have such horrible gas mileage!? I was shocked to see my friend's RX8 get about the same as my G35 (and I thought my G35 had horrible mileage)

[abenaway]

@Kyu1LL Mazdas are great handling cars. Youre right they dont have a lot of power but the reason why they handle so well is because the connection between the road and driver. Any car guru will tell you that Mazdas are amoung the best hadnling cars, maybe not the fastest. But best handling.

[FSXgta]

@firefly2000 its called SuperSports, but anyway its so heavy that its not good at cornering.

[FSXgta]

@cpds25 The car will be faster when its lighter to pull by the engine. i bet he gets more grip by not removing weight off the front.

[blazzing4321]

America FTW