2010 MAZDASPEED3

This is footage of me track-testing the 2010 Mazdaspeed3 on the Driver Development Track at the famed Mosport International Raceway in Ontario, Canada. Shot between 4 and 5 PM on a cloudy, overcast day that started off completely wet and rainy. Thank goodness it stopped in time to click off a few hot laps in this great little turbo FWD devil!!

P.S. The video I uploaded was of much better quality but the system has degraded it to this with no HQ version available... WTF??? Not impressed!!! In fact, it took five attempts and well over 36 hours before it would even upload, which is actually far less time than I spent in the car. Anyway, this one's an AVI file and so I'm going to try to re-encode as MPEG4. Probably not even worth the effort, but enjoy and commet, ask questions as you will.)
~j

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[VAspeed3]

I think this track is too short for the MS3. You need to drive it on one that will allow you to spend some quality time in 4th, if not 5th gears to appreciate the power. You can avoid understeer when you gain enough speed to use some trail braking entering the turns to rotate the car. It's a lot more fun that way.

[journauto]

@VAspeed3 Much better advice than toich34! lol ;))

[datzDope]

Is the Mazda speed turbo'd?

[journauto]

@datzDope Indeed. Note the digital turbo gauge in the first shot. Thanks for watching.

[toich34]

Hand position all wrong... understeer in almost every corner.... gotta have a firm steering angle and turn the car with the throttle... my advice ...

[journauto]

@toich34 bad advice wrt to hand position imo.... 9 and 3 always. Ms3 steering wheel is a touch large for my taste, but 9-3 always gives way more steering angle than anything else... it's understeering because the traction control is off and the front wheels have a tendency to torque steer... the power-over is more useful on rwd cars... thanks for your comment

[shkc70]

ms3 is faster than s4. there's no comparison. it will beat you left and right all directions.

[stingyzx]

I love this car!

[AtomicSphere]

@125sxking speed 3 beat wrx not sti fast yet im afraid

[ivanms80]

I love my car, is a bad ass, so please if you think you can beat it, don't think twice, think you can't, faster stock car ever

[tomenrex]

@VAspeed3 "quality time in 4th" :-) nice

[AgileMJOLNIR]

Such a great car. I just bought one last week and it's a beast. Been a long time since I've had this much fun driving a car.

[125sxking]

@MaksimSF

stock speed 3's beat stock sti's and evo's from a roll buddy

[LastRites]

thanks for getting this up, great vid