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Offline fredgroves

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Re: Revisiting "which hot hatch March 2020"
« Reply #50 on: 29 June 2020, 19:26 »
Resurrecting this one.... a new contender its seems....

Mazda 3 Turbo.... seems to suggest a 2.5l engine, 2WD and 228bhp. Coming soon....

That seems a little low on the power for the extra displacement vs what everyone else has, fuel economy is probably sucky too.

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Re: Revisiting "which hot hatch March 2020"
« Reply #51 on: 29 June 2020, 21:15 »
Quote from: fredgroves on 29 June 2020, 19:26
Resurrecting this one.... a new contender its seems....

Mazda 3 Turbo.... seems to suggest a 2.5l engine, 2WD and 228bhp. Coming soon....

That seems a little low on the power for the extra displacement vs what everyone else has, fuel economy is probably sucky too.

Are Mazda really trying?! A 2.5 with a turbo and only 228bhp?!! My S2000 was 237bhp with a 2.0 NA and they are now 20 years old!!
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Re: Revisiting "which hot hatch March 2020"
« Reply #52 on: 29 June 2020, 21:33 »
Quote from: fredgroves on 29 June 2020, 19:26
Resurrecting this one.... a new contender its seems....

Mazda 3 Turbo.... seems to suggest a 2.5l engine, 2WD and 228bhp. Coming soon....

That seems a little low on the power for the extra displacement vs what everyone else has, fuel economy is probably sucky too.
The 2.3 Mazda mps has 260 so they seem to be going backwards  :grin:
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Re: Revisiting "which hot hatch March 2020"
« Reply #53 on: 29 June 2020, 21:43 »
It’s a two valve per cylinder pushrod unit running a KKK turbo that doesn’t spool until 4000rpm  :whistle:




Talking of Japanese hot(tish) hatches, what’s the gen on the Toyota Corolla sporty thing? (GR Sport?)
I saw a Corolla hybrid thing earlier and damn is it a good looking car in a quirky sort of way.
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Re: Revisiting "which hot hatch March 2020"
« Reply #54 on: 30 June 2020, 08:09 »
Quote from: Exonian on 29 June 2020, 21:43
It’s a two valve per cylinder pushrod unit running a KKK turbo that doesn’t spool until 4000rpm  :whistle:




Talking of Japanese hot(tish) hatches, what’s the gen on the Toyota Corolla sporty thing? (GR Sport?)
I saw a Corolla hybrid thing earlier and damn is it a good looking car in a quirky sort of way.

I think even 'hottish' would be pushing it a bit! My missus has an Auris Hybrid which what this replaced and it does look a bit improvement. The GR Sport is expensive though and its more just some styling bits I think.
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Re: Revisiting "which hot hatch March 2020"
« Reply #55 on: 04 July 2020, 23:45 »
Quote from: Jim_mk7.5 on 30 June 2020, 08:09
Quote from: Exonian on 29 June 2020, 21:43
It’s a two valve per cylinder pushrod unit running a KKK turbo that doesn’t spool until 4000rpm  :whistle:




Talking of Japanese hot(tish) hatches, what’s the gen on the Toyota Corolla sporty thing? (GR Sport?)
I saw a Corolla hybrid thing earlier and damn is it a good looking car in a quirky sort of way.

I think even 'hottish' would be pushing it a bit! My missus has an Auris Hybrid which what this replaced and it does look a bit improvement. The GR Sport is expensive though and its more just some styling bits I think.

Ahh, maybe the best part of a Corolla is the rear suspension  bits bolted on to the GR Yaris then!  :whistle:

https://www.toyota.co.uk/new-cars/yaris/gr-yaris-retail-offer
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Re: Revisiting "which hot hatch March 2020"
« Reply #56 on: 05 July 2020, 08:48 »
Interesting in the circuit pack it appears the tyres are 225 40 18 PS4S which you can't buy in the UK.
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