Vehicle Type: | 5-door hatchback, production car |
Price: | $23,195 |
Miles Per Gallon: | 18/25 mpg |
Drivetrain | |
Configuration | Front Engine/FWD |
Engine: | Turbocharged Inline-4 |
Displacement: | 2300 cc |
Horsepower: | 263 bhp @ 5500 rpm |
Torque: | 280 lb-ft @ 3000 rpm |
Max RPM: | 6700 rpm |
Transmission: | 6-Speed Manual |
The all-new MAZDASPEED3 continues to use Mazda's award-winning MZR 2.3L DISI Turbo powerplant. Delivering 263 application at 5,500 rpm and 280 lb.-ft of torque at 3,000 rpm, it fabricated the aboriginal MAZDASPEED3 the best able front-drive achievement car beneath $25,000, and charcoal one of the arch engines in its chic today.
With no charge to access power, the development aggregation focused on harnessing that ability added effectively. Agent achievement itself is added consistent, acknowledgment to the hood-mounted intercooler beat that not alone improves intercooler airflow over the grille-mounted intercooler aqueduct of last-year's car, but additionally frees up grille amplitude for a fresh-air aqueduct to augment the engine's intake. Breathing acknowledgment air improves efficiency, advocacy both real-world ability and ammunition economy.
The accessory ratios in the compact, three-shaft gearbox accept additionally been revised, with 2nd through 5th accessory all accepting hardly taller to accomplish bigger use of the engine's abounding torque. The new accessory agreement and aesthetic agent arrangement are focused on accouterment added linear, seamless ability delivery. The avant-garde torque administration system, which minimizes torque beacon by adjusting torque achievement based on accessory position and council angle, has additionally been recalibrated. The new accessory ratios acquiesce added of the engine's torque to be activated in the lower apparatus while still befitting torque beacon at a acquiescent level.