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Spy Shots (Sort of): Mazda3 five-door hatchback
Click above for more "official spy shots" of the 2010 Mazda3 5-door
The styling of the new Mazda3 is generally pretty good, with one notable and extremely controversial element: that happy-go-lucky smiling face. Still, we've yet to get an official uncovered glimpse of the upcoming 5-door hatch, so there may still be some surprises up Mazda's sleeve. Today we discovered the odd batch of "official spy shots" straight from the horse's mouth, Mazda that is. They show the upcoming hatchback as it sheepishly plays peek-a-boo with its sedan sibling through some beautiful European scenery. From what we can tell, that blissfully chipper visage is alive and well on the 5-door. The rest of the details, unfortunately, are still pretty obscured by all that effective black vinyl clothing.
When it finally is debuted at the 2008 Bologna Motorshow in Italy next month, the hatch's engine options should basically mirror those of the sedan's, which means the U.S. will initially get both a 148-horsepower 2.0L and a larger 167-horse 2.5L version of the MZR four cylinder engine. Could a Mazdaspeed3 be far behind?
Gallery: Spy Shots: 2010 Mazda3 5-door
[Source: Mazda Via Carscoop]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
ken_aisin 3:00PM (11/21/2008)
Say CHEESE!!
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Torrent 3:49PM (11/21/2008)
:D
abisairomero 3:53PM (11/21/2008)
makes me remember CARS the movie XD
John R 3:03PM (11/21/2008)
I'm liking that interior.
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Mike Homeniuk 3:06PM (11/21/2008)
They just need to 'body colour' or even light grey or silver colour the solid black pieces in the grille/fog light surrounds and it would look 100% better....the openings would be less gaping.
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bigbear7787 3:37PM (11/21/2008)
Yeah.. I did a quick photoshop overlay just making the bumper silver and it does make it look much less smiley.
HotRodzNKustoms 3:08PM (11/21/2008)
Does the sheep come standard or is it optional?
On a side note the GTR needs to come with an engineer standard like the Mazda 3 hatch.
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Travis 3:18PM (11/21/2008)
Hey look, bigger in every way, awesome!!
:bangs head repeatedly into wall:
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Rich 3:35PM (11/21/2008)
The scenery is Iceland, not Europe.
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VW GTi 4:54PM (11/21/2008)
Iceland is part of Europe...
adelossa 3:39PM (11/21/2008)
Is that Winning blue? (IMO the best color)
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Torrent 7:17PM (11/22/2008)
That's not blue. The car is white. You can see under the Camo, there's some type blue fabric covering the car..
Winning Blue is nice, though.
adelossa 3:41PM (11/21/2008)
And if the side markers are on the mirrors, why is there another one on the same place as the previous gen?
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C. D. Ward 3:43PM (11/21/2008)
"Could a Mazdaspeed3 be far behind? "
Um, you already showed spy shots of the Mazdaspeed 3 a month ago.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/22/spy-shots-mazdaspeed-3-spotted-at-the-ring/
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Jimbo 5:42PM (11/21/2008)
I think they may be implying that the MS3 will be unveiled very shortly. I'm thinking:
November: Sedan at LA
December: Hatch at Bologna
January: Speed at Detroit
SilverAero 3:49PM (11/21/2008)
Tough day at the office for these guys.
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Torrent 3:50PM (11/21/2008)
Does it come with a Soundtrack of laughing hyenas?
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Jimbo 4:04PM (11/21/2008)
From the shape of the camo'd sedan, a 2-door version would look quite nice as well. It'll probably never happen though.
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havoc 4:21PM (11/21/2008)
these mules must be the 2.0l varieties, the new 3 was shown with dual exhaust (at least for the 2.5l GT).
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Torrent 4:42PM (11/21/2008)
um. what the hell is a sheep doing in the gallery?
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