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4.5 stars
"Editor needs to stick to what he knows"
Pros: This car brings new meaning to the term, Zoom Zoom!
Cons: WOW! Is it fast!
Summary: Wayne Cunningham needs to stick to LCD reviews because he obviously knows nothing about cars and certainly knows nothing about this one. First off, you can easily upgrade the sound system if you feel you need to, although the factory unit is hard to beat without dropping $1k or better. Audiopilot is not included as Wayne states. Also, if you have Sirius, the auxiliary jack is disconnected, which is labeled as so if Wayne took to time to read. You can get an additional adapter which allows you to use both. Store bought CD's only? Wrong again Wayne! You can burn the cheapest CDR's you can find and they will play in this unit. As for those 0-60 times, they are horrible. Anyone who knows how to drive a stick can easily shave a good second off of that time or more. The turbo lag is a non issue you just have to realize that turbo does not kick in at 2k RPM's, more like 3k and this one peaks out between 5500 and 6k. This car is not some rolling entertainment system, it?s a 5 door, sports compact with better styling, better handling and more speed than any other similar car in it's class. This thing beats up on GTI's, spanks the SRT4's, laughs at Civic Si's, makes the WRX struggle and even gives the Evo a good run for it's money at $8k less.
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i think this car is really good. this guy is wayyyy too harsh on a lot of cars. i understand that the main point is to "check the tech" but the score on almost all of the cars cnet reviews seems like its solely based on the tech of these cars. he makes this car as well as the regular mazda3, which he only gave like a 6.0, like ancient artifacts. these are modern cars, but you cant expect to get top-line tech for less than 25K, this guy needs to get over himself, take a zanax, and i would LOVE to see what he drives.
