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Mazda rules out MPS3 hot hatch and RX rotary sports car

Mazda has officially ruled out the return of the much-loved Mazda3 MPS hot hatch, which ended with the second-generation model with no replacement planned. Speaking to Drive at the launch of the 2019 Mazda3 at the Los Angeles Motor Show, Akira Marumoto, President and CEO of Mazda quashed all hopes …

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New Mazda3 MPS/Mazdaspeed 3 reportedly in the works

Mazda is reportedly working on an all-new Mazda3 MPS and unlike its turbocharged predecessor, the new model will be powered by a high-revving naturally aspirated engine. If true, it will likely be the only hot hatch to be propelled by a non-turbo engine, after Renault ditched the 2.0-litre four-cylinder naturally …

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