Mazdaspeed3 Ugly No More!! - The Ford Focus Forum

**Reza** · 04-12-2010, 02:20 PM

http://mazda3revolution.com/mazda3-g...ed3-sema-2009/

I specially love the tail light!

**hafftrak** · 04-12-2010, 02:27 PM

They failed to address the one thing that makes it ugly, that giant smiley face bumper.

**brads03zx3** · 04-12-2010, 02:28 PM

^^^The first change I was expecting as well

**2focusd** · 04-12-2010, 02:29 PM

Yep, that car is going to continue to be hideous until they ditch that happy puppy front end

I <3 those wheels though

-Brian

**bigdaddyG8** · 04-12-2010, 02:29 PM

Where is the "no more" part?

**Reza** · 04-12-2010, 02:29 PM

you can easily change the with regular Mazda 3 grill direct bolt on.

**bigdaddyG8** · 04-12-2010, 02:31 PM

The regular one is uglier.

**2focusd** · 04-12-2010, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reza

you can easily change the with regular Mazda 3 grill direct bolt on.

Unless I'm mistaken and things have drastically changed since I looked at the Mazda3 last summer, the front end is absolutely hideous no matter what model you buy

-Brian

**Garrison** · 04-12-2010, 02:33 PM

Personally i think is and was a good kind of ugly.

**Nickgt40** · 04-12-2010, 02:34 PM

They should have just put the really toothy grill in there and called it a day.

**Rockefela** · 04-12-2010, 02:38 PM

Uhhh.... old news?

Article is about the lead up to SEMA 2009

**starfuryt550** · 04-12-2010, 02:44 PM

Are you implying that the new ms3 is an improvement in overall exterior looks over the previous model? No way.

The new model front looks like absolute ass. And this is coming from someone who has a mazda3. The new fronts are ridiculous no matter how you look at it.

**wilko** · 04-12-2010, 02:47 PM

That was misleading to say that the Mazda speed 3 was no longer ugly. Well at least the performance sort of makes it more bareable.

**focalized31** · 04-12-2010, 02:47 PM

I dig it.. But mazda needs to quit the BS an offer the speed in a sedan, instead via 5door

**bigdaddyG8** · 04-12-2010, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by focalized31

I dig it.. But mazda needs to quit the BS an offer the speed in a sedan, instead via 5door

Isn't that what I'm seeing in the above pictures?

**Random Select** · 04-12-2010, 02:54 PM

Ugly bumper or not, it's boosting.

**BRZX3R** · 04-12-2010, 02:59 PM

I like everything but the giant smiley face. The title is misleading because I figured somebody fixed the only real design flaw with Mazda's, the front bumper.

**Rally Man** · 04-12-2010, 03:07 PM

^^^Indeed.

**WRCwannabe** · 04-12-2010, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigdaddyG8

Isn't that what I'm seeing in the above pictures?

unless its going with a fmic then your eyes are failing you.

where is the scoop on the sedan's hood?

**HotRodKristina** · 04-12-2010, 03:10 PM

Happy car is happy!!! YAAAY I LOVE DRIVING!!!

I don't care if it's boosting, Mazda is on crack w/ this design phase

**hEaT** · 04-12-2010, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hafftrak

They failed to address the one thing that makes it ugly, that giant smiley face bumper.

/thread.

**bigdaddyG8** · 04-12-2010, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotRodKristina

Happy car is happy!!! YAAAY I LOVE DRIVING!!!

I don't care if it's boosting, Mazda is on crack w/ this design phase

After looking at it some more...

it looks like someone totally stoned out of their mind, and thinking about a pile of tacos.

**MrBirdman330** · 04-12-2010, 03:17 PM

Every time I see a new Mazda 3 it just makes me want to get a huge battering ram and smash that crap eating smile off it's face.

**MichaelXi** · 04-12-2010, 08:19 PM

Odd.
I don't mind the "smile" at all.
Yeah, it looks a little "Cheshire Cat", but I don't think of it as "ugly".

**Cedilla** · 04-12-2010, 08:45 PM

I love the old 3, I might pick a used one up if my Focus ever becomes FUBAR. I can't stand the new one, front and rear, its just ugly all around.

04-12-2010, 02:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Reza Formerly focus_wrc Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 8,659	Mazdaspeed3 Ugly No More!! http://mazda3revolution.com/mazda3-g...ed3-sema-2009/ I specially love the tail light! __________________ H&R/// , Team Dynamics , FocusSport , TCE Brakes, Bridgestone.

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2focusd What have I... What have I... What have I done to deserve this? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 15,893	Re: Mazdaspeed3 Ugly No More!! Yep, that car is going to continue to be hideous until they ditch that happy puppy front end I <3 those wheels though -Brian __________________ '08 Carbon Grey Metallic Hyundai Tuscani 2.7 Elisa - KDM-spec underway (and almost done!) Early '00 ZX3 - E-spec in progress (Rattletrap) - Gone but not forgotten!

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Reza Formerly focus_wrc Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 8,659	Re: Mazdaspeed3 Ugly No More!! you can easily change the with regular Mazda 3 grill direct bolt on. __________________ H&R/// , Team Dynamics , FocusSport , TCE Brakes, Bridgestone.

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starfuryt550 TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 837	Re: Mazdaspeed3 Ugly No More!! Are you implying that the new ms3 is an improvement in overall exterior looks over the previous model? No way. The new model front looks like absolute ass. And this is coming from someone who has a mazda3. The new fronts are ridiculous no matter how you look at it.

04-12-2010, 02:47 PM	#13 (permalink)
wilko I'm a ass man! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Buffalo, New York. Posts: 3,816	Re: Mazdaspeed3 Ugly No More!! That was misleading to say that the Mazda speed 3 was no longer ugly. Well at least the performance sort of makes it more bareable. __________________ Some times, even I want to flame the **** that I write but, in the name of personal integrity; I am forced to defend it.

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Random Select Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hidden Retreat Posts: 2,021	Re: Mazdaspeed3 Ugly No More!! Ugly bumper or not, it's boosting.

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MrBirdman330 Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: At a U-Haul Center near you. Posts: 2,655	Re: Mazdaspeed3 Ugly No More!! Every time I see a new Mazda 3 it just makes me want to get a huge battering ram and smash that crap eating smile off it's face. __________________ Everybody says you can't make money off small cars. Well, you'd better damn well figure out how to make money, because that's where the world is going. - Alan Mulally

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MichaelXi No Cause For Alarm Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Venus Via Knoxville, TN Posts: 25,853	Re: Mazdaspeed3 Ugly No More!! Odd. I don't mind the "smile" at all. Yeah, it looks a little "Cheshire Cat", but I don't think of it as "ugly".

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