{"id":265586,"date":"2010-02-02T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/02\/02\/review-2010-mazdaspeed3-is-sitting-on-the-bubble\/"},"modified":"2010-02-02T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T17:57:00","slug":"review-2010-mazdaspeed3-is-sitting-on-the-bubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/265586","title":{"rendered":"Review: 2010 Mazdaspeed3 is sitting on the bubble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/japan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hatchbacks\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hatchback<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/mazda\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mazda<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/reviews\/\" rel=\"tag\">Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazdaspeed3-review\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/a5016_lead1mazdaspeed32010review.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><strong><em> 2010 Mazdaspeed3 &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\nLast summer, our man Damon Lavrinc <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/08\/21\/first-drive-2010-mazdaspeed3-the-five-door-sports-car-evolved\/\">drove the then-brand-new 2010 Mazdaspeed3<\/a> around California&#8217;s legendary Laguna Seca Raceway and then Caramel Valley&#8217;s world-class back roads. And he loved it. I mention this because we&#8217;re sure that under similar, near-ideal conditions, I would have been nearly as smitten. But reality has a funny way of tossing monkey wrenches at even the most lovely picnics. To wit: I had the Speed3 in Los Angeles during the recent torrential downpour\/tornado warnings, then drove to Phoenix through a monsoon the same day\/night that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/22\/strong-winds-cause-russo-and-steele-auction-tents-to-collapse\/\">Russo and Steele got their tents blown across a freeway<\/a>. Ideal? Hardly. Informative? Keep reading and decide for yourself.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazdaspeed3-review\/low\/\">Review: 2010 Mazdaspeed3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazdaspeed3-review\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/a5016_01mazdaspeed32010review_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazdaspeed3-review\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/a4a51_02mazdaspeed32010review_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazdaspeed3-review\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/a4a51_03mazdaspeed32010review_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazdaspeed3-review\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/a4a51_04mazdaspeed32010review_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-mazdaspeed3-review\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/a4a51_05mazdaspeed32010review_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<em><strong>Photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drewphillipsphotography.com\/\">Drew Phillips<\/a><\/strong><\/em><em><strong> \/ <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/02\/review-2010-mazdaspeed3-is-sitting-on-the-bubble\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Review: 2010 Mazdaspeed3 is sitting on the bubble<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/02\/review-2010-mazdaspeed3-is-sitting-on-the-bubble\/\">Review: 2010 Mazdaspeed3 is sitting on the bubble<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:56:00 EST.  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