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The flagship of the new-generation Mazda3 sports compact will make its long-awaited world debut at the 2009 Geneva International Motor Show on March 3 and is expected to rewrite hot-hatch benchmarks when it is launched globally.
Mazda3 programme manager Yoshiyuki Maeda says, "The exhilarating Mazda3 MPS is the ultimate sporting expression of our new-generation Mazda3 range.
"It builds on the already capable new-generation Mazda3 hatch with higher levels of ferocity and exhilaration, and - like all new Mazda models - with an eye to environmental concerns, powering responsibly into the motoring future."
The new-generation Mazda3 MPS takes the already striking exterior design of the new Mazda3 on which it's based and cranks up the visual aggression.
The MPS hot-hatch's sharp new clothes advertise the performance lurking beneath, both in the form of its 2.3-litre direct injection turbocharged engine, and its razor-sharp handling.
Maeda says, "The MPS has evolved to an entirely new level of emotional design and exhilarating performance.
"The new-generation Mazda3 MPS is the embodiment of Mazda's Zoom-Zoom spirit."
- HERALD ON SUNDAY
