Mazda’s bread-butterer is among the
best-performing hatchbacks around, and, with the available Skyactiv engine,
it’s also among the most fuel-efficient. The design is aging in spite of
continuous upgrades, so the next-gen 3, expected in late 2013 or early 2014,
can’t come soon enough. Still, there’s a lot to like with the current model
Exelence:
Nicely
upgraded interior, responsive handling, brilliant 6-speed manual transmission,
available Skyactiv 2.0-liter engine with 40-mpg potential.
Model Grille:
Goofy
grille, noisy interior.
What's New:
Redesigned
in 2008, refreshed for 2012, minor cosmetic and interior changes and new
available touch-screen infotainment system for 2013.
This's about mazda 3:
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ford mustang gt/boss
302, The Lord loves a
juvenile delinquent.
Tip o' the hat to the freshened-for-2013 Ford Mustang in
this, its third consecutive 10Best posting. Which is funny, because this
48-year-old malefactor's stingy rear seats would enrage the Amish. Its cabin
materials still recollect Little House on the Prairie. The rigid rear
axle is older than Moses. And on commutes in rain or snow, this loudmouth is
only marginally more useful than your Schwinn. Said Jens Meiners, our European
voter, "Wasteful, crude, unsophisticated—an automotive caricature of
America." That's why, when the polls open, the Mustang sucks up to a
constituency comprising Bruce Springsteen, Joe Biden, and all the rest of us
hormonally imbalanced American boys whose primitive predilections got us kicked
out of study hall. Well, too bad. At least we know our math:
420-hp Mustang GT:
60 mph in 4.5 seconds, quarter-mile in 13.0 seconds at 111 mph, top speed of
147 mph, 0.89 g ofcornering grip, base price of$31,095. 444-hp Mustang Boss 302
Laguna Seca: 60 mph in 4.2 seconds, quarter-mile in 12.7 seconds at
114 mph, top speed of 161 mph, 0.96 g ofcornering grip, base price of $42,995
(Boss) or $49,990 (Laguna Seca). For now, we're still warming to the 305-hp
Mustang V-6 and the 662-hp Shelby GT500. In the end, it's the GT/Boss twofer
that shines as the quintessential Motown emblems of power, performance, and
practicality—each a white-hot line drive of blue-collar satisfaction for
red-blooded Yanks. Did we go over the top there?
Specification:
vehicle
type: front-engine,
rear-wheel-drive, 2- or 4-passenger, 2-door coupe engines: DOHC 32-valve 5.0-liter V-8, 420 hp, 390 lb-ft; DOHC
32-valve 5.0-liter V-8, 444 hp, 380 lb-ft transmissions: 6-speed manual, 6-speed automatic
with manual shifting mode wheelbase: 107.1 in length: 188.1–188.5 in width: 73.9 in height: 55.1–55.8 in curb weight: 3650–3700 lb epa city/hwy fuel economy: 15–18/25–26 mpg
here are the Photo's of Mustang Boss 302:
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