I have heard and seen the same. There are about 4 that have been traded in already in my town. And there were only 6 sold here so far so that not a very good satisfaction rate. And the used ones are selling for dirt cheap. I could pick one up for about 21K Canadian with less than 10000Kms on it.
all Mazda speed products have been fragile ... zoom zoom boom is a pretty popular saying on the Mazda forums ...
For reference, my bike gets 18750, if taxed here, twice that if priced as in America. Wonder how the list would look if it included either cabin noise or luggage space.
Is that right? I haven't heard of the engine falling out of it, thats interesting, maybe they'll iron out the flaws in the meantime and have a spetacular car in the end.
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(60hp/2046lbs) x 10000 / (50 x 1.34(euro-dollar conversion)) x 100000 = 437,694.227 for the used Renault 19 I used to own.
yeah, it looked like a dark blue golfball though, because it barely survived a mediterranean hail storm. that's why it was so cheap mainly. edit: it was a great beater nevertheless, added 15K km myself until its blow-up.
1976 camaro ((260hp/3100lbs x 10,000)/ $600) x 100,000 = 139,785 but that's not counting the $400 i spent getting it to 260hp from 110hp