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Replying to: seanwms6 (Jul 18, 2006 7:42 am) Were you ever able to get a good feel for if there is any appreciable difference between 93 and a lower octane fuel? Also (revisiting the whole hp issue and the reviews of the AU market Speed3), I've determined that the AU Speed3 requires 95 RON octane fuel (roughly equal to 90 octane in our rating system). Perhaps this is one reason why the AU Speed6 (and Speed3) are rated at 'only' 190kW in AU? With a lower octane requirement (roughly 90), they may be rated at 'only' 254hp? Yet with 93 octane fuel, the M6 could be rated (in the U.S.) at 274hp. Now, I'm beginning to think that the only real differences between the various markets and the Speed3/Speed6 is the fuel used for the hp rating (and any market specific fuel calibrations that would go with that rating). IF that is the case (and it's a big "IF"), I'm wondering just how close the Speed3 will be rated to 274hp if run with 93 octane fuel? dammit, I sure wish Mazda would release more info.....this is driving me nuts.....
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Replying to: rorr (Jul 18, 2006 9:51 am) I think you are right about the differences in markets. Crossbow (1st to post US hp  267/260 corrected) speculated there will actually be next to no difference in hp b/t the US MS6/3 and that they just want to differentiate the MS6 on paper. We know how upset some MS6 drivers get when you even suggest that the MS3 will be equivalent of better in any way. Since reading Edmunds 1st Drive where the head Mazda engineer is quoted as saying one reason the MS3 didn't get AWD was they wanted to differentiate the MS6, I am now convinced the stated hp differences are just to create a perceived spread between the two cars.
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Replying to: seanwms6 (Jul 18, 2006 6:15 pm) I'm also wondering that if Mazda intends to differentiate the MS3 from the 6 by having a paper hp difference, might the fuel requirement for the MS3 be 91 octane (similar to the AU market MS3) instead of 93? Not that it makes a huge difference to me. I've put nothing but 93 octane into my Celica GTS for the last 6 years; I would have no problem doing the same for a MS3.
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Replying to: rorr (Jul 19, 2006 5:10 am) |
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Replying to: seanwms6 (Jul 20, 2006 3:46 am) Mazdaspeed3 pricing effective July 24th sent to dealers: Sport: $22,240 Grand Touring: $23,955 |
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Replying to: seanwms6 (Jul 24, 2006 4:41 pm)
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Replying to: helmutroth (Jul 24, 2006 4:43 pm) |
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Replying to: seanwms6 (Jul 24, 2006 4:41 pm) What's truely amazing is that those prices are cheaper than what I paid 6 years ago for my Celica GTS.... 
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Replying to: seanwms6 (Jul 24, 2006 4:41 pm)
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Jul 25, 2006 5:32 am)
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