which car would u drive through urban sprawl?chevy vs toyota vs kia vs mazda vs ford

[sikuya]

from the city lites comparison, motor trend july 2005 issue

five fuel-efficient subcompact econoboxes go bumper to bumper through the urban sprawl.boring car?no way.which one would you actually drive?

5th place
chevrolet cobalt ls 2.2L 145 hp
the proverbial knife at a gunfight;but a shiny,well-made,high-value knife



4th place
ford focus zx4 st 2.3L 151hp
a rough,ready and willing conspirator to bad-boy backroad behavior



3rd place
kia spectra sx 2.0L 138hp
low,but fun-to-probe handling limits with the safety net of six airbags

[sikuya]

[sikuya]

2nd place
toyota corolla xrs 1.8L 170hp
jekyll and hyde powetrain in a walter mitty wrapper



first place
mazda3 s 2.3L 160hp
fells like a big-brand euro nameplate slumming in the $20k class

[ghosthunter]

For me, it would be the mazda3 S 2.3L... but even just the locally available 2.0 version is more than good enough for me.

[coiter]

milagro walang civic

[sikuya]

Originally Posted by coiter

milagro walang civic

"It's worth noting that Honda will introduce a 200-hp,naturally aspirated Civic Si sedan for 2007. Until then, the Civic is outclassed here."
Motor Trend July 2005 page 118 "City Lites" article

[mbt]

im quite shocked that chevy and ford's all-new sedans have been found to be less effective than kia's offering hehe.

[BlueBimmer]

mz3 of cors

[mazdamazda]

Originally Posted by sikuya

"It's worth noting that Honda will introduce a 200-hp,naturally aspirated Civic Si sedan for 2007. Until then, the Civic is outclassed here."
Motor Trend July 2005 page 118 "City Lites" article

am sure that the 220hp Mazdaspeed3 will be also available by then.

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am surprised though that the focus & mz3 didn't have the same powerplant.

[luckytruck]

ganda ng corolla. is that what is released locally? looks a lot better than my brothers altis

[BlueBimmer]

same lang yan with addon lip spoilers n skirts. but higher engine displacement na wala dto..wawa pinas

[mazdamazda]

Originally Posted by BlueBimmer

same lang yan with addon lip spoilers n skirts. but higher engine displacement na wala dto..wawa pinas

actually... it has the same displacement as the 1.8 altis here.

heck, it even has the same base engine... the 1ZZ-FE! it was just tuned to reach 180hp (lots of additional cooling components). lots of additional hp but almost no additional torque. hehe.

[BlueBimmer]

tmpi shouldve brought the tuned engine here..they could've dethroned the SIR sayang