Mazda 3

[Googer]

Is this car balanced 50/50? Or is it heavier in the front than in the back. What are the weight distrabution numbers for a Mazda 3? Please show me a link.

 

[saltedeggman]

simple google search
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[Shawn]

60/40

 

[gooseman]

60/40

Google is your friend.

 

[Spike]

IS 60/40 good? bad? I did not know people even considered weight distrobutions on common cars...

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: saltedeggman
simple google search
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Thanks, I could not find that on my own. It looks like the Mazda 3 is front heavy: 60% front 40% rear.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Spike
IS 60/40 good? bad? I did not know people even considered weight distrobutions on common cars...

Well they are saying this car is similar to BMW. Most bimmers are a perfect 50/50.


There are a few BMW cars that are 49/51 or 51/49. But most are very close to 50/50 and that is a great contributor to awesome handling.

60/40 is not great, but it is not terrible either. Similar to a putting a 4cyl in a Corvette, it's not great.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Spike
IS 60/40 good? bad? I did not know people even considered weight distrobutions on common cars...

eh, it's not good. my car is almost 50/50. 🙂

 

[akubi]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Spike
IS 60/40 good? bad? I did not know people even considered weight distrobutions on common cars...

Well they are saying this car is similar to BMW. Most bimmers are a perfect 50/50.


There are a few BMW cars that are 49/51 or 51/49. But most are very close to 50/50 and that is a great contributor to awesome handling.

60/40 is not great, but it is not terrible either. Similar to a putting a 4cyl in a Corvette, it's not great.

uh... HELLO?? FWD vs RWD? how the hell are they remotely similar?

 

[GTaudiophile]

The MZ3 is no BMW. It has no Inline-6. It's not RWD! But it handles a lot better than a lot of cars on the market and certainly better than anything else in its class. It's not the fastest thing in the world, but it offers good ride, good handling, great brakes, and a great manual tranny. It also offers options unheard of in its segment, combined with pretty good fuel economy. (My MZ3S gets 27-32 MPG.) It can hang with the MINI Cooper S and Audi A3. It also has pretty good skidpad numbers, besting even a stock BMW E46 330i Performance (.87g vs. .86g). It accelerates to 60 MPH .4 seconds slower than an E46 BMW 325i (7.0 vs. 7.4).

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: akubi

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Spike
IS 60/40 good? bad? I did not know people even considered weight distrobutions on common cars...

Well they are saying this car is similar to BMW. Most bimmers are a perfect 50/50.


There are a few BMW cars that are 49/51 or 51/49. But most are very close to 50/50 and that is a great contributor to awesome handling.

60/40 is not great, but it is not terrible either. Similar to a putting a 4cyl in a Corvette, it's not great.

uh... HELLO?? FWD vs RWD? how the hell are they remotely similar?

I am not the one saying that! This is what I am reading and is why I am asking this question.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
The MZ3 is no BMW. It has no Inline-6. It's not RWD! But it handles a lot better than a lot of cars on the market and certainly better than anything else in its class. It's not the fastest thing in the world, but it offers good ride, good handling, great brakes, and a great manual tranny. It also offers options unheard of in its segment, combined with pretty good fuel economy. (My MZ3S gets 27-32 MPG.) It can hang with the MINI Cooper S and Audi A3. It also had pretty good skidpad numbers, besting even a stock BMW E46 330i Performance (.87g vs. .86g). It accelerates to 60 MPH .4 seconds slower than an E46 BMW 325i (7.0 vs. 7.4).

what he said 🙂 altho, I have yet to see some good 3 drivers on the auto-x.. since I'm the only one around here 😛 friend who has done this for a while shaved 3 seconds off my best time... with me in it.. ha. still 2-3 seconds behind the mini s...