Mazda launched a strong base-model Mazda3 for the 2019 model year. That car’s launch stoked enthusiast appetites for a power bump, or better yet, a hot hatch version — absent since Mazda last offered the impressive 263-horsepower Mazdaspeed3 (seen above) in 2013. Developing such a car seems tantalizingly simple; after all, the tuned-up turbocharged 2.5-liter four-pot from the Mazda6, CX-5 and CX-9 seems like a natural fit. Trouble is, Mazda does not want to make it.
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