![]() ![]() Since 2011, this car has covered just over 120,000 km. Along with that is a Corksport rear sway bar that should help add some rear-end rotation to the behaviour of this hatch. Upgrading the suspension to go along with the extra power is a Ground Control adjustable coilover suspension. We won't make an estimate as to how much power this all adds, but it's most likely an amount you'll very much notice. It can reflash the computer to make sure the modifications aren't going to waste. Making sure that the engine modifications are met with the right amount of fuel, air, and spark is a Cobb Accessport tuner. This car wears their intake and turbo inlet pipe, downpipe from the turbo to the exhaust, and a 3.0-inch exhaust. The company has been developing Mazda parts for 20 years and is well known in aftermarket circles. Though the 18-inch wheels might make the brake rotors look a touch small by modern super-hatch standards.Īfter that comes a host of engine parts from Corksport. But the chunky Volk TE37s help by looking the part, and the gold colour absolutely works on a black hatchback. It's a bold choice, and one that doesn't always work. The first thing you're likely to notice are those gold wheels. This car, for sale in Calgary, looks like one of the better ones. Like any car that commands an aftermarket following, some are done better than others. Because if factory power is good, more is better, right? Just the kind of car that makes you want to add bigger wheels, wider tires, and more boost. Big displacement, turbocharged, sporty, and small. It was a car that was seeming tailor-made to the aftermarket. Since then, Mazdaspeed's long badge has been on multiple fast Mazdas. In 2004, the name expanded to the MX-5, making that sports car even hotter. Still a Protegé, this one got a turbocharger for even more power. Then two years later, Mazda added the first car to wear the Mazdaspeed performance logo. You can tell just by the name what year that car came out, limited to just 1,500. The MP3 got a sport-suspension, 17-inch aftermarket wheels, and more power. In more modern memory, though, it started with the 2001 Protegé MP3. It goes way back to the rally-ready all-wheel drive 323 GTX of the early 1990s. Over the years, Mazda has launched some odd and some impressive versions of its compact car family. Even better, it's a hot hatch that looks to have been made even hotter with some aftermarket modifications in the name of performance and appearance. The autoTRADER.ca Find of the Week this week is a turbocharged compact hot hatch. ![]()
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