I preferred the Mazdaspeed over its competitors for the same reasons I preferred the C43 over the M340i and S4; the Mazda had a scrappy aggressive attitude- a tight suspension, an overachieving powerplant, and a throaty exhaust. As a contemporary Car and Driver road test described it, “everything happens in italics!” The new Mazda3 is a nice car, but too mature for my tastes.Mazda3 is still available as a hatch with a 2.5 turbo and AWD, is it not?