Test Drive Mazda Mazda 3 MPS (Mazdaspeed 3) since 2009 Hatchback
Test Drive Mazda 3 MPS: Become a Racer Just
Who would have thought that someday I would be behind the wheel of a sports car on a real racing track?! No, of course, I have visited not at the competition for this you need to study long and persistently. I got to the Academy, where I was lucky to get a real test drive of the sports car Mazda 3 MPS, really professional briefing from the famous Russian rider Oleg Keselman and his companion on Porsche Club Russia Denis Ganopolsky Mazda Sport Academy.
This is an opportunity to learn how to adopts of sports and secure car management is available for anyone. The program is very simple from two courses: Basic Intensive Sport and Advanced Active Sport. The first course is aimed at learning the main sports elements and is built on the principle of gradual complication of exercises. The second course for advanced drivers is designed for in-depth training for sports driving in the conditions of a racing car. Both courses consist of two parts: the theoritical, where for 1 hour knowledge about the behavior of the car and its trajectory in the conditions of fast driving (speed, trajectory of rotation, points of acceleration and braking, etc.) and three to four hours of practical training on Mazda cars MX-5, RX-8, 3 MPS, including a competitive part along the entire length of the ball of the ball.
I must say, the ADM autodrome in the meachkovo - the only professional racing route in the European part of Russia, built according to FIA standards (International Automotive Federation), has 17 single-caliber turns, the length of the highway is 3275 m., Width from 9 to 12 m. And designed for annular cars - and motorcycle racing on specially trained racing cars and motorcycles.
I went through advanced drivers and received a certificate signed by the head of the Academy of Sports Driving Mazda Oleg Keselman. According to him, the training of those driving skills, which, in turn, change consciousness and attitude towards driving a car. After all, the understanding of the principles of behavior of key nodes at high speeds guarantees us with you safety on public roads.
Of course, one 4-hour course is not enough to at least declare professionally. But I felt a fully important effect of brainwashing.
Road to the new consciousness
Objective element, in other words, the exercise behind the wheel thing is very gone. Not only needs to be remembered about all the subtleties of mechanical management, it must be done quickly and in completely unusual trajectories. Just imagine: start - gas in the floor - gear shift: 2nd, 3rd, 4th literally 100 meters dramatically brake in the floor - gear shift: 4th, 3rd, 2nd pouring through the left extreme Point in the extreme right rolling on inertia Start of overclocking - Passing of the apex *, gas in the floor - overclocking 50m and again the brake, on the 2nd gear, sharp turn-acceleration-braking turn with a turn 180 degrees again from the extreme right point in the extreme left left Passage of anopex acceleration \u003d one cycle. With each time, overclocking is more confident, and the braking is increasingly more active, and still something is wrong .. How to overcome the barrier of smooth stroke?! Denis Ganopolsky offers: Let's show, sits down behind the wheel and .. Of course, in the hands of a professional, the Tierca will start, urchit and without a knocking passes all complex parts of the element. Daughter! We try again, it starts to get better, half an hour pass as one minute, as in childhood, on the attraction, when only got into the machine on the electric drive and it's time to go out
* Apex translated from English. vertex. On the racing highway, the oxes are called the optimal trajectory of turning the turn.
The next exercise is a turn with a bend, where there are 3 turns in the trajectory, and it is after the overclocking band. I replant on MPS, rush a couple of circles of the demonstration of the track. Instructors explain something somewhere, and I'm trying to make friends with the race car. Yes, MPS character is defined by an explosive, grip tight, tight brake. But the main thing, faith I will cope! Start gas in the floor - per second Speed \u200b\u200bgrows: 100-140-160km / h Foot on a sharp brake Shift Gear 2nd Flashing Alarm signal - Hooray! The second barrier is overcome! It turned out the right emergency braking! The instructor praises, again the turn is another acceleration-braking one more loop and the trajectory through the apexes acceleration \u003d the second cycle and on the repeat. UV! Adrenaline beats in the cheeks, the excitement fills his head, the son from the rear seating is asking to dock)). The third site of the track is given easier than previous, there is no place for strong overclocking, nine stupid angles draw the eight, you need to properly allocate efforts, accurately pass apuxes and squeeze the gas brake. Do not forget to switch to second gear, - helps the instructor. And here he is a full-fledged circle, including all waste elements. Three sessions and two pit stops fly even faster than previous ones. The engine is roar and takes forward, and during the stop the wheels almost wake, and stinks of grazing rubber. As a result, getting rid of bad habits, internal barriers, spent skills and revenge clean brains.
Mazda 3 MPS.
If you made friends with this powerful hatchback, there are no obstacles to obtain true pleasure. At first, an expressive appearance causes someleep. Located clearance and nostril the air intake on the hood does not leave a trace of a cute smile of a trash. Inside the sensation of expression is only enhanced. Of course, the interior retains the continuity of the third series, but the color of the color in the interior design: black leather with red non-turret contrast fabric inserts on the doors, armrests and seats are made in the mood of excitement. 260 horses on the front drive, break from the place as a rocket and create a feeling of flight by air of 6.1 seconds to 100 km / h. This motor at 2.3 liters Turbo shows its character.
Safety systems are performed perfectly believe me, the ability to check the operation of ABS, EBD and DSC at high speeds on a racing highway with a rotation of 180 degrees and a drizzling rain, expensive. Important Tip: Never overestimate your skills and do not disconnect these functions! Saved lives are more expensive than ambitions and self-confidence. And who knows how deep MPS with me could fly into the bunch, if the electronic security systems were removed by engineers. The multifunctional display can also be attributed to significant differences from the standard triple - in a separate part of it, large numbers are shown how the current fuel consumption is growing. In copies involved in academic rally in the meachkovo, I saw very different numbers from 15 to 32 l / 100km. In the usual mode, the hatch is not so voracious consumes in a mixed cycle to 9.6 liters per 100 km, plus-minus 3 l. Depending on, in the city you or on the track, and directly from the ride manner.
In general, the new Mazda 3 MPS, of course, is good for those who love the strong arms of the support of seats and explosive, as well as for those who prefer to turn in the urban stream in a walking pace.
The cost of Mazda 3 MPS ranges from 1,203,000 to 1,274,500 rubles. The difference in price expresses only the presence of a built-in navigation system and ten Bose speakers complete with a CD-changer of an audio system in counterweight with the standard six.
Author: Katerina Romanova, head of the project team Finam. INFO
A source: Business Autoclub
