well well.. so helrazaor u like astinas.. well personlly i have been having my astina for over 6 years now.. yes thats right six years.. i agree with the hatch concept.. totally un modified it will still give u around 115HP, thats great for a street hatch.. and hanlding wise i have done a few mods to mine so cant really comment on the standard.. but i have dusted a few hondas, and i loved it... unfortunatly the SL folks dont seem to have the same enthusisum towards mazdas.. thats a shame ..
and yes where is our friendly negighbourhood 323 hatch owner guru...
by the way n@visport.. have u joined the MFOC YET... the older modles of course were sotck and didnt have VVT or anything for that matter.. but i think more than toyota hondas are the ones flonting the V-TEC in style.. after all vvti, Mivec, they are all the same in differnt names...