18th Jan 2013, 15:42

Manuals will always lose out to a properly driven automatic unless the manual is driven by a stunt or racing driver. My 2.5 ton van can burn out any GTI away from the lights, and believe me, quite a few have tried.

23rd Jun 2017, 21:12

Great cars, 210 BHP at the wheels. Mazda lost money on these. Sound proofing was class leading; Merc, BMW and Jaguar were copied and rolled out as the Xedos 9. Add the supercharged Miller, class leading mid range power. I got mine 1 year ago with 59k. Apart from a rusty offside rear wheel arch, it's like new with a full history. It was part of a covered collection for the previous 7 years... bargain of a lifetime.