Latest Motor magazine did a comparison between a new GTI and a new Mazda 3 MPS ....

good read .... and the GTI won ....(as usual)

BUT .... it even beat the MPS in the standing start runs, though not in the overtaking runs .....

0-100km/h in 6.5s and 400m in 14.6s ... pretty good for only 155kw ... apparently the new diff and ACC makes a big difference in getting the power to the ground .....

Now imagine it with 190kw/400NM ....

And anybody that thought they'd settle for a 118 as the performance diffence would be close ... sorry, but there is daylight between the 2 now. ....