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[rfn]

pbirkett said:

The mk3 really isn't that much bigger after all, it just looks it in isolation. Good bit heavier though.

I've said this before and I'll say it again:

Mk1 kerb weight: c. 1020kg (1.8i)
Mk3 kerb weight: c. 1095kg (2.0i Sport)

Mk1 dimensions: 3975mm (length) x 1675mm (width)
Mk3 dimensions: 3995mm (length) x 1720mm (width)

I think the heaviest Mk3 is 1120kg and that has a folding hard top. 65kg is just over 10 stone - so not really a good bit heavier - the weight of a passenger?

[pbirkett]

Hammerhead said:

There really isn't much in it in 'real life'. Here's our MK3.5 alongside Batty's MK1

Funny you say that, I always thought the mk3 was huge compared to the mk1 until one came out on a run with us and I saw the pictures afterwards... The mk3 really isn't that much bigger after all, it just looks it in isolation. Good bit heavier though.

[Herman Toothrot]

rfn said:

pbirkett said:

The mk3 really isn't that much bigger after all, it just looks it in isolation. Good bit heavier though.

I've said this before and I'll say it again:

Mk1 kerb weight: c. 1020kg (1.8i)

That incorrect I've had mine on the weighbridges several times, when it was basically stock my 1997 mk 1.8 was 960kg with a brimmed fuel tank. 1.6 mk1's are even lighter, in the region of 930kg.

Edited by Herman Toothrot on Thursday 3rd June 22:09

[hornetrider]

Oh there's no doubting it's a bit heavier, but I can't say I can feel it on the road. The handling really is sublime. It's also more powerful and faster, but I can't say so much as I really feel that either tbh. It is just as beautifully balanced as the Mk1.

[hornetrider]

Booked in for the WIM treatment next week. Looking forward to seeing the 'befores' almost as much as the 'afters' seeing as it's currently as Mazda 'intended'