Actually spinning the wheels
Actually spinning the wheels in 3rd gear with 186HP sounds like a worrisome traction problem. No wonder why they are offering AWD. The new Mazda 3 looks nice, and appears to be a good deal, but my mind also goes to a future 250HP+ MazdaSpeed version, along with a similarly powered MazdaSpeed Miata. It is interesting that the AWD version of the new Mazda 3 is only available with the automatic transmission.