First Drive: 2010 Mazda3 i-Stop

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<dt><b>First Drive: 2010 Mazda3 i-Stop</b><br /><img src="http://image.automobilemag.com/f/reviews/driven/1012_2010_mazda3_i_stop/29819246+ppromo_large/2010-mazda3-i-stop-front-three-quarters-static.jpg" onerror="javascript:this.src='http://static.automobilemag.com/_SiteConfigs/_global/images/no_photo_100px.gif'" alt="2010 Mazda3 i-Stop - First Drive - Automobile Magazine" /><br /><a href="http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/driven/1012_2010_mazda3_i_stop/index.html">Mazda's fuel-sipping system makes sense, but not yet in America...</a><p>Is the internal combustion engine dead? The number of firms around the globe sinking capital into advancing electric drive technologies, battery chemistry, and other alternative propulsion systems might suggest the internal combustion engine has finally reached its swansong, but Mazda begs to differ. Although the Japanese automaker has tinkered with a number of advanced propulsion systems over the past decade, it feels there's plenty of life left in conventional, fuel-burning engines, albeit not without a little help from new technologies.</p><br /> Photo Gallery: <a href="http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/driven/1012_2010_mazda3_i_stop/index.html">2010 Mazda3 i-Stop - First Drive - Automobile Magazine</a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/driven/1012_2010_mazda3_i_stop/index.html">First Drive: 2010 Mazda3 i-Stop</a> |
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