Not since the 1995 model year has Mazda offered the egg-shaped front-drive MX-3 for sale in the U.S., but that might change in the next year or two. Once the best-kept sport-compact secret--regularly trouncing the higher-profile Miata in acceleration with its peppy 1.8-liter, 115-horsepower V-6--the MX-3 shows some signs of returning in this rear-drive Kabura concept. Styled at Mazda's design center in California, the Kabura is powered by a small-displacement MZR inline-four (Miata) engine.
Bottom line: Intended to test the first-time-buyer waters with a fun-to-drive compact in the mid-teens to low-$20,000 range.
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