A 2017 Mazda CX-3 MPS Would Look Something Like This

The Mazda CX-3 already looks pretty sporty for a crossover its size, though as this rendering by X-Tomi shows, it can be taken even further.

He hasn’t done much, merely lowering the car onto some 18-inch wheels and turning all the chrome bits black, but it works.

Mazda most likely will never make an MPS/MazdaSpeed version of the CX-3, but maybe they should reconsider. The first generation Mazda6 MPS was unusual in its class because it had all-wheel drive, so perhaps they could revive that but in a taller and shorter package – again, it seems very unlikely to happen, but it would make for an interesting niche vehicle to fight the Nissan Juke Nismo (or a future Fiat 500X Abarth).

But before all this could even be fathomed, Mazda needs a small capacity turbo petrol engine. These units are the norm now and the Japanese automaker is still keeping itself from going all-out mainstream by not offering one.

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