OH DAMN! From what I've been reading, (Thanks for buying those mags for me Jon...) I hear a Mazdaspeed Mazda 3 is in the works. This may be what I need instead of hunting for the 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege. Me = Happy.

Edit:
Eh, sorta happy at least. A lot of it is just specuation and rumor. I'd be nice if they came out with the mazdaspeed3, but my car would probably be dead before that.

On a realated note, I finally saw a Dodge SRT-4. Damn, it has a powerful sounding engine. It's a possible, but not likely. The Ion Red Line from Saturn got a few bad reviews and Nissan's SE-R V-Spec reviews say poor interior. So I might be back at square one. Whee.

One More Edit:
Jon Stewart on Crossfire.

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831