Great news! Mazda is expanding its motorsport presence in the form of a new customer race car. It's based on the Mazda 3 hatchback and designed to conform with TCR regulations. Sporting a bunch of aero upgrades and a 350-horsepower engine, expect to see it racing worldwide starting in 2020.

The Mazda 3 TCR, styled by Mazda's design headquarters in Irvine, California, is being built, developed, and supported by Long Road Racing, the same North Carolina-based race shop that builds the MX-5 Cup.

Under the hood of the Mazda 3 TCR is a turbocharged inline-four powering the front wheels via a six-speed paddle-shifted sequential transmission. It'll make 350 horsepower in accordance with TCR regulations, which is nearly double what the street-legal version makes. Pricing for the turn-key race car has not yet been announced.

Mazda has already named Bryan Ortiz, winner of the 2019 Global MX-5 Cup championship, as the first driver for the Mazda 3 TCR. The car will make its race debut at the four-hour Endurance Challenge, happening before the Rolex 24 the weekend of January 24th, 2020.

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