I really loved the looks of it! Sporty but yet a wagon. I can tell you it is black with clothe seats that are black with a kind of coloration of stripes! I know it had damage to the door, but I didn't see it, hubby told me about it and how the guy had a dent removal plasce remove it! Other then that, it's about all I can remember about the car! So I wasn't even really looking to hard at the car! That is what this car is! When I looked inside the car and saw the automatic I was thinking "Awesome" it an Auto!!! Yah, I'm a girl and like automatic for comuting to work, expcept when it comest to driving my Miata!!! Then when the guy side yah and it has a slide thingy (I can't remember what he called it) that makes it to where you can shift it! I though way cool, better then awesome! LOL All these thoughts were before he made me the offer. Sentinel Automotive Editor Steven Cole Smithcan be reached at or 40.BTW there is a manumatic version available (+/- selector on the auto). It still looks and feels fresh but has been around long enough for buyers to expect a discount, making an appealing car even more so. The Mazda3 went on sale in December 2003, as a 2004 model, and as the replacement for the Protege. Handling is excellent, much more neutral than most front-wheel-drive cars. It’s most in its element, though, on winding roads, where you can give the independent suspension a workout. The Mazda3 s is certainly happy in the city, and it gives a very good ride on the highway, even on rough pavement. On the fourth and highest speed, you’ll reach for the stereo volume button. One complaint: On the second speed, the fan for the air conditioning is loud. Rear-seat room is about average for a car this size, as is trunk space. The Mazda3 s feels very familiar, very quickly. The front cloth-covered bucket seats are pretty comfortable, and the gearshift lever is in just the right place. Inside, the instruments are nicely placed, but I’m not a fan of the sound-system layout, which revolves around a huge on-off/volume button.
Years for mazda protege hatchback manual#
Mileage with the five-speed manual is an EPA-rated 26 mpg in the city, 32 on the highway. That’s with the five-speed manual transmission a five-speed automatic adds $950. Options were a power sunroof and a six-disc CD changer, offered as a $890 package. The hatchback model gets only the 2.3.īase price of the test car, a Touring model, was $17,615, and that buys a lot of standard equipment, such as side and side-curtain air bags, P205/50R-17 radials on alloy wheels, an AM/FM stereo with CD player and six speakers, cruise control, disc brakes with anti-lock, keyless entry, air conditioning and power locks, mirrors and windows. The base Mazda3 i has a 2.0-liter, 150-horsepower four-cylinder, while the sportier Mazda3 s has a 2.3-liter engine. The Mazda3 comes as a regular four-door sedan, such as the test car, or as a four-door hatchback. Its 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine has 160 horsepower, 37 fewer than the Civic Si’s 2.0-liter engine, but the difference doesn’t feel that big, likely due in part to the Mazda’s 11 extra foot-pounds of torque. Though the engine and transmission aren’t quite as refined as the new Honda Civic Si - which, incidentally, only comes as a two-door coupe - the Mazda3 s sedan is at least as much fun to drive, and it has four doors. Both cars offer genuinely good value and, when outfitted in their sportier trim, serve up a fun-to-drive factor that rivals German cars.Ĭase in point: The 2006 Mazda3 s. They don’t get the attention - or the sales - of comparable models from Toyota and Honda, but don’t overlook the Mazda3 and its bigger brother, the Mazda6.
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