Car and Driver comparison

[WhiteyFord]

Check out this new C&D compo... oh yeah, and guess what finished first? http://msg.toprotege.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

http://www.caranddriver.com/xp....ans.xml (http://www.caranddriver.com/xp/Caranddriver/comparisontests/2002/november/0211_comparo_smallsedans.xml)

[rowan]

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If birth dates set the pecking order, we'd have similarly low expectations for Mazda's 1999-intro Protegé. But this car has always been an overachiever. It copped the top spot in our last econocar comparison (&quot;Little Cars 6.1,&quot; June 2000) for a reason that usually proves enduring — it's really a kick to drive.

Could an aging sporty sedan hold its place against the inexorably rising tide of technology? Let's hit the road and find out.
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Awww... hehe. right on.

[mykg4orce]

I laugh at the fact that the Honda Civic was beaten by the Ford Focus. Too much of anything is bad, we need more proteges and less civics.

[mazdaspeed]

I think not just the Protege is under rated. But i think Mazda as a whole has been under rated!!.. I mean Mazda was the first Japanese Auto Company to win in the La mans (typo?) with the RX-7!!!.. and they have made one the fasters if not better cars from Honda's and Toyota's.......

[rowan]

Mazda won Le Mans with the 787B which was a 4-rotor .. after which the Le Mans officials promptly outlawed rotary engines *lol* Damned Ferrari whiny bitches.... http://msg.toprotege.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Can't wait to see Mazda in the ALMS series, and if someone decides to run an RX-8 in the GT series.....