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THE 1998 Mazda Protege has the roomiest interior in the smal! sedan category, fun-to-drive handling, and an excellent warranty. SE models have a 92 horsepower
1.5 fitre four cylinder engine, and LX Protege’s have a 122 horsepower 1.8 litre faur cylinder engine. Test drive the new Protege in Vancouver at Summit Mazda and itv

Burnaby at Wolfe Mazda.

Mizz
in SMa

LOOKING for a
Japanese economy car
with miserly fuel con-
--tsumption, enough
room for five adults, a
good history of relia-
bility, and a fun-to-
drive personality?
Censider the Mazda
Protege. First introduced in
1989 asa four-door sedan

version of the 323 hatchback,

it was completely.redesigned
in 1995,

Three years later, it
remains the roomiest com-
pact sedan in its class — a
segment which includes the
Honda Civic and Toyora

All wheel drive
ABS
: Air bags

80 watt AM/FM cassetie

_Keyless entry

: Fog lamps & sport rack

165 HP engine

= Power windows & locks
_Power r heated 5 mirrors

Greg
Wilson

test
drive

Corolla.

There are nwo distinet ver-
sions of the Protege, the
entry-level SE and the better-
equipped and more powerful

“LX modei.

The SE, priced at
$14,545, has a thrifty 92
horsepower 1.5-litre four-
eylinder engine. With the

a Protege tops li
Il sedan categ

standard five-speed manual
transmission, the SE gets 7.7
hitres per 100 kilometres
m.p.g.) in the city,
amazing 5.7 litre
m.p.g.) on the highw:

In addition, che J
engine is one of the mast
delightful small engines Pve
encountered, It has dual
overbead camshafts and four
valves per cylinder, and revs
willingly to the redline mak-
ing a sporty exhaust note in
the process.

Unfortunately, a tachome-
ter is nor available on the
so you have to listen to the
engine to make sure you
don’t rev too high. Since it's
a small engine, and needs to

si
ry

be rewed higher to extract its
power, Pd recommend the
standard five-speed manual
transmission, which by the
way, has nice, comfortable
throws.

Standard features on the
Protege SE include power
steering (engin
able-assist), dual
cloth upholster
sole, fixed intermittent
Wipers, tile steering wheel,
dual cupholders, rear
defroster, and 1

tures, such as 2 radio

-down rear seatback,
are optional — but other fea-
tures, such as power win-

irbags,

See Protege page 37

Purchase

on niak

Financing

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