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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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