2003 Mazda Protege

The Bottom Line: Browse other cars or buy this car if you like regretting.

Review: This is probably the best looking car in its class. I bought this car two month ago, for I was impressed by its design and handling, and I wanted something different from Honda and Toyota. HOWEVER, PLEASE BE NOT DECEIVED BY ITS DESIGN!!!
This...

The Bottom Line: This is a great buy. ES gets you the best Protege. Less money than the Mazda3 and a fun-to-drive car that is BMW-like.

Review: Mazda, the zoom-zoom company, has always had a poor cousin relationship with the big three of the Japanese auto industry - Toyota, Honda and Nissan. Mazda was always the quirky Japanese brand, the silent engineering partner of Ford (Mazda is a...

The Bottom Line: If your looking for a car that is a good daily driver and will give you a fun time when your looking for it, this is for you.

Review: Intro:

I dont personally own the vehicle but it was recently purchased by a friend of mine. When I first heard about it I was slightly skeptical that for 19000 dollars the car could be as good as she had made it out to be. It had...

The Bottom Line: A commuter-class car. Far above Hyundai and Kia, better than Nissan and American cars, about comparable to the best Japanese cars.

Review: The 2003 Protege is a tremendous bargain. This was the last year for the model as it is now replaced by the Mazda 3. As such, it's going at a pretty cheap price, supplemented by the fact that the car was produced in huge numbers and then sold to...

The Bottom Line: My Protege has been a nightmare, and Mazda dealer and the corporation have been dishonest and uncooperative. Buyers Beware!

Review: The Mazda Protege was a respected alternative to the vaunted Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and the Ford Focus (although this comes with some reliability baggage). And it was extremely refreshing to be sitting in a car with a different face than a...

Review: After driving the Civic and Corolla, driving the Protege made me realize that this is (or was) the snappiest econocar on the market. The Corolla drove like a Cadillac, not particularly fun to drive, the Civic drove like any other small sedan, but...

The Bottom Line: In the budget class, the Protege is as close as it gets to a four-door sports car. However, that sportiness results in a significant measure of noise and harshness.

Review: I found the Protege to be the only car in its class that has a tangible bit of sports-car blood coursing through its economy-car veins. It's not the budget road burner the automotive press makes it out to be--it's still an entry-level sedan,...

Review: 1) This car looks great and runs great.
2) Mazdas have proven themselves to my family... we have an 87' 626 with 300,000 and an 93' Protege with 150,000... both still running great. Based on these experiences, we feel confident about the...

The Bottom Line: Do not buy this car! I highly recommend anyone looking at buying this car should talk to others with this specific model. These cars are absolutely plagued with problems.

Review: My closest friends (a couple) purchased a 2003.5 Protege Speed from a Mazda dealer as a new car (it had 8000k in it, but that's another story).

I remember the day they brought it home. This car definitely has a "WOW" factor. Beautiful...

The Bottom Line: Great sporty car for the price. Best handling in its class and gets rave reviews from Car and Driver, Edmunds.

Review: If you're looking for a good used car -- check out the 2003 Mazda Protege. You're likely to find good deals on it because the model has been discontinued and dollar for dollar -- it's one of the more fun to drive cars on the market.

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