Car and Driver Tests: Mazda Wins Again

[Equinox]

August 2003 issue of Car and Driver, Mazda took home a lot of pride.


Sport Coupes:

Mazda Rx-8 1st
Infiniti G35 Coupe 2nd
Ford SVT Mustang Cobra 3rd


Family Sedans:

Honda Accord Ex 1st
Mazda 6i 2nd
VW Passat GL 1.8t 3rd
Toyota Camry SE 4th
Subaru Legacy L 5th
Nissan Altima 3.5SE 5th(tie)
Dodge Stratus R/T 7th
Hyundai Sonata GLS V-6 8th
Kia Optima LX 9th
Saturn L200 10th

$16,000 Four-doors:

Mazda Protege LX 1st
Hyundai Elantra GLS 2nd
Toyota Corolla LE 3rd
Ford Focus SE 4th
Honda Civic LX 5th
Dodge Neon SXT 6th
Mitsubishi Lancer O-Z Racing 6th(tie)
Nissan Sentra GXE 8th
Suzuki Aerio GS 9th
Kia Spectra LS 10th

'Not' Station Wagons:

Mazda Protege5 1st
Chrysler PT Cruiser 2nd
Toyota Matrix XRS 3rd
Ford Focus ZX5 4th
Pontiac Vibe 5th
Suzuki Aerio SX 6th

 

[mp3moose]

Thats awesome news, how is that you have an august issue already?

 

[Street KingFD]

Mazda is 'moving ooooooon up!'

 

[bcbadboy]

Where the hell is the MazdaSpeed????????????

 

[mp3moose]

its limited production.....they don't usually include those type of cars in those tests. No sentra SE-R either.

 

[bcbadboy]

Oh ok my bad. Thanx for the info. I was about to go postal on Car and Driver.

 

[Jay]

It's good to see that the protege got rated higher than the honda civic.

 

[Newf]

I could care less about what Car and Driver thinks. Bunch of old red neck domestic biased ediots.

Sorry, still bitter about them picking the Focus over the speed....arg.. Fools.