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Used 2003 Mazda Mazdaspeed Protege 4dr Sedan w/Prod. End 02/02 (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 5M) Consumer Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars
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4.75 out of 5 stars

'03.5 msp

Denis, 12/18/2008
Mazda Mazdaspeed Protege 4dr Sedan w/Prod. End 02/02 (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 5M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I bought this car to out-manuever drivers on cell phones! Handling is fabulous. Get dedicated winter wheels and you're good to go. Radio is painful to adjust; display way too bright at night. Other than that, just a wonderful car. Add a K&N air filter and noise-proof the trunk space.

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4 out of 5 stars

Great car, Dont push it though or the Zoom Zoom will go BOOM!

chad92, Fort Collins, CO, 02/07/2013
Mazda Mazdaspeed Protege 4dr Sedan w/Prod. End 02/02 (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 5M)
4 of 6 people found this review helpful

I bought the car with high mileage, around 114,XXX. I bought the car with some bushing issues and some tuning issues. I fixed the bushing issues, but let the tuning wait for a bit. If you dont know, these cars have problems with their bushings as they will go bad every 5-10k miles, the stock tune on these cars is rubbish, and the turbo system they put on the car is excellent, unfortunately they just stuck the system on a stock protege engine, I found this out after I put ~500 miles on it. I was driving in third gear around 3500 rpms, and the engine let go. No warning, no temp spikes, just exploded. Fortunately, I liked the rest of the car enough to spend some elbow grease/$ on a new one!

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5 out of 5 stars

BUY THIS CAR IF YOU GET A CHANCE

johnny123456777, 06/14/2004
Mazda Mazdaspeed Protege 4dr Sedan w/Prod. End 02/02 (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Extremely fun to drive. Everyone loves orange cars. Scare people with the blow off valve. THIS CAR IS A MUST HAVE.

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2.88 out of 5 stars

2003 Mazdaspeed Prorege

ghgmis, 05/11/2004
Mazda Mazdaspeed Protege 4dr Sedan w/Prod. End 02/02 (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 5M)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Fun to drive car. Many problems. Very Very cheap paint. Very thin will scratch and chip wat too easily. Bad computer program that mazda fixed somewhat. Brake rotor warping problems. Rear sway bar bushings wearout and get very loud. The windshield is so thin that pebbles will chip it and rocks will crack it.

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4 out of 5 stars

pocket rocket

grantkustomzmazda, 09/26/2003
Mazda Mazdaspeed Protege 4dr Sedan w/Prod. End 02/02 (2.0L 4cyl Turbo 5M)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful

i have owned{or the bank has owned} this car for 4 days now and i am very impressed on the looks and performance of this car.also the ladies love it. the sound system is ok but the kenwood sub needs to be upgraded. a very poor design. this car handles like a ferrari

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