MP3

August 6 2017

Speed Wagon: 2003 Mazda Protege 5 Swap

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Cory, Mazdaspeed, MP3, Protegé 5, Swap 7

Last week’s Sunday piece featured a unusually clean Mazdaspeed Protege. In the comments, it was bemoaned that Mazda never saw fit to give the Mazdaspeed treatment to the Protege 5 wagon. Nearly all car enthusiasts (DT readers included) share a common love of the station wagon. An enthusiastic Protege fan took it upon himself to […]

July 30 2017

Underapreciated Front Driver: 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Callaway, Cory, Mazdaspeed, MP3, Protege, Racing Beat 4

The 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege was the first offering from the Mazdaspeed name plate. It was to be Mazda’s hot rod shop ala Mercedes AMG, BMW M-series, Ford’s SVT, etc. The Mazdaspeed was spawned from the righteous handling 2001-2 Protege MP3 model. The MP3 name was derived from the audio MP3 file (think Napster) which was […]