At $8,500, Canadian, Is This 1994 Mazda MX-3 GS A Good Deal, Eh?

At 1.8 liters, the V6 engine in in the present day’s Good Worth or No Cube Mazda MX-3 is without doubt one of the smallest ever supplied on the market in North America. Let’s resolve what such a small surprise may be price.

It has been 5 years for the reason that final Continental rolled off the meeting line at Ford’s Flat Rock meeting plant, ending the street for each that storied mannequin and the Ford Motor Firm’s manufacturing of four-door sedans totally. Immediately, Lincoln affords nothing however tall wagons, fashions differentiated solely by their measurement and value. Even side-by-side, it is laborious to inform the distinction between the Nautilus, Corsair, or Aviator. Admittedly, the Navigator does stand out because of the gargantuan shadow it throws.

The 2003 Lincoln LS V8 we checked out on Tuesday was one of many final situations the place Lincoln, as a model, tried to face out from the gang. A strong sport sedan, the automotive nonetheless discovered few consumers when new, seemingly a punishment for Lincoln’s impudent try to be totally different. At simply $4,500, and looking out pretty contemporary, our LS garnered constructive remarks for its worth within the feedback, and located some redemption within the 90% ‘Good Worth’ win it obtained within the voting.

Having already executed a Pinto on Monday and a Lincoln on Tuesdaywe will keep on a Ford-related kick in the present day and have a look at a Mazda. Ford owned a 25% chunk of the Japanese carmaker for a time and leveraged that firm’s experience in small vehicles for quite a few Ford and Mercury fashions.

One such mannequin was the Mazda 323/Protege, which Ford used as the premise for the second-generation North American Escort within the Nineties. Over on the Mazda facet of issues, the 323 additionally served because the platform of alternative for a small coupe marketed solely as a Mazda, primarily underneath the MX-3 nameplate. To make it stand out from the gang, the MX-3 supplied an elective engine: a 1.8-liter all-alloy V6. Dubbed the K8, the quad-cam 24-valve motor was associated to the bigger 2.5-liter mills powering the 626, MX-6, and quite a few Fords of the period. Within the little MX-3, that engine produced a factory-claimed 130 horsepower and 115 pound-feet of torque, each of which have been achieved pretty excessive up within the rev band.

Mazda supplied the MX-3 in each the U.S. and Canada, however it was solely within the latter that Mazda appended the automotive with the Precidia title, which was displayed on the hatchback glass underneath the massive rear spoiler. Canadian vehicles differed from their U.S. counterparts in different methods, too, together with having a speedometer that reads primarily in kilometers per hour with mph within the co-starring position. Naturally, the odometer additionally rolls to the metric system.

This 1994 MX-3 Precidia GS is a kind of vehicles, and it seems to be to be in wonderful situation for its age and the 71,339 kilometers it has executed. For individuals who weren’t anticipating to need to do math presently of the day, that is solely about 44,328 in freedom miles.

Painted in Tropic Emerald over a black leather-based inside, this Canadian coupe is offered as accident-free and seemingly well-kept. In accordance with the advert, the automotive “has been lovingly maintained with common servicing on the native Mazda dealership and has been parked underground from the beginning.” Hopefully, the vendor doesn’t suggest ‘underground’ within the method of that time capsule Vega that was disinterred final July Fourth.

Amazingly, that is additionally a one-owner automotive, so its historical past and any ‘quirks and options’ (thanks, Doug!) must be simply gleaned. It seems to be well-equipped as effectively. Being a GS means it options 15-inch alloys, disc brakes throughout, and barely improved steering and suspension in comparison with the lower-tier editions. There’s additionally a sliding sunroof and, for a little bit of enjoyable, a five-speed handbook backing up the candy little V6. These have been marketed as providing 2+2 seating, however the MX-3’s diminutive dimensions imply the 2 again seats are extra for present than for go.

Regardless of that, they, together with every part else within the cabin, seem to have solely minor put on, and the automotive is new sufficient to have two airbags as a substitute of the vexing computerized seatbelts that plagued many vehicles from the early Nineties. Per the vendor, the automotive additionally runs “completely,” and is eligible for traditional automotive designation ought to a brand new proprietor wish to hold it in Canada. The title is clear, making for a simple time on the DMV.

This can be a tremendous uncommon automotive as of late, particularly seeing because it sports activities the tiny V6 and a five-speed stick. Most of those vehicles, at the least within the U.S., got here with the much less highly effective 4, in order that alone would possibly make this one price a visit to Vancouver for any Mazda fan. The asking value is $8,500, however, after all, that’s in Canadian {dollars}. For U.S. cash, that works out to round $6,088 and alter.

What’s your tackle this Mazda for that form of cash? Does that appear like a good deal for thus uncommon a automotive? Or does the value tag, just like the engine, have to be tremendous tiny?

You resolve!

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