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2003 Mazda Protege - Real-World Car Audio

2003 Mazda Protege audio system by C.J. Morse more

2004 Mazda 3 - Good Influence

2004 Mazda 3 - Speaker works Builds A Trick And Slick System, Simple Enough For Gen Y To Emulate more

Drifting Along

Although the motorsport of drifting has thrilled the Japanese for a decade now, until recently it has mainly existed underground in the U.S. In this highly skilled activity, drivers control a rear-wheel-drive car while it slides sideways at high speeds around more

More Than Meets The Eye

The vehicle you see here, owned by John Malozsak, started as a 2002 Mazda Protege 5 wagon. When he purchased it from a local Mazda dealer in Southern California, he already had ideas for it. The concept, as outlandish as it was, was to transform the vehicle in more

Show and Tell

When you approach a vehicle at a show, what's the first thing you notice? The flash, like motorization and paint? The craftsmanship, as evident in the fiberglass/dash work? The sound tickling your eardrums? It all depends on what the owner and installer want y more

Flashback Hatchback

Technology has come a long way for mobile electronics. Back in the late '80s and early '90s, mobile multimedia didn't even exist, and hard audio components were bulky and inefficient. In fact, radical charging system upgrades were necessary to keep the big pow more

IASCA Spring Break Nationals - Driver's Seat

This issue we wanted to reflect a little on what was going on around the world in car audio. Every year we see the different mag more

2001 Mazda Protg 5 - Fifty Easy Pieces

A show car needs to stop people in their tracks. At events everyone has attention deficit disorder, so the only way to make peop more

Trek To Texas

As most of you may or may not know we belong to the major publishing company, Primedia. There are several car magazines here that get together on a driving trip from Irvine, California's Mazda dealership to the Mobile One Import Challenge held at the Houston T more

1995 Mazda Rx-7 - "X" Marks TheSpot

When you cruise any of the freeways in southern California, you see some of the best, modified vehicles on the planet. Usually y more

Happy New Year? - Driver's Seat

I know, it's still 2001 when you get this issue, but for us we're already well into the 2002 editorial calendar. To mark the sta more

Ballistic Protg - Installation

Sometimes the freshest car audio installs are done by people who aren't car audio fanatics. They're into cars and want to do som more