Five great and five not so great Mazdas

This month, Mazda sold its ten millionth vehicle, a Mazda3, after 43 years of automotive sales. The Mazda Experts at Don Mealey’s Sport Mazda, an Orlando Mazda dealer in Florida, have witnessed a growth in loyal Mazda owners over the years with SKYACTIV being a large factor with newer owners.

To celebrate this sales milestone, AutoWeek featured a list of five Mazdas they found great and five they found to be too weird to be true.

Showing up on the list of great Mazdas is the dearly departed Mazda Furai concept car that wowed crowds at car shows around the world until it caught fire during a photo shoot for the popular Top Gear automotive publication and international television program.

The Mazda REPU

AutoWeek rated the short-lived Mazda REPU as one of the five worst Mazdas built. The REPU’s legacy is that it is the first and only rotary engine pickup truck during a time when Mazda was using the rotary in practically everything.

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Via: AutoWeek.com

2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata Named Among Car and Driver’s Top 10 of 2012

For an 8^th year in a row and 14^th time appearing on the list, the Mazda Miata made Car and Driver’s Top 10 Best Cars for 2012. New Mazda dealerships like Don Mealey’s Sport Mazda in Orlando, Florida, have witnessed the joy from test drivers of the 2013 MX-5 Miata first-hand, along with its design, performance, and features; it is easy to see why it continually makes the list. A history of being listed isn’t a factor in determining the recognition Car and Driver felt the latest remodeling of the Miata deserved, but as they stated it “remains on the list for the eighth straight year because it shows how engineering rightness transcends performance figures.” The handling and balance of the inexpensive roadster gives what the auto publication acknowledged as a critical piece of criteria in helping it make the list.

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