Today’s MX-6 comes with two sets of wheels and tires, although it’s barely done enough miles to eat through even one. Everything about the car seems laudable, from its condition to its specs. We’ll have to see if its price falls in line.
If any one of us had sat around for nearly 40 years, we’d assuredly see the deleterious effects of that sedentary lifestyle manifest in a number of unfortunate ways. The same can be said for cars, and the we looked at yesterday did exhibit a number of needs for its 38-year lack of use. That, and the limited appeal that a dune buggy holds in general, ensured that the car’s $5,900 asking price came under special scrutiny.
In the end, that managed a decisive 71 percent No Dice loss for the tow-away fun buggy. A common trope in film—especially in teen rom-coms—is the dorky girl or guy makeover that suddenly turns heads owing to the unmasking of their conventional attractiveness and corresponding abandonment of the quirky nature that actually made them interesting in the first place. A similar, albeit less controversial, change was undertaken by Mazda in the ’90s on its MX6 coupe.
The first edition of the MX6 two-door featured squared-off styling, much of which was shared with the 626 sedan. The car underneath was notably intriguing, offering the option of turbocharged engines and available 4-wheel steering. The dull as dishwater looks, however, meant that few realized that such prowess lay below.
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