The 'Turbo' part was pure marketing magic during the 1980s.
MazdaMazda was on a roll in North America in the mid-to-late 1980s, with the front-wheel-drive 626 stealing many a sale from Honda and Toyota. For the 1988 model year, the 626 coupe became the MX-6 on our shores, with a mechanically identical Ford version appearing here with Probe badges. Here’s a magazine advertisement for the factory-hot-rod MX-6 GT, emphasizing the turbo-ness of it all.
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That’s 145 hair-dried horses and a sticker price of just $14,499 (about $37,115 in 2022 dollars)? What a deal! Just send in the coupon to a P.O. box in Orange, California, to get your MX-6 brochure.
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