Mazda started promoting its B-Sequence pickups in the US in 1971, badged because the B1600 (it was often known as the Proceed in its homeland). We got here to know this small pickup significantly better when Ford started promoting it with Courier badges within the following yr, and the Courier remained obtainable right here all through 1982 (after which it was changed by the Ranger). All that point, Mazda was promoting the B-Sequence with its personal badges in the US, and this sturdy little pickup was obtainable right here via 1994. Here is one of many final of the B2000s, present in a Colorado self-service yard lately.
Mazda badged its U.S.-market B-Sequence vans with “B” adopted by the engine displacement (besides within the case of the rotary-powered REPU). A B2600 with Mitsubishi Astron engine confirmed up right here as a 1986 mannequin, with a 2.2-liter Mazda four-cylinder showing for 1987.
That gave American Mazda truck customers three engines to select from in 1987, plus two cab sorts, two mattress lengths and a selection of rear- or four-wheel-drive.
This being a B2000 Cab Plus with rear-wheel-drive, its MSRP was $7,995 (about $22,076 in 2023 {dollars}).
The little folding seats within the Cab Plus weren’t snug, however they have been helpful for storage.
This truck has the bottom five-speed guide.
It traveled simply shy of 160,000 miles throughout its life.
It seems to have began out in Olathe, Kansas, which is close to Kansas Metropolis and about 600 miles east of Denver.
Throughout 1994, Mazda stopped importing its personal pickups right here and commenced promoting rebadged Ford Rangers with B-Sequence badging. This made about as a lot sense because the Mazda-badged Ford Explorer.
James Garner claimed that two adults might match within the Cab Plus rear seats. James Garner was 6-foot-3.
Take that, Toyota!