Mazda's long-bed B2000 pickup picked up an unofficial name in some markets: "Sundowner," borrowed from Australian drovers who made camp wherever they happened to be when the sun went down.
Lead trim: B2000/B2200 Pickup 2WD · 4-spd manual · 2.0L · up to 94 hp
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FactMazda's long-bed B2000 pickup picked up an unofficial name in some markets: "Sundowner," borrowed from Australian drovers who made camp wherever they happened to be when the sun went down.
Introduced in April 1977 as the PE chassis for the Proceed 1600, with a woodgrain dashboard and other luxuries; the Japanese model claimed 95 hp and 140 km/h. Outside Japan it was the B1600 and later B1800 (North America only originally); for the 1980 US model year it became the B2000 with the 2.0 L F/MA engine, and the 2.2 L S2 diesel B2200 arrived from 1981 (chassis UD, introduced for the US during 1982). A long-bed B2000 on a longer wheelbase was the Sundowner in some markets. Reskinned below the beltline in 1982 and replaced in January 1985, by which time 1.8 million B-series trucks had been built since 1961; Japan dropped the truck in October 1979 as commercial buyers preferred vans. Sold as the Ford Courier (with Ford's 2.3 L engine from 1977, and a Perkins-built S2 diesel in the B2200 and 1983–84 Ranger); Ford replaced the Courier in the US with its own Ranger in 1983. Jet Industries made electric Courier conversions in 1979–82.
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VerifiedFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVER×2This generation of Mazda trucks was rated the most satisfying in America three years running — J.D. Power and Associates put it at No. 1 overall in 1986, 1987 and 1988.
VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTPROThis generation of Mazda trucks was rated the most satisfying in America three years running — J.D. Power and Associates put it at No. 1 overall in 1986, 1987 and 1988.
8 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B2000/B2200 Pickup 2WD · 3-spd auto · 2.0L | 1984–1984 | 2.0 L 4-cyl | 75 hp | — | — | — | Automatic 3-spd | — |
| B2000/B2200 Pickup 2WD · 4-spd manual · 2.0L | 1984–1984 | 2.0 L 4-cyl | 75 hp | — | — | — | Manual 4-spd | — |
| B2000/B2200 Pickup 2WD · 5-spd manual · 2.0L | 1984–1984 | 2.0 L 4-cyl | 75 hp | — | — | — | Manual 5-spd | — |
| B2000/B2200 Pickup 2WD · 5-spd manual · 2.2L | 1984–1984 | 2.2 L 4-cyl | 59 hp | — | — | — | Manual 5-spd | — |
| MA 2.0 L (75 hp, from 1979) | 1979–1984 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 75 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| NA 1.6 L (JIS 94 hp) | 1977–1985 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 94 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| S2 2.2 L diesel (59 hp, from 1982) | 1982–1984 | 2.2 L Inline-4 | 59 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| VC 1.8 L (UK, 84 hp) | 1977–1978 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 84 hp | 99 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
An estimate, for the B2000/B2200 Pickup 2WD · 5-spd manual · 2.2L trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
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