Needs a new battery.
Has a bad catalytic converter.
Alignment bad.
Great little car. Gets good mileage and decent power. The auto transmission is okay but only has three speeds so expect high revs on the highway. I'd stick with the stick. Comfortable inside.
Buy it ahead of it's cousin the Mazda 323. It looks better and has better performance. Tough to find information on this car as Ford and Mazda collaborated on it. NOT like an Escort (that change didn't happen until 1991). Most closely resembles the Mazda 323 of the era. I paid 900 dollars Canadian for it (about 600 US) at a Ford dealership where it had just come in on trade. It's been great so far. Girls love it.
Amazing, I had no idea that a $600 Tracer with 113,000 miles on it could be a "chick magnet". Mine only has 91,000 miles on it and the chicks run away when they see me coming!
Ya chicks love my car too, but that's because it's a chicken coop.
Canadian Chicks must be into different things than american chicks. All the ladies in my town dig Mustangs and Camaros.
Guys, it's your natural charm & good looks the girls go for.
Nothing else.