There is more to the story, and it gets even more bizarre. The article I cited below listing the 1995 Mazda Protege as Summers' car further states: Summers previously owned a 1996 Taurus GL.
So not only does Lawrence Summers purportedly drive a 1995 Mazda subcompact worth about $1,500, if his previous car was a 1996 Taurus, Summers may have very well bought the Mazda used. Yow!
