1988 Mazda 929 Drive
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- čas přidán 11. 12. 2021
- A short drive in the 1988 Mazda 929. This video has been quite popular and folks have had lots of nice comments and questions. It was a wonderful time capsule. I sold the car in January of 2022 on bringatrailer.com There are lots of additional photos it there if you're interested. Search for lot 64284
80-90s was civilizations peak, all down hill from there
Early 90s… I would argue. By 95 it was starting to suck.
@@777jones And from 2000 onwards, rapid decline.
On Point Mr. 👍
I'd argue 1985 was the peak.
You’re right, and that’s why we’re all here.
Vacuum Fluorescent Displays looks way better than modern LCDs
Yep and they are my favorite display tech! My microwave (I have a video of it on my channel) is old enough to still have a VFD and not a boring LED or LCD panel
@@Peter_Yachymczyk Mine too. Cant beat the crisp cool look of a VFD.
And somehow more futuristic
@@Jaroslav. That's thanks to their superior contrast
@@Peter_Yachymczyk Most displays that are marketed as an "LED display" are not true LED displays and are actually just the same full colored LCD displays we've been using for the past 20 years or so with the only difference being an LED backlight as opposed to CCFL. Now yes, many true LED displays in today's appliances are implemented in quite a plain, boring fashion, but I actually wonder if some of such displays could look and act like VFDs if they tried harder to make them look like one. I'm all for improvement in technology and considering how they work, I can see why many manufacturers are not favoring VFDs like they used to but it's too bad I haven't seen that many manufacturers try to recreate the beautiful, more delicate glow and precise, high contrast of VFDs. I think it would be very possible and quite cheap as well. They just need to run the LEDs at lower brightness, put them behind neutral density filters as many VFDs are, and design them such that the glow precisely stays where the lit elements are without bleeding into inactive elements.
Wow, almost fully loaded - has the digital dash and the AE stereo. What a beauty!
what did fully loaded consist of?
@@dom_xi-dzopa720 What I listed plus heated seats and the auto adjustable suspension. Ultra rare options.
@@jay.fromthebay
👌👍
And a CD player on 1988😮
Yeah then it went all downhill .
Дизайн приборной панели опередил время, даже сейчас приятно смотрится
Может Вы знаете, что за песня в конце?)))
@@ARTMYN1988 не знаю, шзамните, думаю найдёт
@@ARTMYN1988 czcams.com/video/aENX1Sf3fgQ/video.html
@@小苹果_88 И он не знает - виснет
@@ARTMYN1988 every little thing police
Wow, 80's high tech! Nice car!
The oscillating vents 🤯
How smooth it drives unbelievable
Очень красивая панель! Намного лучше чем делают сегодня
احسنت🖒🖒
Credibility was in the work with all perfection
и многофункциональней
Думаю со временем производители снова вернутся к подобному, современная индикация изжила себя, один монитор и все, никаких кнопочек.
Не знаю кому такое в принципе может быть красивым, доисторическое сложное устройство на исконно дерьмовом японском пластике
I really like the design of the dash
My wife's uncle pulled his old 626 out of the garage to start refreshing it after 30 years. It still has the original tyres and less than 30000kms on the ODO. Roughly the same kms with his '82 mazda 323, has the GT gauges and all, but the brakes are rusted up from sitting so long. I keep telling him hes going to leave it to me. Both cars belonged to his parents.
What a wonderful car.. high quality interior.. well designed 👍👍👍
Very nice. And The Police! Even cooler 80's music in an 80's car.
I came back to this with my audio on. Imagine how special and giddy you must have felt hearing those very gentle sounding chimes instead of the infamous 80s "buzzer" sounds that everyone hates. OH WOW. I just noticed a CD PLAYER??? 1988??? Wow this is really a special car the original owner must have been so proud.
Exactly, I've wondered this about the US cars for ages. I know it might be the law to have a buzzer to remind you of having the key in the ignition with the door open (as if you didn't know you just put it in there) but for christssakes do they all have to sound so dull and repetetive? Like get creative, the law can't mandate it to sound god damned awful. I hate hearing it every time.
What a glorious machine. Peak 80s style. 💙💙💙
That's one of the nicest interiors I've ever seen. I want one of these so bad!
This was a treat to watch. Those 929's were very well equipped cars. Sadly, very few exist on the road today.
Not sadly, there's a good reason for that, I still see Honda accords & civics the same year as that still in action.
@@noirnoble1181 they where sold in much greater numbers and are a completly different category of cars.so no you compare aplles to peaches.by the way build quality was far superior to accord or civic.
@@carlbothmann "quality"👈😂😅😂🤣
@@carlbothmann Go feed your hungry mongrels.😂😅
@@noirnoble1181
smileys are important for they seam to reflect your state of mind.
Авто с душой,созданное инженерами
не то, что твое дрьІгули
That digital screen is so awesome, I think older cars in the 1980s were so cool, more cooler then todays cars
Это точно.
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VFD gauge clusters were the absolute peak of modernity.
The quality and technology for 1988 in this is simply astonishing
Sound system is great! I’d love to play my 90’s cassettes in that car
Travelling from Jubail Saudi Arabia to Istanbul with my father was unforgettable journey.. Such powerful V6 RWD..
When did you make the trip?
@@mikemack3243
July or August 1987..
Not sure exactly..
But surely 235km/hour maximum achieved speed
Mazd 929 87 had no v6 Engin back then
@@salembamunif8950
It was manual transmission.. 87
Sold after that journey..
Then bought 88 automatic transmission.. Both of them with same unusual issue.. Back wheel breaks warn out..
Was this trip possible by land at that times?
I owned a few of these Rear wheel drive luxury 929s. This one is optioned very interestingly, digital, but no Leather, no ABS brakes, and no Auto Adjust Suspension.
US Market ...
They all came loaded.
A 5 speed was the base transmission for 88 and 89. Extremely rare though.
They all had power everything, cruise, ac, auto climate, auto swing, adaptive automatic shift etc.
This one has the very rare optional digital dash, fairly rare CD player and yet has cloth seats, no ABS brakes, and no AAS. The cloth is soft like velvet.
I had a 5 year old 70k miles every option 1988, took it one time on a road trip with a friend from Seattle to Mexico. Had the cruise control set at 120mph at night from Redding to about Modesto 250 ish miles. Not a powerful car by today's standards but smooth and decent power for the time.
Wood dash, Leather, sunroof, all power, auto climate, No CD player, cruise, air, digital dash, extremely Rare ABS Brakes (cost me 1,000.00 for 2 special abs only front calipers one time) and automatic adjusting suspension.
Had a 1991
Wood dash, analog gauges, cloth seats, auto climate, air, sunroof, CD player.
Had many 626, GT, LX etc 2 door, 4 door, 5 door touring, 1985 - 92. Could buy them cheep needing a clutch, fuel relay (common issue, little 3 inch metal can thing in rubber mount that failed and people couldn't find it) or something simple like that. Favorite one was a 1987 GT 5 door touring, with every option including digital dash, 5 speed. Great car. Took it on a trip Seattle to Florida Keys. 32+ mpg and fairly powerful for the time.
I’m in Seattle and also owned an 87 626 GT (tho mine was a 4 door). Regardless, even then they were rare beasts! What part of town were you located?
@@BeefyMon light sky blue 87 in Bothell
@@trekinseattle cool. I grew up in Kenmore and had a 1984 626 DX, replaced it with the 87 GT when I moved to Kirkland in 1994. I’m sure our paths have crossed :)
Awesome whenever someone like you shares their knowledge and experience with the group. I was too young at the time, but I was big into the Mazdaworld 929 forums, as my dad had a 1992 at the time. When I started driving a 2007 I ended up purchasing an owning tons of 2nd gens, eventually settling on the perfect one in 2015. During that time I'd visit junkyards, and I can specifically recall seeing three manual transmission models, which was pretty incredible considering how rare they are. The first two I couldn't do much about the more recent one I tried pulling other time I went back it was gone. In the forum my specifically remember The most active member in Canada owning a fully loaded 5-speed that was very very special, and he was importing parts from Korea as Kia had licensed this car from Mazda and produced it to their own specification in Korea, very interesting
They need to make this car again as a flagship sedan model Mazda 9.
Шикарное состояние для автомобиля этих лет) По тем временам наверное это было luxury top✊🔥
Um carro 1988 com um painel muito mas Bonito que muitos carros atuais parabéns pela conservação
Aqui no Brasil o nego paga 100 conto por painel analógico e sem marcador de temperatura kkkk
@@gadoxipado verdade
Согласен, это лучше чем сейчас
Совершена верно , управление, ощущение как зв рулём этого комфорта..это было так давно , не вериться что тот время могли такою машину сделать , который сейчас не смогут .. к сожалению.
Buttons. I think we're headed back to them in future designs. Hyundai is already showing concept cars with tactile buttons as controls. THIS is the retro I can get into.
I hope so. I'm really growing sick and tired of touchscreen and especially haptic touch control "buttons" that seem to be on every car now, awash in a sea of fingerprint-magnet gloss black. Yech. I hate it.
Stunning 80s High-Tech looks.
The decade with the best music AND the best dashboards.
I always loved the square bodies of the 80’s 929’s
No tablet on the dash!! I'm in love!!!
Full digital gauge cluster, buttons everywhere, fully interactive stereo and climate controls and the wood grain.
Bubble economy luxury cars showed a promise of an uber futuristic Japan that was dashed all too soon.
Мазда 929 была доступна только для состоятельных, а в то время, состоятельные люди были довольно продвинуты, потому как уровень заряда батареи давление масла и другие показатели для них были не просто информацией, а важной информацией. Теперь в некоторых авто даже температура двигателя не выводится на панель приборов, так как все равно для владельца это темный лес.
Ты про кого? Не про японцев ведь?
@@cegp9942 и про японцев тоже! А почему нет?
It was used by teachers in Japan. It's a very comfortable car
I used to drive this car when I was about 20 years old. It's a good car over time.
Wow! The interior looks showroom immaculate. I never knew Mazda offered the digital instrument cluster for the 929.
Yeah i'd like to know what the odometer shows
@@Ballen1182 144,212
The auto adjustable suspension was also a mind boggling option for the era.
@@jay.fromthebay I did not know that either. I personally have only owned 1 Mazda which was a (1997) 8 passenger MPV, but I have rented 2 other models which were a 2008 I4 Mazda 6 and a 2008 Mazda CX-7 AWD turbo. I was very impressed with both. From my experiences, Mazda seems to be pretty good vehicles.
Lovely motor! I had one - a 1989 car - when I was working in Malaysia, many years ago. It was automatic, black with dark tinted windows and looked for all the world like a gangster's car. I loved it and wished I could have found a way to bring it back to the UK. No heater though, but stonkingky good air conditioning!
Amazing! The exact angle that i wish every POV included. Subbed
Возврат в 80-е в лучших традициях! И голос Стинга!
Definitivno,bolje i ljepše nego danas!
Apsolutno se slažem!
Vremena kad se pravilo kvalitetno, i nije se štedilo, i opet nije bilo skupo kao danas
La mejor época de todas ☺️ bienvenido a los 80's
Que panel de instrumentos e interior más espectacular......... Una máquina preciosa!
An Era when cars had quality materials and not plastic all over
All newer cars are so quiet because most people seem to prefer that. I really like how you can hear the engine clearly right when you start it up. Just watched a video with a 2011 accord and the only way you could tell the engine was on was by looking at the tach.
And then at the end he turns on the radio and The Police is on. Pow right in the feels. I miss them days so much it's almost physically sickening.
Everything Mazda does is magic!
Loved it when the music came on! Haha Awesome sound for such an old car and it appears to ride amazing😍
Хозяйну респект, за-то что сохранил авто! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Жаль снаружи не показали, пробег всего 44 т.км, удивительно!
@@incognito4507 пробег в милях
@@incognito4507 *44 000 миль.
@@TheNidlz примерно 70т.км, все равно немного
В Америке легко хранить, нет грязи как у руских.
Beautiful car! Love the instrument panel. Same steering wheel as my B2000
Driving one of those, felt like an airplane.
I'd the 1989 exactly the same dash with single CD player premium sound.
Pure magic.
"And I have to tell a story of a thousand rainy days since we first met" 😍 That Police CD soundtrack is the sweet spot.
You might not like it but this is peak perfection
automatic swing a/c vents really nice!!!! oh wow my dream car when I was a kid! , my neighbor used to have one!
OMG when the polling on the digital dash wasn't neutered to every half a second.
I've only ever seen a handful of 929's in the metal here in Western Canada. They so bloody rare!
I have never seen the inside of one though. They look way more luxurious that I had imagined.
That's a great-looking instrument cluster! And it sounds solid. :)
In 1988, I was 23 y.o. after my G.F. I was dreaming of this car.
I normally don't like digital dashboards on cars, but these are the exception. These just look so cool, especially at night
these cars was probably the peak of the cars, after it went all downhill.
Dude that digital dash looks cyberpunk as hell, nice!
Do good to actually hear an engine again. Got a nice purr to it too
ЭТО ОЧЕНЬ КРУТО БЫЛО ДЛЯ ТОГО ВРЕМЕНИ, ДА И СЕЙЧАС ПРОСТО ОГОНЬ!!!!💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
Сейчас Гранта за 1000000 рублей.
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Clean and classic. Older rides have so much more character.
Nostalgy. I miss cars like that.
Cars were built so much better back then.
I had this model, was so futuristic back in those days everyone used to come just to gawk at all the tech lol
Looks way advanced for its year so beautiful
The dash and centre stack reminds me of the best Japan had to offer in late 1980s home entertainment equipment -and that's a lot!
Fantastic interior!
Cuidalo mucho. Es una joya y quedan muy pocos. Tienes una pieza de museo
It was one of the best Japanese luxury sedans in the US market at the time. It is still beautiful in 2023.
This car was the s class back in the day very comfortable ride.
Absolutely amazing car.
Car with 1980-s style VFD gauges still is my dream. At today no one make something like that anymore :(
WTF this dashboard looks better than what comes on 2023 cars!
I’ve seen these before but didn’t realize they came this nice.
I remember buying my 2nd new car in 1992 when I was 21 years old. It was a Honda Civic Hatchback 5 speed with no radio or passenger outside mirror. Man times have changed 🤔
very nice dash and very nice sounding engine. Nice car sir!
Amazing thank you for this video🙂
Love the climate Swings, nice Car!
Such an underrated feature. I have them on my 626 and its very nice if you want to blow air on both the passengers.
Love the 80's retrofuturism look and I wish they would implement it in new cars
Hyundai, as much as I hate them, just did an EXCELLENT hatchback 80's retrofuture concept that looks amazing.
That must have been incredibly futuristic for that time.
Muito tecnológico para época, tempo que se fazia bons carros
This retro futuristic dashboard looks more futuristic than any modern one 😊
My friend's family had one, though it was a manual with analog gauges and no a/c. Primitive level of options was typical in Finland at the time. However it still looked upscale and it was RWD which is what they wanted, as they were frequently towing a camper trailer.
В таких машинах есть душа)
1988 Mazda looks better than some modern cars. Sitting inside in 88 felt like sitting in spaceship
It looks very cool and the condition as well .
WOW this car has 44,000 time capsule miles. Nice.
Please do a full walk through, with engine compartment.
Sorry, I no longer own the car but there are lots of photos I took on the auction site: bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-mazda-929/
@@originalblackplate Amazing. I wish I had seen this auction, would have gladly purchased it. Thank you for the pictures. This is most likely the lowest milage digital dash mid level 929 in America.
Very beautiful and Good Looking interior design
The music is perfect for the moment!
Cool looking 80s dash, I miss buttons!
I had a 1989, black with tan interior. I sold it in 2003 and it's still one of my biggest regrets to this day. I would buy another in a heartbeat if one came up for sale...!
Best driver panel I've ever seen
Glad you didn't crash it.
Decide to either drive or shoot a goddamn video!
My European greetings to Utah. Seen those rocks.
Приборка красивее чем у 90% современных авто. А функция swing вообще шикарна
Neighbor had one of those. It was awesome back in 1990. Slow, but awesome.
Don't forget, they came out with the 929 S model for 1990 that had 45 more HP and retuned suspension. That one was certainly not slow.
@@jay.fromthebay My neighbor had the 90 hp version. Not fast.
@@Roger_Gustafsson Oh, in the US we only had a 150hp and 190hp version.
@@jay.fromthebay I had no idea those existed. And also I have no idea why they would bother bringing in the slow asf version here when we had various way more powerful "hot hatches" around. Manta, Kadett, Golf, BMW, Alfas, Nissan etc...
@@Roger_Gustafsson that's so interesting. I believe it's because in the US it was pushed further upmarket compared to Europe where they had 4 cylinder versions that we never saw. They should have brought the better versions to Europe since.l those cars were all so competitive.
The time when cars were made by engineers, not sales managers.
When I was a kid my neighbor had a 929, we lived up on a hill and I remember one winter when we got a lot of snow when he tired to drive it up the hill. The swearing and shoveling he had to do to get it up there :D Cool car and something you dont see everyday nowadays.
Если-бы автор не указал год выпуска машины, я-бы подумал, что это авто последней модели.
Отделка салона, приборная панель - ПРОСТО ШИКАРНЕЙШИЕ.
И это❗автомобиль прошлого века.
Mann I swear there is something different with old displays man
It looks so much better than modern displays
It looks like something from a sci-fi movie and overall design makes it look as if ur driving a space ship ❤❤❤
Just gotta love those isnt