Familia Fortunes: Mazda 1000 and 323 (BF) - A Real Road Test
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2019
- In this video, I drive two generations of Mazda Familia, on some of the most congested roads I've ever seen. Contains hot wiper action! Because HubNut.
Both cars were on the Retro Japanese stand at Japfest 2019 and are owned by www.dftrautomotive.co.uk
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We have a Mazda 1000 like this, but with the posh 1300cc engine. We have had it since new (44 years). It also has luxuries like 4 doors, full interior carpeting and a radio. The glove box is also huge. What more is there? You didn't try the lever on either side of the dash that operates a truly cyclonic ventilation system. Yes, we had fuses in the ash tray for years. First major repair was when she was 40 years old with 380,000 kms when she lost compression. The performance with the 1272 cc engine is brilliant. Heaps of torque. But as you found out, you need to warm her up but you can drive her in 35 degrees no sweat. That engine performs much better in hot weather. Top speed 145 km/hr. All of those models had an OHC engine and a rotary was never offered in this body shape. The closest was the R100 based on the 1200 coupe from the late 60's or a Mazda RX3.
That Mazda 1000 is for sale on eBay for £5,000 or best offer and that advert did mention your channel.
That Mazda 1000 is an absolute gem.
That 323 estate is so cool, late 80s/early 90s is my favourite era of cars, they remind me of all the stuff that was around when I was little 👍 Plus you get retro coolness but with fuel injection, electric windows and good reliability.
In regards using the handbrake at traffic lights, the advice is right there in the highway code.
I just love old japanese cars they are so well engineered (close to perfection) and last 4 ever if you take care against rust. Japanese cars are better than german cars.
What I always liked about 1970's Japanese cars was the amount of standard equipment on them where as almost everything in our home ( uk ) built car was an optional extra.
My great uncle had a 1971 1300 four door. A white one and he would bring it around to our place when it needed maintenance as my dad was a motor mechanic. I remember riding in it when dad would take it for a test drive. I would be bouncing around in the back seat without seat belts, as cars back in the early 70’s ( and earlier) weren’t legally required to have rear belts installed. Great listening to this little survivor as it brought back great memories of riding in uncle Bill’s Mazda 1300! Thanks Hubnut!!! 👍
My Dad had an 87' 323 4 door saloon 1.3 5 speed in gold metallic. Had it for 15 years and never missed a beat. It's biggest claim to fame was despite being a saloon it had a rear wiper
When life serves up an MOT failure, just enjoy a soothing Hubnut video to try and forget all about it.
My mum had a 4 door Mazda RX2 super delux in this colour as her daily driver back in the 80s here in New Zealand. I remember it had to be warmed up for about 20 minutes on the driveway with the choke out in the winter, before it would run properly. A neighbour down the street had the same car (in British Racing Green) except it was badged as a Capella, which was the piston engined version. A lot of the controls and instruments in the Mazda 1000 appear to be identical to the RX2/Capella.
That Mazda 323 wagon was a neat and tidy design.
Thank's a lot for this video. A Mazda 323 BD 1,3 from 1983 was my sisters first car. She got it in 1989. During that time I drove my Opel Kadett C 1,2 sedan (Chevette ). To my Opel the Mazda was a really luxury car. And with only 60 HP it could go somewhat quickly. It had very comfortable seats compaering to other cars in this compact class like Opel Kadett D (Astra) , Ford Escort or Golf Mark I. That car was the reason for me to change to Mazda. In 1993 I got 1990 Mazda 323 F with those nice popub lights. Only driven 24.000 km by the first owner . The 323 F was sold very succsesful in that time. My wife got my Kadett. I loved that Mazda so much, but in 2000 I gave it to my wife, when I got my 626 GF sedan 2l 16V with full options from 1998. That one was better to tow my caravan. The 323 my wife drove until 2009 and gave it away for a new Mazda 5 2,0 16V. The 323 had a 1,6 8V engine and had, when we gave it away 385.000 km!!! We hadn't any trouble at all, only ordinary repairs and services. But at the end it was very difficult to get new TÜV (MOT) because of rust and steering problems. It was one of the best cars I ever had. Sometimes I like to have again one. At the moment I love and enjoy my third 626 from 1999, also full options. When I got it in 2018 the first owner drove only 83.000 km. My second 626 from 2000, which I got in 2011, after the first one was crashed by my wife, was untypical rusty. So I changed this to the actuell one. Compaering to the reliability to the Mazdas of the 80's and 90's our Mazda 5 is a real troubleshooter. So thank you again for this nice roadtest.
That little Mazda 1000 is simply delightful.
The thing with Japanese cars is that they continue to be nice for a very long time. Our old Carina completed over 180,000 miles with zero issues. An amazing machine for going places. Just wasn't very exciting, didn't care about that 'cause we always knew we would arrive and get back. Perfect.
Hey Ian, in Australia in the 80's, you early 90's in this model, we had both the Mazda, and in a flash of badge engineering, the Ford Laser/Meteor! My God! Where will it end?
Great in-car camera work very visual and clear. I love the old cars they had so much more glass
Both nice cars but the '1000' just does it for me. It doesn't make the tea or talk to you, it just does what a car should do really. Simply charming. Thanks for the road test Ian.
I can just remember those Mazda 1000s from when I first started work back in 83. Ususally it was ringing up the scrap man to take them away after they had failed the MOT. Early Japanese cars were often quite interesting and sometimes downright exotic (Mazda RX3, Nissan Cedric etc) for example, but they all suffered from terminal body corrosion. I miss those days when cars were so diverse.
I researched the paint code AM. It is Phoenix Blue, 1969 to 1975. Very nice colour.