Where to begin! First off I'm an American who has been a member, off an on, of Mazda Motorsports since 1993. This video has my jaw on the floor. My initial reaction is, this is what happens when you recieve an enormous amount of money in a short period of time and your company just likes building fun cars to drive because ALL Mazda vehicles are fun to drive. That's always been their selling point and is overwhelmingly supported by all the car magazines in the day that always named the Mazda(insert model being tested) the most fun to drive. Being American the only two brands I know that you listed are Eunos and Autozam because I play Grand Turismo 6, other than that those all sound like people with too much money that Mazda gained by their highly successful collaboration with Ford to use Mazda engines and chassis to build popular cars like the Escort and Probe. Otherwise Mazda would've been gone if this and the MX-5 had not happened. They've always been a fairly reliable brand. Light on their feet. Most of their engines are square(bore&stroke are =) so don't make high #'s much of torque or hp but are reliable enough to go 500k miles and their rotarys are still kicking ass on the race tracks of the world. Their racing program in America for amatuer racers is excellent with phenomenal discounts on stock parts and contingency prizes all season. I'm more than pleased with my more than 30 years indirectly associated with this company. If anything else, Mazda perfected the proper British two seat sports car('64 MGB owner too.)😊 Great video.
I was obsessed with these obscure JDM brands and such when I was ~13-15. I love this topic. Also your presentation style and humour is on point :) Keep it going, I crave more. MORE! Greetings from coldass Finland!
I really loved the tv and magazine ads Mazda did in the 90s, here in the NL. Brilliantly funny, very much tongue in cheek, would immediately be banned now. What lame times we live in. ‘We can’t do cheeky humour, someone 10.000 miles away wil be offended and sue us’. That 323 mag ad. A succession of photos of two crash test dummies having a good time, hem hem, half the Kamasutra came by. They even had a smoke after the deed. The 323 was roomy, was the message. It’ll stay with me forever. With the tv ad they played Moi non plus for the music. My mum was a bit upset, and that’s a feat. There’s a worse one :)
@@full-service-history 13B keeps it in the Mazda family, has a lot of tuning parts on the market and has a similarly tiny footprint to the original 660 unit, plus keeps weight and thereby balance similar. The K series might fit with some effort but it's physically bigger and might have problems. Not being natively built for an MR car or for a transverse layout and needing some adaptation in that regard might throw up different issues entirely though, so both have their pros and cons
While I don't think it was ever officially confirmed, there were at least rumors that a version of the Eunos Cosmo was planned for sale as an Amati, which would make sense since it would have meant more units with which to amortize the JC platform's development costs.. Whether it would have retained one or both of the Cosmo's turbocharged Wankels, used the 1000's V12 or something else altogether is hard to say, but it certainly would have been an interesting alternative to the American, German and other Japanese luxury coupes of the time. Anyway, great video!
Two things: I thought the Eunos/Xedos brand was rather promising, especially the 6 looked enticing. The name was lame but I liked the car. Second: that Mini Cooper diecast, lower left front stage? I once had a Bburago 1/18 Mini Safari Rally. Not sure but it might’ve been an Innocenti. That diecast bears the legendary #37 though. Could you just dig into that for a bit? There must be a story in there somewhere.
The white #37 Mini model is a 2006 1:36 Corgi model (CC82250) with working lights, that I bought second-hand earlier this year. It's a replica of Rob Stacey and Nicky West's 1974 Innocenti Cooper with the numberplate 'AVS 482N', as it competed in the "13th Rallye Des Isles, in Greece" (reading off the back of the box, I am by no means a Corgi collector nor expert). The use of #37 may be referencing the famous Monte Carlo car, but it isn't brought up in the box's blurb so idk if its just a coincidence or not. Hope that helped!
@@full-service-historyit very much did. I have to get my livery just right in gt7, and you gave me the licence plate. I had to go on memory, which is a bad bet. Mine had a roofrack with foglights, two spare wheels, spare fuel and even a shovel or two. That must’ve been one topheavy Mini. But I’m convinced now that we think of the same Mini. An Innocenti Mini Cooper S, used for rallying, it even has the same colour scheme. That has to be the right one.
I never knew about all the different ways Mazda tried branching out, but i dont think us brits saw alot of that action. The only memory I have is a autozam az1 in a scrapyard in our little town in Yorkshire. So out of place eith the escorts and astras surrounding it
An AZ-1 in a scrapyard? What went so badly wrong to lead to that happening? Also you are correct, here in the UK we got Xedos and a bunch of imported Eunos Roadsters (the latter being unofficial, but still very common).
@@full-service-history Rarely I see an xedos 2.5 v6 pop up on eBay and always fancy one but the maintenance and part finding would kill me. Yes in a local scrapyard in Barnsley a good 12-15 year ago there was a az-1 on a pile and I remember it due to the doors and how tiny it was. I went with my dad as you do and the bloke at the counter said it was a Suzuki cappuccino!
I mentioned that they sold Lancias (at least I made a note to include that!), but I didn't mention any specific models. That's very interesting that they sold such a niche model as the 8.32, thanks!
They're not deleted, just unlisted - you can still find them in the public 'Unscripted Brochure Chat' playlist on the channel. I unlisted them for the same reason I unlisted an earlier video on the Dodge Avenger - I didn't want them to be potentially the first impression of the channel that new viewers got, as they were of lower quality than standard episodes.
The AZ-1 (and its Suzuki Cara counterpart) used the turbocharged Suzuki F6A engine in a very similar tune to the (Suzuki) Alto Works and Cappuccino... perhaps you're thinking of the Yamaha OX99-11, another Japanese mid-engined car from the '90s (albeit one that never made it to production)?
damn, that episode was more on the confusing side, what the hell mazda
so confusing
God that second 323 livery is magnificent.
Only way to top it is to drag in Rod Millen's RX-7 FC. Gorgeous looking car, with a spectacular livery
Where to begin! First off I'm an American who has been a member, off an on, of Mazda Motorsports since 1993.
This video has my jaw on the floor. My initial reaction is, this is what happens when you recieve an enormous amount of money in a short period of time and your company just likes building fun cars to drive because ALL Mazda vehicles are fun to drive. That's always been their selling point and is overwhelmingly supported by all the car magazines in the day that always named the Mazda(insert model being tested) the most fun to drive.
Being American the only two brands I know that you listed are Eunos and Autozam because I play Grand Turismo 6, other than that those all sound like people with too much money that Mazda gained by their highly successful collaboration with Ford to use Mazda engines and chassis to build popular cars like the Escort and Probe. Otherwise Mazda would've been gone if this and the MX-5 had not happened.
They've always been a fairly reliable brand. Light on their feet. Most of their engines are square(bore&stroke are =) so don't make high #'s much of torque or hp but are reliable enough to go 500k miles and their rotarys are still kicking ass on the race tracks of the world. Their racing program in America for amatuer racers is excellent with phenomenal discounts on stock parts and contingency prizes all season.
I'm more than pleased with my more than 30 years indirectly associated with this company.
If anything else, Mazda perfected the proper British two seat sports car('64 MGB owner too.)😊
Great video.
I was obsessed with these obscure JDM brands and such when I was ~13-15. I love this topic. Also your presentation style and humour is on point :) Keep it going, I crave more. MORE!
Greetings from coldass Finland!
I really loved the tv and magazine ads Mazda did in the 90s, here in the NL. Brilliantly funny, very much tongue in cheek, would immediately be banned now. What lame times we live in. ‘We can’t do cheeky humour, someone 10.000 miles away wil be offended and sue us’.
That 323 mag ad. A succession of photos of two crash test dummies having a good time, hem hem, half the Kamasutra came by. They even had a smoke after the deed. The 323 was roomy, was the message.
It’ll stay with me forever. With the tv ad they played Moi non plus for the music. My mum was a bit upset, and that’s a feat.
There’s a worse one :)
Fantastic episode
One of my ultimate dream cars is an AZ-1 with a 13B engine swap, a tiny MR rocket ship would be hilarious
Any engine swapped into an AZ-1 would be amazing lol
I'm now imagining one with the 1.8 VVC K-Series out an MG F...
@@full-service-history 13B keeps it in the Mazda family, has a lot of tuning parts on the market and has a similarly tiny footprint to the original 660 unit, plus keeps weight and thereby balance similar. The K series might fit with some effort but it's physically bigger and might have problems. Not being natively built for an MR car or for a transverse layout and needing some adaptation in that regard might throw up different issues entirely though, so both have their pros and cons
Wow, never knew how many interesting concepts M2 completed. I knew about their Roadster based creations but that was all.
While I don't think it was ever officially confirmed, there were at least rumors that a version of the Eunos Cosmo was planned for sale as an Amati, which would make sense since it would have meant more units with which to amortize the JC platform's development costs.. Whether it would have retained one or both of the Cosmo's turbocharged Wankels, used the 1000's V12 or something else altogether is hard to say, but it certainly would have been an interesting alternative to the American, German and other Japanese luxury coupes of the time.
Anyway, great video!
With the V12 fitted, it would have made an excellent rival to the BMW 8-Series of the time!
i would love to have a mazdaspeed AZ-1, tbh, id love to have any mazdaspeed model
You forgot the Eunos 800 with a 2.3 Miller-Cycle engine.
The Xedos 6 is one of my fave Madzas
It's definitely one of my favourite touring cars!
My Gym teacher used to own a Mazda Xedos with the old mazda badge which zsed to confuse me so much, I don't think I ever saw another one since.
Haha yeah, if the multiple sub-brands weren't confusing enough, Mazda changed their logo every year or so for a time there!
Two things:
I thought the Eunos/Xedos brand was rather promising, especially the 6 looked enticing. The name was lame but I liked the car.
Second: that Mini Cooper diecast, lower left front stage? I once had a Bburago 1/18 Mini Safari Rally. Not sure but it might’ve been an Innocenti. That diecast bears the legendary #37 though. Could you just dig into that for a bit? There must be a story in there somewhere.
The white #37 Mini model is a 2006 1:36 Corgi model (CC82250) with working lights, that I bought second-hand earlier this year. It's a replica of Rob Stacey and Nicky West's 1974 Innocenti Cooper with the numberplate 'AVS 482N', as it competed in the "13th Rallye Des Isles, in Greece" (reading off the back of the box, I am by no means a Corgi collector nor expert).
The use of #37 may be referencing the famous Monte Carlo car, but it isn't brought up in the box's blurb so idk if its just a coincidence or not. Hope that helped!
@@full-service-historyit very much did. I have to get my livery just right in gt7, and you gave me the licence plate.
I had to go on memory, which is a bad bet. Mine had a roofrack with foglights, two spare wheels, spare fuel and even a shovel or two. That must’ve been one topheavy Mini.
But I’m convinced now that we think of the same Mini. An Innocenti Mini Cooper S, used for rallying, it even has the same colour scheme. That has to be the right one.
I never knew about all the different ways Mazda tried branching out, but i dont think us brits saw alot of that action.
The only memory I have is a autozam az1 in a scrapyard in our little town in Yorkshire. So out of place eith the escorts and astras surrounding it
An AZ-1 in a scrapyard? What went so badly wrong to lead to that happening?
Also you are correct, here in the UK we got Xedos and a bunch of imported Eunos Roadsters (the latter being unofficial, but still very common).
@@full-service-history Rarely I see an xedos 2.5 v6 pop up on eBay and always fancy one but the maintenance and part finding would kill me.
Yes in a local scrapyard in Barnsley a good 12-15 year ago there was a az-1 on a pile and I remember it due to the doors and how tiny it was. I went with my dad as you do and the bloke at the counter said it was a Suzuki cappuccino!
Fun fact : Autozam sold rebadged Lancia Thema 8.32's iirc, i am not sure if you mentioned this already
I mentioned that they sold Lancias (at least I made a note to include that!), but I didn't mention any specific models. That's very interesting that they sold such a niche model as the 8.32, thanks!
Hang on. There were Citroens in one of those brochures …..🤨
Yep! Eunos sold Citroen models through their dealerships, while Autozam sold Lancias through theirs.
Why did you delete the 2 videos where you looked through a rover and a ford dealer brochure?
They're not deleted, just unlisted - you can still find them in the public 'Unscripted Brochure Chat' playlist on the channel.
I unlisted them for the same reason I unlisted an earlier video on the Dodge Avenger - I didn't want them to be potentially the first impression of the channel that new viewers got, as they were of lower quality than standard episodes.
I thought the AZ1 was made by Yamaha or had Yamaha engine
The AZ-1 (and its Suzuki Cara counterpart) used the turbocharged Suzuki F6A engine in a very similar tune to the (Suzuki) Alto Works and Cappuccino... perhaps you're thinking of the Yamaha OX99-11, another Japanese mid-engined car from the '90s (albeit one that never made it to production)?
wikipedia warrior
yea innit