I raced the #33 shown at 2:00 and 2:34 (same car). That was a great Lemons car. We did the Mazda BP swap for more power. Actually everything in the drive train, brakes, and suspension ended up getting swapped from something else or fabricated by hand. It handled and stopped amazingly well, but the top speed was hampered by poor aero. Very roomy inside, though.
a buddy of mine drove a festiva 80 miles daily for over a decade, and he bought it when it had 200k on it. AC worked, and he KINDA fit in it. he was about 250 pounds. but it never once let him down in the oddball climate that is Nebraska Weather. pretty awesome little shoebox
I liked my Festiva alot. I'm slightly above 6'2" and 220 lbs - I must have a different build or something because I ended up hurting my right knee and ankle driving it
teeny car driven swiftly! had one as a body shop loaner it has no overhangs and decent ground clearance to hop over a beefy median to exit a traffic log jam effortlessly. it conquered every other challenge while I had it too. geo felt flimsy in comparison
Fun Fact: That second generation was still sold as a Festiva here in Australia! No doubt it was else where too, but I'm sure a team could get the badges & graphics shipped over 😁
I would absolutely love to have one of those things, but there's so little left in the UK that it's quite literally impossible to find one. Pretty sure there's only 30 or so kia prides even still registered and less than half of those are roadworthy.
My buddy had one back in the 90's in highschool. Crammed 6 people on the regular, and then eventually smashed a Camaro that ran a red light, and took off it's rear drivers wheel.
I still don't understand why they didn't just take the Ford Fiesta from Europe. It's aimed at the same segment as the Festiva, but from the fact they're still making them, they're presumably better. (Apparently they're planning to stop building the Fiesta this summer)
We got the mk1 Fiesta for only 3 years. I don't think it was well received. I think the mk2 would have been slightly bigger and heavier that the Festiva and would likely have cost as much if not more than the domestically produced Escort.
No mention of the Shoguns? After blowing up and scrapping a couple SHOs, I bought a festiva while broke and it was a great little go-kart of a car. I grabbed a SHO 3.2 from the JY and was rebuilding it in an apartment carport next to the Festiva with grand plans. Hit hard times with some medical bills, sold the rebuilt engine, stand, and crane for 500 very sad dollars. That's still a top 3 dream build some day. Maybe after the Honda build we'll be finishing up hopefully soon, I can convince the team this is the 2nd car we need to build. 😂
People need to make more festiva videos, I plan to upload festiva racing footage soon, but I have a festiva I'm going to use for a lemons race car, and I have another im gonna use as a track time attack race car, I have 2 more spare festivas but I've owned 6 total so far
The Kia Pride was sold here, always thought it was just a cheap Korean car with Mazda bones. Never fully realized the Ford connection. We had the sedan and 5 door hatch available, no 3 doors which sucks!
GET OUT! I had an Escort Pony too. Mine was an '87. 4, yes 4-speed manual, 2 doors, no radio, no AC, crank windows, manual steering. Not much else. Good times.
@@cafn8ed74 Yup. '89 model still had the 4speed and manual everything. No chrome, just black paint instead. I got one with air though, they don't call it Hotlanta for nuthin. I of course put an incredibly loud 4 speaker stereo in it, plus white (I think all Ponies were white?) "eurostyle" wheelcovers and white double bladed windshield wipers from Pepboys. As was the fashion of the time, heh.
@@molochi haha, that's so funny, I think I had some sort of double bladed airfoil type wipers on mine too. Mostly because they would lift at highway speeds. Also had the biggest, cheapest stereo system I could manage. Because high school. As for the paint, my pony actually had a pretty good looking maroon paint color that polished up nicely. It was my favorite feature of the car.
Haha wow my first festiva (first car) used to be my dads, but he used to call it "the shoe" aswell lol after that I've managed to acquire 6 more festivas on my own for myself 😶
I raced the #33 shown at 2:00 and 2:34 (same car). That was a great Lemons car. We did the Mazda BP swap for more power. Actually everything in the drive train, brakes, and suspension ended up getting swapped from something else or fabricated by hand. It handled and stopped amazingly well, but the top speed was hampered by poor aero. Very roomy inside, though.
Dave, 33 us now hiding in my dad's driveway, awaiting a new motor transplant.
a buddy of mine drove a festiva 80 miles daily for over a decade, and he bought it when it had 200k on it. AC worked, and he KINDA fit in it. he was about 250 pounds. but it never once let him down in the oddball climate that is Nebraska Weather. pretty awesome little shoebox
I liked my Festiva alot. I'm slightly above 6'2" and 220 lbs - I must have a different build or something because I ended up hurting my right knee and ankle driving it
teeny car driven swiftly! had one as a body shop loaner it has no overhangs and decent ground clearance to hop over a beefy median to exit a traffic log jam effortlessly. it conquered every other challenge while I had it too. geo felt flimsy in comparison
Fun Fact: That second generation was still sold as a Festiva here in Australia! No doubt it was else where too, but I'm sure a team could get the badges & graphics shipped over 😁
I remember a girl i knew had a brand new mazda 121 fun top with the full roll bac roof.
The Festy
We had a Ford Fiesta and it was awesomely fun to drive, comfy seats and good off the line.
Yes, but what about the Festiva Sport? It came with a spoiler! And I think the 1.6L...It's probably super rare and valuable. I've only seen one!
I own a stock 88' L Festiva & it's great zippy car. ❤
2:17 hey y'all!
Hello Bradley
@@brakingbadracing4971 miss u bby
Wonderful little car
4:02 front place from a SAAB
I would absolutely love to have one of those things, but there's so little left in the UK that it's quite literally impossible to find one. Pretty sure there's only 30 or so kia prides even still registered and less than half of those are roadworthy.
This was also sold as the Mazda 121 (DA) from 1987-91, so if you can find one of those, you’re in!
My buddy had one back in the 90's in highschool. Crammed 6 people on the regular, and then eventually smashed a Camaro that ran a red light, and took off it's rear drivers wheel.
I still don't understand why they didn't just take the Ford Fiesta from Europe. It's aimed at the same segment as the Festiva, but from the fact they're still making them, they're presumably better.
(Apparently they're planning to stop building the Fiesta this summer)
Later Mazda 121 and Ford Fiesta were the same car
We got the mk1 Fiesta for only 3 years. I don't think it was well received. I think the mk2 would have been slightly bigger and heavier that the Festiva and would likely have cost as much if not more than the domestically produced Escort.
I own the yellow one, and breaking bad got the motor for smokey from me!!!
We thank u
Speaking of gulf-region races, when's Hallett getting a wrap?
I totaled my sisters Ford Festiva, she never thanked me
No mention of the Shoguns?
After blowing up and scrapping a couple SHOs, I bought a festiva while broke and it was a great little go-kart of a car. I grabbed a SHO 3.2 from the JY and was rebuilding it in an apartment carport next to the Festiva with grand plans. Hit hard times with some medical bills, sold the rebuilt engine, stand, and crane for 500 very sad dollars.
That's still a top 3 dream build some day.
Maybe after the Honda build we'll be finishing up hopefully soon, I can convince the team this is the 2nd car we need to build. 😂
No way. To this day the Shogun is one of my favorite weird little cars. Hope you get back to it.
People need to make more festiva videos, I plan to upload festiva racing footage soon, but I have a festiva I'm going to use for a lemons race car, and I have another im gonna use as a track time attack race car, I have 2 more spare festivas but I've owned 6 total so far
The Kia Pride was sold here, always thought it was just a cheap Korean car with Mazda bones. Never fully realized the Ford connection. We had the sedan and 5 door hatch available, no 3 doors which sucks!
Back in '88 when I was buying my first new car, the festiva was one of the cars I looked at. I wound up getting a Ford Escort "Pony" tho.
GET OUT! I had an Escort Pony too. Mine was an '87. 4, yes 4-speed manual, 2 doors, no radio, no AC, crank windows, manual steering. Not much else. Good times.
@@cafn8ed74 Yup. '89 model still had the 4speed and manual everything. No chrome, just black paint instead. I got one with air though, they don't call it Hotlanta for nuthin. I of course put an incredibly loud 4 speaker stereo in it, plus white (I think all Ponies were white?) "eurostyle" wheelcovers and white double bladed windshield wipers from Pepboys. As was the fashion of the time, heh.
@@molochi haha, that's so funny, I think I had some sort of double bladed airfoil type wipers on mine too. Mostly because they would lift at highway speeds. Also had the biggest, cheapest stereo system I could manage. Because high school. As for the paint, my pony actually had a pretty good looking maroon paint color that polished up nicely. It was my favorite feature of the car.
Is the Mazda 2 at 2:05 a Lemons car?
No, but is used as a track trainer and does some HPDEs
@@brakingbadracing4971 Mazda does know how to make an entertaining nugget!
Small, light, simple. When did we lose this recipe?
In a bizarro world, I must have my ex-wife's 1988 Ford Escort as my Lemons car
FORD TEMPO is THE best CAR EVER Manufactured in the history of the world.
You are wrong!!!
Hehehe
Iran is making Kia Pride the 91-2 model. Go and get it die hard fans.
I clicked on this by mistake and i have no idea what im watching
They still making it in Iran
I worked on a paint crew in college, one of the hispanic guys had the 2door hatch, he called it 'the shoe'
I knew a guy who called his "the door". It is kind of door shaped.
Haha wow my first festiva
(first car) used to be my dads, but he used to call it "the shoe" aswell lol after that I've managed to acquire 6 more festivas on my own for myself 😶
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