Mazda 3 2017 review: 40-year evolution from the first 323 video

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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025

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  • @oliverleonard7730
    @oliverleonard7730 5 лет назад +5

    323F from 1991 is gorgeous.

  • @sonandsanford4963
    @sonandsanford4963 2 года назад

    Great old upload. I'm currently bringing my 88, 323 back to life that has been sitting in a field for several years. I went back East and saw it at an old friends house and saw that the body was straight w/little rust. I had flashbacks and pulled the trigger.
    The engine is rebuilt and clutch installed. Now here comes the fun part... interior / exterior.

  • @davidhall1707
    @davidhall1707 7 лет назад +4

    Really enjoyed my 1978 1st gen. Here in Canada they were called a GLC (Great Little Car).

  • @Slinkeh
    @Slinkeh 7 лет назад +27

    Where's the second generation of the Mazda 3?

    • @MrToxicB1izzard
      @MrToxicB1izzard 7 лет назад +6

      We don't talk about that one... it brought shame to the family.

    • @aleksuks
      @aleksuks 5 лет назад +1

      @@MrToxicB1izzard why

    • @MrToxicB1izzard
      @MrToxicB1izzard 5 лет назад +1

      @@aleksuks Cause it ugly.

    • @Highwayzero
      @Highwayzero 4 года назад +2

      @@MrToxicB1izzard well I agree on that. The front looks like a big smile and the interior isn't better than the interior of the first Mazda3. Maybe only the back lights were good, because they were looking ''japanese''.

    • @leonardoaguilerahonduras2067
      @leonardoaguilerahonduras2067 4 года назад +1

      @@MrToxicB1izzard OMG!!!

  • @Crosshead1
    @Crosshead1 7 лет назад +7

    That last shot really shows just how much larger 'small' cars have become in 40 years. I currently have a new Mazda3 SP25GT Hatch but well remember my 1983 Ford Meteor Ghia, a Mazda 323 sedan by any other name.

    • @club1fan552
      @club1fan552 5 лет назад +1

      A Meteor Ghia! They were a beautiful and plush little jigger in their day!

  • @tomwebber9377
    @tomwebber9377 6 лет назад +1

    Happy to subscribe. It's nice to see a reviewer who isn't either screaming or overly inflecting to add "charisma" to his Vlog. I look forward to viewing all your posts.

  • @Dongzzzzzz
    @Dongzzzzzz 7 лет назад +7

    Now try Mazda 323 gtr 1.8 turbo 4wd vs Mazda 3 2.5 skyactiv g

  • @knowbodiesfull5768
    @knowbodiesfull5768 4 года назад +1

    The first and second generation 323's were called GLC in the United States.

  • @MrMazda-ih8cw
    @MrMazda-ih8cw 7 лет назад +8

    Who would have thought 40 years? Certainly not me

  • @Highwayzero
    @Highwayzero 4 года назад

    I had the Mazda3 2006 hatchback model. I trully enjoyed driving the car. With 309500 km . Now I have the Mazda2 GT-M 2016 model and the fun goes further with driving and reliability. Mazda for life !

  • @bosse641
    @bosse641 7 лет назад +6

    Would love to own a mint 1st gen.

    • @club1fan552
      @club1fan552 3 года назад +1

      I'm with you there buddy. Where can you get a rear wheel drive hatch these days? Mazda were one of the few manufacturers to make one. I did look at a '77 mint 5 door hatch about 4 years ago but auto and with that 1272 cc engine, just too slow. The owner called it the "Double Demerit Car!" Hilarious!

  • @noelgibson5956
    @noelgibson5956 11 месяцев назад

    Where can one go to view Mazda's heritage collection? I'd be interested in viewing them.

  • @chetthehoss
    @chetthehoss 7 лет назад +2

    OMG. My first car was a '78 GLC ... like the orange one in this video, but mine was a wonderful combination of silver paint and grey primer paint LOL.

  • @λιακοςηλιοπουλος
    @λιακοςηλιοπουλος 5 лет назад +1

    sad they didn't include any of the mazdaspeed versions of the protege or speed 3's

  • @timdumoulin2576
    @timdumoulin2576 4 года назад

    I have the exact same hatch 2018 - i love it!

  • @club1fan552
    @club1fan552 7 лет назад +7

    It's a shame Mazda is incorrectly portraying the first 323 as the model you have in it's current advertising campaign. The model you have does not share "most of it's mechanicals with the older 808 sedan." The 808 had a 1272 cc engine for most of it's life (along with the Mazda 1300 and the first 323) and then had a 1586cc. The 323 you have has a 1415cc engine. The 1989 323 Astina SP you have does not have "a bigger engine" than it's sedan equivalent as the sedan and regular Astina and the "SP" all had a 1840cc engine. The sedan could also be had with a 1.6 L with carburettor. The "SP" had DOHC's and shorter gearing making it faster but with the same displacement (i.e 1840cc). Some research would be a good idea.

    • @mrjsv4935
      @mrjsv4935 7 лет назад +3

      I've had two 323's, first one was 1982 323 1,3 3-door Hatchback and second was 1990 323 sedan with the 1,6 -16valve carb engine. Bought them used, they were around 10 years old when I bought them.
      Also my dad had 1983 323 5-door Hatchback in the 80's (1984-87) and loved that car. It's the main reason why I wanted Mazda 323 as my first car :)
      Love these "generation comparisons" of cars, they indeed show how cars have changed during last decades. Mazda 3 has become pretty large car these days, maybe todays Mazda 2 is more equal to old 323 in size.

  • @smartalec2645
    @smartalec2645 6 лет назад

    Power steering wasn't mainstream until the early 1980's especially in pov-pack budget cars. My 1985 323 B5 sohc carb didn't have it when I had it - long gone now had it as an in between car. I miss it was brilliant! I took the power steering out of my 1989 GT sport hatch, which is my first car and I still have it and love it very much, 13 years later. SP20/Protege era was when Mazda was starting to get into "tiptronic" which is what every car maker was doing in the late 90's early 00's. They were all quite similar, you'd know when it had changed gear lol. Manual ones felt very light in the clutch department. Then again I got a heavy duty clutch in my GT, which I daily drove then - possibly affecting my memory of how the SP20 felt. I also have a 1997 Capella/626 wagon, which I'll be swapping a FS-ZE into (Jap SP20 motor). It has power steering. Lol abs ecu has failed. I personally don't need abs. GT doesn't have it. My motorbikes don't have it. I worked at a Mazda dealer back when the RX8 was launched, as well as SP23's and the Mazdaspeed 3's and 6's. I really did like the dynamics of the first generation Mazda 2, 3 and 6's. "One drive and you'll never be the same" was the slogan for the 6. Yeah, they felt good and I enjoyed driving in them they were quite memorable when launched. I can't say about the 2nd and 3rd gens because I have not driven them. I like classics/80's-90's cars over modern ones - I like the raw unrefined feel - you, tires, road - rather than electric crap interfering with my driving. To be fair electrics are needed in today's swerve while txt and not look or indicate while I look for a park to get my latte fix society - generally speaking. If the new 3 is an auto then no its not better to drive for me auto's are boring and bore me. An ecu does not know when I personally want to change gears. CVT? Lol those are for scooters.

  • @Pipsicle330
    @Pipsicle330 7 лет назад +1

    Great video. Shame about the weather. Although it did highlight that modern cars have come on in every way apart from size!

  • @svr2011ful
    @svr2011ful 6 лет назад +1

    Where is gen 2 m3s?

  • @cwccwc705
    @cwccwc705 5 лет назад

    I have a beautiful example of the og 3rd gen 323 I'm 3rd owner only owned buy old lady's, done 100.000kms. 1st gen is my favourite tho.,had one with a 13b rotary in it, very quick in the lilttle bugeye.

  • @kerrymcmanus9188
    @kerrymcmanus9188 7 лет назад

    Iv'e ha all of them,all great in their own right.Like the the look of the 1989 -1994 Astina & the 1994 -1998 Astina best of all. I now have a 2013 mazda 3 bloody brilliant. Thanks great review!

  • @CallumTapper
    @CallumTapper 7 лет назад +1

    They skipped a few in the line up :c

  • @beechdi
    @beechdi 7 лет назад +1

    Different market I know, but the 2.0 v6 in UK spec, was far more powerful than the 1.8 and 1.5 four- pot ... with the 1.8 and 2.0 both having early tech ABS

    • @mkaishev
      @mkaishev 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/fmFhwWInF4o/видео.html
      МОЯ МАЗДА 323__MY MAZDA 323 !!!!!!!ЧЯСЧЯС

  • @TexasEmperor
    @TexasEmperor 7 лет назад +4

    Mazada is the best...handsdown

  • @reko3103
    @reko3103 7 лет назад

    Great Video CarsGuide.com.au team!

  • @terry4345
    @terry4345 7 лет назад +1

    what a great video! good job !

  • @estebanposadaduque6415
    @estebanposadaduque6415 4 года назад

    ... nice video ....

  • @omyswiftlourido4161
    @omyswiftlourido4161 3 года назад

    The GOOD. LITTLE. CAR is a great car indeed 🤟💪

  • @gauchokk
    @gauchokk 7 лет назад

    en sudamenrica los astina son los Allegro y no son 323

  • @harsh8986
    @harsh8986 7 лет назад +3

    Great video. I am pretty sure most of the viewers would have not even heard about the 323 line!!
    #zoomzoom

  • @jackKNY
    @jackKNY 5 лет назад

    one Astina killed by tank in The F&F 6

  • @taraishot100
    @taraishot100 2 года назад

    These cars are still cheap in NZ. Australians sell these for an arm and leg now because they’re so hard to find and the tuning is endless with them

  • @americarsqueensland1667
    @americarsqueensland1667 6 лет назад

    AND the new 3 is an overcomplicated bag of sh*t that has been engineered to be particularly difficult to service and repair PLUS parts a total ripoff on numerous replacement electronic components, even a headlight globe is a $200 ripoff and hard to replace and if that's not bad enough, when you or your mechanic need to by say a replacement electronic module that control the power steering, Mazda rips you off by charging around $800 for the module PLUS a few hundred dollars just for the pin code to allow it to function as a replacement in the vehicle it's being fitted to. IN SHORT Mazdas along with many other makes are engineered ripoffs designed to permanently fail in about 10 years or less.

  • @AV-pr5un
    @AV-pr5un 7 лет назад +2

    Mazda 3 1st gen is the best!!! 7.1 sec in stock!!! New Mazda 3 only for girls

    • @kerrymcmanus9188
      @kerrymcmanus9188 7 лет назад

      7.1 bullshit no way possible

    • @timdumoulin8004
      @timdumoulin8004 7 лет назад +1

      Alexander First you sound like a guy with the older car and jealous you don't have the new 2018

    • @DUCzillaMonster
      @DUCzillaMonster 6 лет назад

      you mean the new 3 is for attracting girls!!

    • @felixdada4416
      @felixdada4416 5 лет назад

      Yeah this car is definitely for "girls". The same thing I heard about the MX 5 , but afterwards they thought that it's cool.
      Everyone should buy what he wants not what other say about it.

    • @pussinboots1145
      @pussinboots1145 5 лет назад

      @@kerrymcmanus9188 Your right it's 5.4 sec fastestlaps.com/models/mazda-3-mps