Oh, man...I used to own one (Mazda 323 Sedan, '91 model, made in Japan), back in the day, from '91 up to 2008...excellent value-for-money, very easy to drive, smooth and quite stable (had an advanced trapezoid suspension which was pretty effective - no ABS, back then). Good built quality, comfortable and warm interior, was quite a pleasure to have a ride. Top-notch family car (for its cost), since it was large enough for 4 (or even 5 passengers, depending on the individuals), large enough trunk and quite features (1600cc, 16v, GLX, also): mine had electric windows, lockable trunk and glovebox, plus central locking, but no heated seats (Mediterranean climate, you see) . No power steering, as well, but it never was a real problem to me. I cannot figure out why yours needed so many repairs, maybe it was not well maintained or heavily used by previous owners, I had no such problems, just the usual maintenance stuff, in general. I even sold it in the end to another family-man (as a reserve car), cheaply but not for pennies (it was still in regular use at least three years after). Never died on the road, never did let me down... Ah...so many memories...(first to comment, yeah!)
Thanks for the comment and interesting experiences about this car :) Rust created most problems as here in Finland they put salt on roads in winter which is corrosive for metal. Not sure though why the exhaust valve burned.
Thanks a lot for this. Videos of this model in original condition are rare! I have one of these and I didn't know you could get a 1.6L with a tachometer. Mine is a 1.8i manual with 76kW and 150 nm of torque at 4,000 rpm. We bought ours new. It has 297,000 km on the clock with no major repairs. Worse thing is low down torque with is exacerbated by very tall gearing. It has notable pull at 4,000 rpm but in 4th gear this would be at 120km/h!!! Very comfortable seats with excellent lumbar support simply built into the seats, perfectly weighted steering, excellent rear seat leg room with rear arm rest and map pockets, map reading lights in the front, power steering, central locking, electric exterior mirrors but surprisingly, no glove box light. There are even air vents under the front seats for rear passengers! Insane! The boot is huge and the rear seats fold too! Doesn't feel like a front wheel drive on the road. It uses 9 - 10 L per 100km in the suburbs and 7.5L - 8L per 100 km on the highway. My seats are the same colour as yours and great in 4 celsius or 44 celsius but my exterior is white. Used to own a 323 Astina SP and the sedan is much easier to live with. The worse thing about the SP was very short gearing but I would prefer the sedan's tall gearing to the SP's. The 323 Sedan 1.8i was very expensive in 1990 costing AUD $24,090 with air (which cost $1,800). Mazda were going with pseudo luxury in this model and you can feel it in the interior that is miles ahead of the 323 from the late 90's as this one even has plush head lining. A brilliant all round car! Greetings to lovely Finland.
Thanks, that was very interesting story about your 323 :) My car had 1,6 litre carb engine, SOHC 16-valve and 87 HP and 125 Nm torque. I don't remember the revs right now though. It indeed had quite nice interior materials, the seat fabric especially, interior doorpanels had also fabric part in them. Here in Finland, to my knowledge, only the 1,3 LX didn't have tachometer, all others did. Finnish cars also had heated seats which was very good feature in cold winters :) Nowdays I have 2016 Kia Rio and it was fun to find out, that Kia and Mazda had some shared models in the past, for example Kia Pride / Mazda 121 :)
@@club1fan552 Here, 323 sedan was also available as 1,3 LX and the 3-door Hatchback had pretty much same trimlevels and engines available as the sedan. Then there was the 323F, 5-door Hatchback with popup headlights but it didn't have the 1,3 engine or LX trimlevel available. Lowest trimlevel for 323F was 1,6-16 valve GLX and top of the line was 323F 1,8 DOHC GTi :)
@@mrjsv4935 Wow! A 323 sedan with only a 1.3! Was the body style of this model the same as your 323? Also the 5 door hatch with pop up headlights which you call the "F", could you get that with a 1.8 SOHC engine? Over here, that was the only engine choice for the hatch along with the DOHC which I owned and you call the GTi. Here it was called the 323 Astina SP for Special Performance. Here, all hatches were called Astina. I did see one in Malta in the 90's with the 1.6L you describe. In 1990 I was in Finland and I saw a 1973 Mazda 1300 on the street in Helsinki. It was in immaculate condition. It was red and I think a 2 door and I took a photo of it. Given your harsh winters, I thought a 17 year old car from the 70's in that condition was unusual...
@Club 1 Fan Yes, the 1,3 l sedans were the same BG -body generation as my 1,6 sedan. The 1,3 litre sedan was available in LX and GLX trim levels. Only the Station Wagon was still based to the older BF -generation and had 1,6 litre engine, but I think it was 8-valve only. 323F was indeed available with 1,8 SOHC engine as well. I've heard that what we knew as a 323F, was called Astina in other markets and in Japan, I guess it was called Eunos 100 or something like that :) Talking about 323F, I have a 1/43 modelcar about it and showing it in my channel ;) th-cam.com/video/FMFneS7JbVE/w-d-xo.html I believe very few Finnish 70's cars were in good condition anymore by 1990 :D I guess some have been driven only in summer, or kept pristine by other means. Before this 1990 323, I had a 1982 323 Hatchback, which had rust damage already at ten years old. The 1990 323 resisted rust much better, but eventually rust got through in it as well.
My father used to own this model. Looking at this picture gave me a lot of memories. It's not just a car it was an emotion. Sadly he had to sell it and get a new vehicle which was a toyota Corolla and then to toyota yaris and Chevrolet lumina and currently a bmw x6. But out of all those cars mazda was the best old memories and everything. I really wish I could get my hands on one of these and keep it forever in my family ❤ thanks alot for uploading this video this video really brought back many memories ❤
Thanks, nice to see this video brought memories back from your fathers car :) I too considered Toyota Corolla after this Mazda, but Toyotas keep their value so well that they are more expensive than other cars.
Recently bought one with 8 Valve B6 Fuel injection engine and I'm pretty happy with it so far, drives very well. It's just that my central locking does not work very well. It only unlocks driver door (obviously when you move the lock with your key) and with luck the driver side rear door. All locks do move, but it's not enough to push them up to unlock.
Very nice :) My car didn't have central locking, even it was a GLX trim level, seems there was two kinds of GLX trim levels at least here in Finland, some had central locking and power steering, mine didn't have either of them. Maybe the locking mechanisms need some lubrication? Also might be good idea to check if the wiring loom going from body to the doors are ok and no broken wires there.
@@mrjsv4935 I have GLX trim too, with power steering and central locking. But no further special features. Mine is blue and it has a blue interior, which I think is pretty cool.
@@wischi4985 Very cool :) I guess your car has catalytic converter too as it's the 8-valve with fuel injection? Is it the same light blue colour that mine had or the darker blue? My car had bluish interior too, very nice one and well built good quality interior, even after 350.000 km the interior still looked good and intact, no rips or any other damage.
@@mrjsv4935 it's the darker blue. I really notice the quality difference compared to my mk3 golf. My Mazda only has 137.000km though, but for 32 years in age, is in great shape. I'm happy that I soon get to park it underground so it won't be as exposed to rainwater and sunlight all day.
@@wischi4985 Very interesting comparison, as it just happens that my dad had a 1995 Mk3 VW Golf Variant during the time I had this Mazda :) He bought it new though, and I felt it was pretty good quality car as well, sometimes drove it even myself.
Damn, for above 350,000 km use, that is a damn good car with a nearly pristine condition. No Mazda 323 will be that great in my country, especially with that amount of kms. But I have a white 1990/1991 Mazda 323 1,6 16v SOHC, it's still at around below 70,000 km. The condition is still like new but there is small defect on driver side door trim and the air vent. Also, nice video you have. I hope you have a good day and please take care :)
Thanks, nice to read you have so good example of this car, still only 70.000 km in the clock. This year my Mazda would have reached museum age in my country but it was recycled in 2008.
@@michaelstratford8284 No, mine is recycled already in 2008 for multiple problems, which weren't sensible anymore to repair. I currently have 2016 Kia Rio which shows up in the video.
How nice to see. This was my first car which I've owned back in 1998 till 2003. Such pleasure to drive whithout any problems exept the electronic ignition module and empty fuel tanks after 500 km of driving :-). After his life in the Netherlands it's exported in the end of 2006. Probably it's still driving somewhere in Africa. So if you ever spot a blue 1.6 GLX 1990 with original yellow licence plates somewhere, keep me informed ;-)
Thanks for the comment :) Always interesting to read other peoples experiences about same car. These 323's are getting more and more rare here in Finland so when I happen to see Current Blue 323, I certainly spot it from the traffic :D Nice colour for this car IMO.
@@mrjsv4935 All sedan-type cars are getting rare in Europe. It's all SUV and MPV nowadays (drive a MPV myself these days, kids, you know :-)) The color was simple but nice for this car. And easy to get in the local car-parts store. Even the blue interior was very relaxing. Still miss this reliable inconspicious car.
Very cool :) Probably stock original ones in good condition are getting rare by now. Certainly this colour is probably the best one for this car, beautiful metallic blue shade :)
Hey man! Really nice video to see. My family has a car just like this one. I'm kinda starting to learn a bit about cars and was thinking I could change the car stereo in our Mazda because it's really old. Don't know much about it tho and found this video googling around. What kind of stereo is that one in the video? Also if you have any more tips om where I could learn a bit more about this car I would really appreciate it. :)
Hi, thanks for commenting. My 323 had JVC radio-cassette player so it may not be much help these days 😁 If you can find a repair manual or other service information, it could help you changing the stereo in your car.
My mother had the same car, in white, 1.6 16v...everyone had a Renault but we had this. I liked this car a lot. One day it was parked in front of our house and some drunken idiot crashed into it...I was gutted 😞
Nice video! I had a 323 sedan model 1990 once, it was grey and it had an automatic transmission. It got stolen and was destroyed in a joyride, sadly. It was a great car and I never had any major problems with it! Btw, what kind of music did you use in the video?
Good question and it was interesting puzzle to solve as I live in Finland :) Found out by Googling that Mazda Protege (the US version) has had a price range of 9.339 USD - 12.260 USD in 1990. I think the cheapest Protege SE (1,8 litre SOHC engine) is closest match to my old 323 1,6 GLX Sedan so perhaps the 9.339 USD is around the price that similar car to mine would've cost in the US in 1990. Today (in 2020), after inflation correction, it would be 18.378,47 USD, which is 16.465,25 Eur. For comparison, this exact car costed here in Finland 89.900 FIM in 1990. That's today 23.900 Euros. We had, and still have, a car tax in new cars which explains why it was so expensive in Finland, compared to the US prices. Actually, more accurate comparison between US and Finnish models would be the 323 sedan 1,8i-16v (SOHC) GLX which was available here as well. It had a price of 104.000 FIM which is 27.650 Euros today.
@@mrjsv4935 thank you so much for your effort. it is very much appreciated. i got my old mazda too in the Philippines we called it here as mazda familia LX.
Mulla on tällä hetkellä päivittäisessä ajossa täysin sama auto vuosimallia, väriä ja varustelutasoa myöten. Mittarilukema on vasta 217tkm. Jopa pissapojan nesteen merkkivalokin palaa vaikka säiliö on täynnä. 😀
@@jl9495 Mukava kuulla että näitä Mazdoja on vielä liikenteessä, ikäisekseen vähän ajettu. Hieno väri tähän autoon tämä vaaleansininen metallihohtoväri 🙂
Oh, man...I used to own one (Mazda 323 Sedan, '91 model, made in Japan), back in the day, from '91 up to 2008...excellent value-for-money, very easy to drive, smooth and quite stable (had an advanced trapezoid suspension which was pretty effective - no ABS, back then). Good built quality, comfortable and warm interior, was quite a pleasure to have a ride. Top-notch family car (for its cost), since it was large enough for 4 (or even 5 passengers, depending on the individuals), large enough trunk and quite features (1600cc, 16v, GLX, also): mine had electric windows, lockable trunk and glovebox, plus central locking, but no heated seats (Mediterranean climate, you see) . No power steering, as well, but it never was a real problem to me. I cannot figure out why yours needed so many repairs, maybe it was not well maintained or heavily used by previous owners, I had no such problems, just the usual maintenance stuff, in general. I even sold it in the end to another family-man (as a reserve car), cheaply but not for pennies (it was still in regular use at least three years after). Never died on the road, never did let me down...
Ah...so many memories...(first to comment, yeah!)
Thanks for the comment and interesting experiences about this car :)
Rust created most problems as here in Finland they put salt on roads in winter which is corrosive for metal. Not sure though why the exhaust valve burned.
Thanks a lot for this. Videos of this model in original condition are rare! I have one of these and I didn't know you could get a 1.6L with a tachometer. Mine is a 1.8i manual with 76kW and 150 nm of torque at 4,000 rpm. We bought ours new. It has 297,000 km on the clock with no major repairs. Worse thing is low down torque with is exacerbated by very tall gearing. It has notable pull at 4,000 rpm but in 4th gear this would be at 120km/h!!! Very comfortable seats with excellent lumbar support simply built into the seats, perfectly weighted steering, excellent rear seat leg room with rear arm rest and map pockets, map reading lights in the front, power steering, central locking, electric exterior mirrors but surprisingly, no glove box light. There are even air vents under the front seats for rear passengers! Insane! The boot is huge and the rear seats fold too! Doesn't feel like a front wheel drive on the road. It uses 9 - 10 L per 100km in the suburbs and 7.5L - 8L per 100 km on the highway. My seats are the same colour as yours and great in 4 celsius or 44 celsius but my exterior is white. Used to own a 323 Astina SP and the sedan is much easier to live with. The worse thing about the SP was very short gearing but I would prefer the sedan's tall gearing to the SP's. The 323 Sedan 1.8i was very expensive in 1990 costing AUD $24,090 with air (which cost $1,800). Mazda were going with pseudo luxury in this model and you can feel it in the interior that is miles ahead of the 323 from the late 90's as this one even has plush head lining. A brilliant all round car! Greetings to lovely Finland.
Thanks, that was very interesting story about your 323 :)
My car had 1,6 litre carb engine, SOHC 16-valve and 87 HP and 125 Nm torque. I don't remember the revs right now though.
It indeed had quite nice interior materials, the seat fabric especially, interior doorpanels had also fabric part in them.
Here in Finland, to my knowledge, only the 1,3 LX didn't have tachometer, all others did. Finnish cars also had heated seats which was very good feature in cold winters :)
Nowdays I have 2016 Kia Rio and it was fun to find out, that Kia and Mazda had some shared models in the past, for example Kia Pride / Mazda 121 :)
@@mrjsv4935 Yes. Way back Kia had the Brisa which was a Mazda 1000/1300/808. Is the 323 LX a 3 door?
@@club1fan552 Here, 323 sedan was also available as 1,3 LX and the 3-door Hatchback had pretty much same trimlevels and engines available as the sedan. Then there was the 323F, 5-door Hatchback with popup headlights but it didn't have the 1,3 engine or LX trimlevel available. Lowest trimlevel for 323F was 1,6-16 valve GLX and top of the line was 323F 1,8 DOHC GTi :)
@@mrjsv4935 Wow! A 323 sedan with only a 1.3! Was the body style of this model the same as your 323? Also the 5 door hatch with pop up headlights which you call the "F", could you get that with a 1.8 SOHC engine? Over here, that was the only engine choice for the hatch along with the DOHC which I owned and you call the GTi. Here it was called the 323 Astina SP for Special Performance. Here, all hatches were called Astina. I did see one in Malta in the 90's with the 1.6L you describe. In 1990 I was in Finland and I saw a 1973 Mazda 1300 on the street in Helsinki. It was in immaculate condition. It was red and I think a 2 door and I took a photo of it. Given your harsh winters, I thought a 17 year old car from the 70's in that condition was unusual...
@Club 1 Fan Yes, the 1,3 l sedans were the same BG -body generation as my 1,6 sedan. The 1,3 litre sedan was available in LX and GLX trim levels.
Only the Station Wagon was still based to the older BF -generation and had 1,6 litre engine, but I think it was 8-valve only.
323F was indeed available with 1,8 SOHC engine as well.
I've heard that what we knew as a 323F, was called Astina in other markets and in Japan, I guess it was called Eunos 100 or something like that :)
Talking about 323F, I have a 1/43 modelcar about it and showing it in my channel ;)
th-cam.com/video/FMFneS7JbVE/w-d-xo.html
I believe very few Finnish 70's cars were in good condition anymore by 1990 :D
I guess some have been driven only in summer, or kept pristine by other means.
Before this 1990 323, I had a 1982 323 Hatchback, which had rust damage already at ten years old. The 1990 323 resisted rust much better, but eventually rust got through in it as well.
My father used to own this model. Looking at this picture gave me a lot of memories. It's not just a car it was an emotion. Sadly he had to sell it and get a new vehicle which was a toyota Corolla and then to toyota yaris and Chevrolet lumina and currently a bmw x6. But out of all those cars mazda was the best old memories and everything. I really wish I could get my hands on one of these and keep it forever in my family ❤ thanks alot for uploading this video this video really brought back many memories ❤
Thanks, nice to see this video brought memories back from your fathers car :) I too considered Toyota Corolla after this Mazda, but Toyotas keep their value so well that they are more expensive than other cars.
Recently bought one with 8 Valve B6 Fuel injection engine and I'm pretty happy with it so far, drives very well. It's just that my central locking does not work very well. It only unlocks driver door (obviously when you move the lock with your key) and with luck the driver side rear door. All locks do move, but it's not enough to push them up to unlock.
Very nice :) My car didn't have central locking, even it was a GLX trim level, seems there was two kinds of GLX trim levels at least here in Finland, some had central locking and power steering, mine didn't have either of them.
Maybe the locking mechanisms need some lubrication? Also might be good idea to check if the wiring loom going from body to the doors are ok and no broken wires there.
@@mrjsv4935 I have GLX trim too, with power steering and central locking. But no further special features. Mine is blue and it has a blue interior, which I think is pretty cool.
@@wischi4985 Very cool :) I guess your car has catalytic converter too as it's the 8-valve with fuel injection? Is it the same light blue colour that mine had or the darker blue?
My car had bluish interior too, very nice one and well built good quality interior, even after 350.000 km the interior still looked good and intact, no rips or any other damage.
@@mrjsv4935 it's the darker blue. I really notice the quality difference compared to my mk3 golf. My Mazda only has 137.000km though, but for 32 years in age, is in great shape. I'm happy that I soon get to park it underground so it won't be as exposed to rainwater and sunlight all day.
@@wischi4985 Very interesting comparison, as it just happens that my dad had a 1995 Mk3 VW Golf Variant during the time I had this Mazda :) He bought it new though, and I felt it was pretty good quality car as well, sometimes drove it even myself.
Damn, for above 350,000 km use, that is a damn good car with a nearly pristine condition. No Mazda 323 will be that great in my country, especially with that amount of kms.
But I have a white 1990/1991 Mazda 323 1,6 16v SOHC, it's still at around below 70,000 km. The condition is still like new but there is small defect on driver side door trim and the air vent.
Also, nice video you have. I hope you have a good day and please take care :)
Thanks, nice to read you have so good example of this car, still only 70.000 km in the clock. This year my Mazda would have reached museum age in my country but it was recycled in 2008.
Nice video this is in very good condition! My 1991 BG has 24k miles and looks very similar to yours :)
Thanks. Wow your car has very little miles, probably still like a new car :)
@@mrjsv4935 Its not far off this one ahah. Is this one still on the road doing well?
@@michaelstratford8284 No, mine is recycled already in 2008 for multiple problems, which weren't sensible anymore to repair.
I currently have 2016 Kia Rio which shows up in the video.
great looking
Thanks my diecast friend 😉
@@mrjsv4935 and Hubcaps ;-D
@@TheQuirkyGarage1999 That too 😊
The hubcaps seen in this video are aftermarket ones btw, not the original Mazda parts.
How nice to see. This was my first car which I've owned back in 1998 till 2003. Such pleasure to drive whithout any problems exept the electronic ignition module and empty fuel tanks after 500 km of driving :-). After his life in the Netherlands it's exported in the end of 2006. Probably it's still driving somewhere in Africa. So if you ever spot a blue 1.6 GLX 1990 with original yellow licence plates somewhere, keep me informed ;-)
Thanks for the comment :) Always interesting to read other peoples experiences about same car.
These 323's are getting more and more rare here in Finland so when I happen to see Current Blue 323, I certainly spot it from the traffic :D Nice colour for this car IMO.
@@mrjsv4935 All sedan-type cars are getting rare in Europe. It's all SUV and MPV nowadays (drive a MPV myself these days, kids, you know :-)) The color was simple but nice for this car. And easy to get in the local car-parts store. Even the blue interior was very relaxing. Still miss this reliable inconspicious car.
Nice video...
Thank you very much .
i have 1.same colour and stock original.I got it from my grandmother.
Very cool :) Probably stock original ones in good condition are getting rare by now. Certainly this colour is probably the best one for this car, beautiful metallic blue shade :)
My first car :')
Mi primer auto :')
Nice choice for a first car :) I wish you safe and reliable miles/kilometers with your Mazda.
Hey man! Really nice video to see. My family has a car just like this one. I'm kinda starting to learn a bit about cars and was thinking I could change the car stereo in our Mazda because it's really old. Don't know much about it tho and found this video googling around. What kind of stereo is that one in the video? Also if you have any more tips om where I could learn a bit more about this car I would really appreciate it. :)
Hi, thanks for commenting. My 323 had JVC radio-cassette player so it may not be much help these days 😁
If you can find a repair manual or other service information, it could help you changing the stereo in your car.
My mother had the same car, in white, 1.6 16v...everyone had a Renault but we had this. I liked this car a lot. One day it was parked in front of our house and some drunken idiot crashed into it...I was gutted 😞
Thanks, nice car. Sorry to hear your car was crashed into by some drunk driver.
Nice video! I had a 323 sedan model 1990 once, it was grey and it had an automatic transmission. It got stolen and was destroyed in a joyride, sadly. It was a great car and I never had any major problems with it! Btw, what kind of music did you use in the video?
Thanks, nice to read your experience with this car :) In my videos I use music from TH-cam free audio library.
how much this car way back in 1990 in U,S dollar, so curious to know, thanks
Good question and it was interesting puzzle to solve as I live in Finland :)
Found out by Googling that Mazda Protege (the US version) has had a price range of 9.339 USD - 12.260 USD in 1990.
I think the cheapest Protege SE (1,8 litre SOHC engine) is closest match to my old 323 1,6 GLX Sedan so perhaps the 9.339 USD is around the price that similar car to mine would've cost in the US in 1990.
Today (in 2020), after inflation correction, it would be 18.378,47 USD, which is 16.465,25 Eur.
For comparison, this exact car costed here in Finland 89.900 FIM in 1990. That's today 23.900 Euros.
We had, and still have, a car tax in new cars which explains why it was so expensive in Finland, compared to the US prices.
Actually, more accurate comparison between US and Finnish models would be the 323 sedan 1,8i-16v (SOHC) GLX which was available here as well. It had a price of 104.000 FIM which is 27.650 Euros today.
@@mrjsv4935 thank you so much for your effort. it is very much appreciated. i got my old mazda too in the Philippines we called it here as mazda familia LX.
Plz help me I wanna Mazda BG3P 307 catalogue
What is that catalogue? Googled that number but couldn't find anything.
Mulla on tällä hetkellä päivittäisessä ajossa täysin sama auto vuosimallia, väriä ja varustelutasoa myöten. Mittarilukema on vasta 217tkm. Jopa pissapojan nesteen merkkivalokin palaa vaikka säiliö on täynnä. 😀
@@jl9495 Mukava kuulla että näitä Mazdoja on vielä liikenteessä, ikäisekseen vähän ajettu. Hieno väri tähän autoon tämä vaaleansininen metallihohtoväri 🙂
@@mrjsv4935я на такой езжу 14 лет, только она дизельная 1993 года выпуска, 470000 км пробег.
Жаксы машина буол 323.
Thanks for the comment, it was ok car :)