I was going to file this next car under the heading of “I don’t know what this, but I like it” but instead I’m going to put it in the “I have never heard of this car, but I like it” bucket…and as regular readers of this site can attest, we publish some odddd stuff […]
The Mazda 323 was a pretty forgettable econobox sold in America based on the Japanese Mazda Familia, but there was an exception — the all-wheel-drive GTX version that put some extra zoomf in the Zoom Zoom, and today we’ve got a rally prepped example ready for dirt road hoonage for a dirt cheap price. Find […]
The name Ford Laser doesn’t ring any bells in my head, but one look at the car, and I’m sure I’ve seen one before. It looks similar to the Mazda 323 2-door liftback or a Ford Escort, but in truth this thing is a restyled version of the Mazda Familia built and sold for the […]
This next hot hatch comes to us from Brian P, who writes: Hot hatches are awesome. This one is ratty enough that it will be cheap but not so bad that you’ll have to shower after every drive. It could be the dog hair covering the seats or that this car is literally a hot […]
The Mazda Familia was a little family-oriented compact that was sold variously under the GLC, 323 and Protegé nameplates in North America. Here in the states we officially got the little hot rod GTX version during the 5th generation of the Familia/323, which combined the hatchback body style with all wheel drive, a 5-spd manual trans, […]
The 3rd generation Mazda Familia AP was released around the world as the 323, but in North America as the GLC…short for Great Little Car. It was a subcompact living on a rear-wheel-drive platform and unfortunately short lived as the deluge of front-drive ecrapoboxes took the place of proper right-wheel-drive vehicles. By 1980 the Familia […]
The US version of the Mazda 323 GTX was based on 5th generation (internal designation BF) Mazda Familia – a basic economy car for the family. The 323GTX version equipped the econobox with a turbocharger, all-wheel-drive and a manual transmission. Today the market for 323 GTX is well depressed and we fully expect the good […]