Mazda 323 GT-R

[digitalcraft]

That car is awesome!

[Waugh-terfall]

Dude, it's the answer to your new car question!

[Ferrer]

Sure, but it can't beat this car on price. It's a first car. Seriously.

Not everyone likes Italian cars from the 1960's and 1970's.

Well the earliest 4 wheel driven Delta is from 1986...

[NSXType-R]

Well the earliest 4 wheel driven Delta is from 1986...

You and your little stupid technicalities......

[clutch-monkey]

It's not going well, everytime he just says "NO. I'm replacing the Audi next summer and we are trying to move hous AAAND trying to find your Mother a new car, I just don't have the funds right now, I know it's 'only' £3,800 but we have a perfectly good compromise that cost us £980!! So NO!"

grrrrr!

it'll probably still be for sale next year, lol.

[whiteballz]

In australia this car is called the mazda "familia".

its pretty quick, but i would rather a rex from the same time.

[fpv_gtho]

Actually I don't think there was a Ford model of this 323 GTR. There was with the early TX3/323 hatches, but if IIRC this model 323 and the Laser TX3 we had were different.

i think they may have imported some over in NZ ( i do recall seeing just a Regula r 323 hatch in Ford livery and thinking WTF?

but by that model we were building them in australia, IIRC.

Probably, by '93 i think the Laser was more of a sportback than a hatchback. Ford did make a TX3 AWD 1.6 for 2 models though. The AWD ones are pretty rare though, most of them are FWD.

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

It's not going well, everytime he just says "NO. I'm replacing the Audi next summer and we are trying to move hous AAAND trying to find your Mother a new car, I just don't have the funds right now, I know it's 'only' £3,800 but we have a perfectly good compromise that cost us £980!! So NO!"

grrrrr!

I do see his point, Tom, which is why I keep the "Can we get a Sunday car?" question at bay until the parents have actually moved and have enough dough to play with...

Mum's dead-set against it, but it's Dad's money, so we're in for either a classic Merc or a younger Jag, something like that. But not a rice rocket.

[Ferrer]

I do see his point, Tom, which is why I keep the "Can we get a Sunday car?" question at bay until the parents have actually moved and have enough dough to play with...

Mum's dead-set against it, but it's Dad's money, so we're in for either a classic Merc or a younger Jag, something like that. But not a rice rocket.

You told me that. I say go for an XJ just as you planned.

[h22a]

familia's are nice, no way it does a 12 sec quarter though. More late 14's probably more likely 15. Of that era of 4wd turbo hatches apparently the Pulsar GTi-R is the weapon of choice. I really wouldnt know though as ive not driven any of them. I think toyota came out with a comparitive model possibly the starlet turbo?

[Juggs]

familia's are nice, no way it does a 12 sec quarter though. More late 14's probably more likely 15. Of that era of 4wd turbo hatches apparently the Pulsar GTi-R is the weapon of choice. I really wouldnt know though as ive not driven any of them. I think toyota came out with a comparitive model possibly the starlet turbo?

i think you and slicks are probably right. the car probably runs a fairly slow quarter mile but has a relatively high trap speed.

does anybody know if this model was ever released in the US?

[2ndclasscitizen]

does anybody know if this model was ever released in the US?

Doubtful. I don't even think it was really released outside Japan.

[McReis]

Doubtful. I don't even think it was really released outside Japan.

I'm pretty sure it was.

[Ferrer]

Doubtful. I don't even think it was really released outside Japan.

I think in Europe it was, at least in some countries.

[Juggs]

well i would cruise the shit out of one of these things if i ever ran across one!