Mazda still sells the old 323
 

...in Africa. Wow.

http://www.mazda.co.za/showroom/323/

Wow
 

That's extraordinary-- Like being in a time warp back to 1985...

And the specs on this car are equally extraordinary-- No fuel injection?! I can't believe there's still an engine being built in a production passenger car in the 21st Century that doesn't have that.

Unfortunately, in some ways it shows you how far behind much of Africa is compared to other modernized countries.

LMAO at the text on that site :p

Holy cow. I didn't think you meant the OLD old 323.

And it's a "party in vehicle form." It says so.

That's not even a first gen protege...more like 6th gen familia. (First gen pro is 7th gen familia).

ProtegeMaster .... the top of the line 1.6i has fuel injection :dunno:

http://www.mazda.co.za/layout/images...y_image_06.jpg

there's your updated first gen right there =)

wow the 160i hatch is only 95000 rand, fully loaded at current exchange rates that's only $12k MSRP!

4 lug rims??
That front end looks different too.
It says that it comes with a 1.8l engine too.
I wonder if that would be the BP engine?? Or the FP-DE??
If it was the BP that would be cool cause it might give new hope for someone that wants a BPT in their 3rd gen perhaps??http://www.mazda.co.za/layout/images...y_image_02.jpg

More fun than breathing helium,
http://www.mazda.co.za/layout/images...y_image_01.jpg

just to be clear, that is NOT A FIRST GEN PROTEGE. It would be a zeroth gen, aka late 1980s 323.

But...what if they still sold the festiva? :p

that is the awesomest find evar!

I'm sure you're aware that VW still sells the "old" Beetle in Mexico, and I think Brazil and shit. Actually I remember hearing something about that, I think that they're discontinuing production sometime soon.
And, I'm not sure if they still do, but I seem to remember that they still sell Chevettes in Brazil.
Personally I think thats the shit that they still sell the older cars there, or somewhere, its a new source of body and engine parts, well I guess if you REALLY wanted to import them from Africa.

I wish there was some interior pics and more detailed information...I'd love to have one of these as a second car to mess around in.

I think that production of the old bug actually ended when the new one roled out. They finally shut the lines down and modernized them (a bit) to handle the new car.

:laugh2:

It's good to reminded that there are people as painfully white as I am.... ;)

Seriously though, I feel like an idiot now for laughing out loud in my office... People are looking at me funny!