Mazda's design sure has changed.

"mazda616" (mazda616) 01/09/2017 at 14:02 • Filed to: Mazda

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A late-’90s/early-00s Mazda 626 and my (extremely dirty) 2016 6.

Big changes. Just thought it was interesting to see my car and its older predecessor side-by-side.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > mazda616 01/09/2017 at 14:10

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Mazda is killing it with their design right now.

Wobbles the Mind > mazda616 01/09/2017 at 14:13

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Just think about the fact that the amount of time between those cars is enough to have had a child and for that child to have had a child that’s now playing with cars.

fhrblig > mazda616 01/09/2017 at 14:16

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Everyone always gives the Camry shit for being boring, but those 626s were rolling anesthesia. Especially the 4-cylinder.

mazda616 > Wobbles the Mind 01/09/2017 at 14:25

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An 18-year-old having a 2 or so year old means awfully young parents...ha.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > mazda616 01/09/2017 at 14:32

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AMC/Renauledge > fhrblig 01/09/2017 at 14:43

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I sold them back in the day and you’re not joking. The most exciting thing about it was the “swing” button on the dash that made the vents automatically slide side-to-side like a stand-up fan.

marshknute > mazda616 01/09/2017 at 14:48

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Uh, you mean Mazda started actually designing the exterior in the first place.

J_P_Cars10s > fhrblig 01/09/2017 at 15:00

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I became a jalop driving a 98 626 4cyl 5 speed. 30 mpg at 80 and super tossable on gravel roads. Lift off oversteer for days! And I changed my swing button to say “swag.”

I’d take one over a period Camry or Accord any day.

Wobbles the Mind > mazda616 01/09/2017 at 16:04

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Normal in my area, most people are grandparents by the time they’re in their early 40s.

mazda616 > Wobbles the Mind 01/09/2017 at 17:03

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Yikes. I’m about to have my first (hopefully only) kid and I’m 27. Mom was 29 when she had me. No thanks to that early parenthood stuff.

fhrblig > J_P_Cars10s 01/09/2017 at 19:23

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I worked for a rental car company in the late 90's-early 2000's (rhymes with schmertz) and our fleet was flooded with 626's. I drove many of them and they were comfortable enough but just not fun in any way. They were all automatics, so the 5-speed probably helped you out there. But they were SOOOOOOOO SLOW with the auto. Having driven the Camry from the same period along with the Contour/Mystique, Malibu, Alero/Grand Am, Stratus/Cirrus/Sebring, Galant, Sonata, Leganza, Altima, and Legacy, the only cars of that group that I’d take the 626 instead of would probably be the Galant (hateful, hateful car) and the Leganza.