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Mazda is still funky. Everybody going electric and hybrid, and they come out with a straight six turbo.

Ah yes, the official van of the Wu Tang Clan!

A family member of ours has a 4wd MPV. Currently, it has less than 100k miles, a slight lift and off-road tires. It is the coolest

I went to college with a guy who had one of these. He was a hardcore stoner, grew his own grass. Asked me once, "know what MPV stands for?" and of course I didn't know. he told me it stood for "most 'portant vehicle"

Ah yes, the most important car in history of rap. From Biz Markie to the Wu Tang Clan, this car was an apsolute icon and represented hip hop better than any mediocre lambo could today. A Lamborghini isn't real hip hop, this is.

Brandon's gotta future in car detailing, holy heck!

This felt like a old school RCR review, thank you.

FINALLY!!!! A true return to form. A regular car, that was once regular, and is so UN-regular to find today in operable condition. More of these please. More of the once obscure, but now unobtanium. 99/10 would enter to win something like THIS, versus all those non-regular giveaway rides.

"I got one hand on the shifter, and the other flippin' off weirdos" Thank you Roman!

With the long-ish hood, and 4 regular doors, this thing absolutely presaged the current crossover.

Gosh, how can I be as happy and chill in life as the owner of this mpv?

Ah, the time when Mazda decided it needed a symbol, but hadn’t figured out the flying M yet. Love the visibility!

Mr. Regular, I have a 1990 MPV 4WD V6 with the ridiculously rare 5-speed manual and low range transfer case. All yours to review 😎 I drove out to Montana and towed it back to Jersey after looking for one for 10+ years. Have an automatic 95 4WD as well, yes first gear really is ultra low.

These vans are nearly indestructible. I still use my 1989 RWD 4 banger MPV for mountain bike trips. Countless rough forest roads and its still on the original ball joints and wheel bearings at 260k miles!!

It's kind of a trip to see an MPV in a color other than light tan metallic; 99.9% of them seemed to be in that color back in the day, from what I remember.

Hey Brandon...hell of a job with that interior. Sounded like you started with serious nightmare fuel and you've made it more than liveable. Well done. While I'm here, I just want to say that I really miss the "mousehair" interior of this era. We had seats like these in our Windstar back in the day and they took a serious amount of abuse (kid puke!) while still being very comfortable. I'd take that all day vs. the "textured canvas" style cloth interiors that replaced them.

'97 was one of the years of life I remember the most with those rose-colored glasses Mr. Regular mentions and the MPV was for sure a part of that year. This was a fun trip back into time.

Bring back two tone paint jobs.

I remember my aunt's MPV being covered in something that could be described as slime so I think that's just how they were.

Brandon dude was chill at the RCR car meet. "The kids are alright"

Yep, my family had 5. 3 now, sold one and i crashed the other. It had 350k miles and was still strong. I have a 4wd 97, putting a new head on it rn. Things are fantastic off road and especially in the snow. Things last forever. Ive been camping in the 7000ft mountains here like 3 times with one of these

If I could go back in time, I would start collecting these in the 2000s. They are SOOO comfortable, quiet, and practical.

I really screaming in my head the thumbnail with RCR voise: "baaaaaaack ... to the.. 90's!" 🤣❤ God, this is going to be a great review now.

I didn't even know these things existed until I came across one in a junkyard. I found the previous gen, but that didn't change the fact that the interior build quality was great. The doors opened and closed like a 90's Mercedes, the fabrics held up with no tears, and the plastics weren't sticky or flimsy. Maybe I just found a good one. Either way I was hyped to watch this review. 👌

Just look at the owner kid, too young to remember the 90s himself, making Mr. Regular drip with nostalgia lol

The actual reason it had 90 degree rear doors is so it could Naruto run down the highway.

I Was just talking to my dad about my old 1990 today. These were amazing vehicles sucks we don't have this type of innovation anymore

When I was in high school, this was our band van. My God, was it slow under load. A drum set, two amps with cabs, and three dudes with a girl, and you could be foot to the floor on a mild incline and barely gaining speed. It was my friend's mom's ride, but we took it everywhere. Special place in my heart for this one.

The memories of this car.. my father had two of these.. the models he had was 4wD version with three doors. I remember the days of sitting in the front seat when I was 5 or 6 in the mid 90s, listening to the Grateful Dead going to his construction sites. What memories in that car.

I love these band stories, being from south jersey and having gone through marching band around the same time as you, it just hilarious how many shared experiences people can have.

These are sooo rare in Germany. Only 19 left!

If you really think about it all modern 3 row crossover SUVs just morphed into something resembling this general shape and concept. Why don't we call them minivans

"Way better then an Astro van" you take that back right now mister regular

There is nothing harder to clean than minivan slime, props to Brandon

Keep up the good reviews Mr. Regular and Roman! BTW: shopping for a car for my 18 yo daughter after she totalled her Camry.. saw a 2012 civic.. looked and drove great.. I noticed Carfax showed it lived in Pennsylvania.. Remembered you talking about Pennsylvania winters and salt eating cars. OMG , it was completely rotten underneath. Glad I laid down on the funky gravel lot to look under! In the end, she found an 07 Lexus ES 350 with less than 60k miles!! Texas car driven by an old man ..

2 things. My channel name comes from a 1992 MPV that was green and given to me as a first car. At first I hated it, but after a week I started to love it. 2nd, for a while now I was looking for a early 90s MPV to make fast, a sleeper. But after this video, I bet they will all jump in price.

Drove a turbo diesel 4wd version of this facelift in Japan for a year. It was pretty rad off-road and nothing broke for the 10k kms I drove it. The original face of the MPV looked sportier...

Big props on the SotN shout out. Surprisingly, it didn't really gain steam until well after release, but I remember reading about its development in the old Game Pro and Game Informer rags. I was very excited and one of the first to rent it from our local, non-chain rental store. Good times.

This one's going in the RCR greatest hits album. Most reviews are filled with 90's references...this one may have the most...

Is this the closest we’re gonna get to seeing a 929 Regular Reviewed? I had no idea this “upright vehicle” was RWD. It must receive an LS now.

Excellent work as always! I keep hoping I'll see the Ford Aspire or Hyundai Excel next.

We had 1993 Mazda MPV. It had only 3 doors passenger doors. It had shorter and lower hood and that made it a much better looking small van. It was great to carry family of five.

I remember my mother owning a last gen version of this van. Been through two accidents and everything before trading it in for the 2001 Expedition. All the trips and such in it. Fun times

Whats up with all these microwave dinner sponsorships suddenly. You can get those from the store lol

These are the most exciting reviews. I was 21 years old when this was new... and they just came and went without any notice; background noise. These are the cars that need caretakers more than anything else.

Nice thing about these were VG30DETTs or any VG30 for that, swaps onto the Mazda motor mounts.

This is the one channel I never consider unsubscribing 😂

My parents had one of these when I was growing up, they put around 200k miles on it until '08 when they got like $5k for it during Cash for Clunkers. Wasn't until years later I learned that they destroyed the engines on Cash for Clunkers trade-ins 😢 Miss that van and it definitely started my love for Mazdas, and 15 years later since getting rid of it, I own a Miata and RX-7 🥰

rome’s music brightens my day every time. love you, bud

So the story behind the doors is actually more interesting, they didn't use sliding doors, and neither did Honda in the Honda Odyssey because they were concerned of a patent that was used by Ford for the Windstar, and Dodge for the Caravan. The second gen MPV used sliding doors, and the second gen Honda Odyssey Used sliding doors, and the Toyota Sienna came out in 1998, after the sliding door patent issue had been resolved.

New favorite song from Roman, wish I could harmonize like that. I wanna put a beer fridge and a roll out awning on that van and relax in a field with friends.

MPV’s are on my favorites list, but the 2nd gen Honda Odyssey’s will always be my favorite looking minivan. From the rear, they almost look identical to a 4th gen Accord wagon.

Brandon, well done in cleaning your up your MPV and keeping clean and running well!

Something truly beautiful about old working peoples' cars like this, man. May they keep on going!

This one is truly the base model MPV. During the last few high school years, I got to drive the MPV to school from time to time. Ours were the captain chairs in the middle and the HVAC controls were more automated. The important thing is this was one of the few minivans (because we all knew it was a minivan) that came Rear wheel drive. All the others are front. Which means you can really toss it around in the bad weather. It was infinitely better to drive than the 1988 Buick Electra Estate wagon I got to drive occasionally. That thing was a monster! While this was a slightly higher more tossable vehicle. People who knew how to drive had alot of fun with these models. Not so my bro.. because once I got my own vehicle, it was his turn to drive the mpv from time to time. I think he got to drive it 3 times in total. The first time he tried with the first version of the MPV we got, he crashed into the snow bank at the school. Did a number to the front bumper. On the 2nd MPV my folks got, he got to drive it twice before again crashing it. This time rear end first into a parked vehicle. Suffice to say, my old mans insurance was not impressed. 😂 My bro was not a driver. He cared more about tinted windows and having a loud stereo than actually driving. It's a shame these vehicles gave way to these now raised wagons we all "SUV" 's. Nothing worse than driving a wagon. Anyone who says otherwise has never had to experience driving an actual station wagon the way I did.

Oh man, my eyes widened seeing this video in my feed. Grew up in a '94 with a V6. The noise that engine made scared me as a kid. The A/C blew freezing cold, and by the end of its run with our family it had gone through 2 engines. And older gentleman purchased it and I see it once in a blue moon. Let me tell you, that man turned that crapbox into a beautiful survivor. Salute to those who preserve these little slices of a world that no longer is.

Dj Premier is famous for having an MPV with a boomin' sound system 🤣🔥

Seeing that CD selection, I was 11 again. When I was in 3rd grade in 95, a girl in my class, her parents had a black one. I loved Goldeneye in 97 at 10.

Best friend in high school had one of these. It was a lot of fun for cruising around. I don’t know about drifting, but if you floored it and cranked the wheel it would light up the inside rear tire.

I still have no particularly good idea why, but the first--very first--car I remember ever taking an interest in, when I was 4 or 5, seeing it in my kindergarten parking lot, was the earliest version of this MPV, probably no later than a '93. Such rectilinear features on a rounded body, yet it look almost upscale compared to the '92 base model Voyager my mom ferried me around in. It's the vaguest picture I have in my brain of the actual car, but some things stick with you; sometimes there's no real reason why.

Mazda sold this is the Philippines in the 90s and it came with a free Mazda Miata NA. No s**t look, it up.

My buddy Dean Westling played trombone and Ska bass guitar. His MPV was only a few years old as I think his parents bought it new for his older sister to have as her first car. Deano played varsity football but he was still one of us band nerds at heart.

That was my Nana's car... We drove to the Zoo, went cross-country... I loved that car. We had it until 2013 when I was stupid with it and was driving it home and put it into Second Gear while on the highway... RIP bear. You beast, I loved driving ya'.

I vividly remember my family owning one of these, we used it to move several times pulling a uhaul trailer. We eventually lived with it in Wisconsin where we discovered that the doors would freeze open...not shut, requiring a hair dryer to thaw and close.

We are this close to finally getting RCR to review a Mazda5. So close!

Dude, as a life long Lehigh Valley resident, I love it when you make local, inside jokes. They're always so spot-on!

My sister had a 98 AWD MPV All-Sport back in the day...she would let me drive it around the neighborhood when I was 12-14 years old....plus it made a nice road trip car for going 4 hours to Austin to go to a Beastie Boys concert back in 04....good memories 😂. That 155 horse V6 was a huge upgrade from her previous car...a 96 Geo Metro.

It was because of your damn Previa video that I ended up buying one with 65000 miles on it AND I LOVE IT!!!! MY WIFE LOVES IT!!!!!! AND MY CROTCH GOBLINS LOVE IT!!!!!!

Never stop with the 90's marching band references...

8-seater, 6-cylinder RWD Not-A-Minivan with extra-articulating rear doors… this is a CX-90 from the 90’s lol

Rolling in MPVs every week we make 40 Gs.

I cannot believe this vehicle was nearly sixty grand adjusted for inflation! My parents' brand new 1995 Plymouth Voyager cost just over 30 grand adjusted for inflation. Was hoping you would mention the various rappers who drove this Mazda and I was not disappointed. Thank you for a well-put-together video and the charming song at the end.

You know Mazda got in trouble for "Dumping" these in the US. "Dumping" is selling below cost to gain market share (and selling higher in other markets to offset the losses). FWIW, there were some years where you could get the MPV with the 3.0 V6 and a 5 speed manual transmission.. if you want to drift. But if you think the 3.0 V6 version is slow, you should drive a 2.6 version. Mazda made their own big four just for this van and also used it to replace the Mitsubishi "Hemi" 2.6 for the 1990 B2600"i". I had one of those- 2wd, regular cab, 5 speed. A very good truck except in crashes.

I grew up in a 1991 MPV. This video hit the nail on the head. Junior year it because my first car and yes the RWD was terrible at doing anything other then getting stuck in the snow.

Can't help but think of TF2 every time I hear that magician bit.

We had a 1989 MPV we bought new. It was the first car I drove as well in high school when I got ky license in 2005 and we had it until 2009. Great car it was very well loved when the timing belt snapped and my dad decided to pull the plug

MPV means: Mass Produced Vasectomies Mazda Protege Van Moldy Pizza Van

1:45 Oh that blue SuperCab Ranger on the back!!!!!!!!

Best outtro song yet, imo

Why are cars like this never in the giveaway? A real regular car Also they didn't do sliding doors because it was cheaper, let's be honest

My family had an MPV a generation or two ahead, so it was pretty different... sliding doors, front wheel drive, captain's chairs for the middle row. But it was still smaller than a Previa and quite car-like to drive and ride. I have fond memories. It was much preferable to our pre-Previa Toyota Van.

my parents had a 2002 MPV when I was born and my brother in 2003, I actually loved that car and had a lot over cool memories in that thing. I was a very useful car, and then they had the sliding doors.

Wish you would have hit me up for this! This thing is funky as all get out! I have a 4wd version, that was a special order by a Japanese dude on the west coast. Things you didn't mention: This came out of the Cali design studio. The transmission is actually the Nissan 4 speed Jatco used in the Hardbodies and the Frontier. In the 4wd drive models, the transfer case is flipped to right side drop as opposed to the drivers side drop in the Nissans. There is steel skid plates over the t-case, gas tank, and front end of my 4wd. Also, the rear end uses a 5-link system and is likely lifted from or is the Ford 8.8, as the shim kits are identical! Its truck like in those respects but the front end uses a MacPherson setup instead of a double-wishbone and tension rods, which is atypical. Anemic barely touches the performance, but its dead on stupid reliable. Iron block and 12-valve head, the only iron block v-6 Mazda ever made. Though it runs a belt, it uses a non-interference engine. Ford forced Mazda to stop V-6 production afterwards. Also, it originally came with 2.6 4 cylinder which was a slightly modified Mitsubishi 4G54. The 2.6 was also used in the 4wd B series of the late 80's and early 90's. Mine is lifted, and from my research, the kit was available in Russia only. 16" of ground clearance with my Toyo's and no scrub. I use it as my daily and MTB hauler. The number of times randoms have taken pictures of it in parking lots or approached me to buy are too many to remember. PS, I got mine for $250 because some really bad mechanic thought a camshaft had broke 🤣. It was a collapsed tensioner.

My mom had a 1995 MPV as well as a 2004 MPV, she said they were the most dependable vans she had ever owned. The Honda odyssey originally had swinging doors too

I remember driving one of these things in 1999 when I was working at a car lot. 19 year old me definitely appreciated the fact that the MPV is rear wheel drive, and indeed it will drift if coaxed lol

My friends mom had one of these, in that exact color too! I thought it was pretty cool, especially with the two tone paint job.

As a university student I drove a 1997 All Sport 2WD, it was kind of fun for a van, you could actually let the back loose if the road was wet or in dirt roads.

6:30 Had to rewind this urgent auto box SFX so many times to enjoy it again and again.

In true 90s fashion, he looks exactly like John Lennon in the late 60s.

One of our relatives has two of these in the province. One top of the line and a base one. One of the most comfortable vehicles I've rode apart from the 1st gen Hyundai Starex.

I had one of these in the early 2000s. I took the middle seat out when I used it to move into my house. I left it out which my friends loved when they rode in the back. "This has limo levels of legroom back here!"

That minivan and that head unit are ready for another 55 minute ROCK BLOCK on 101.5 THE BADGER. *RAWR*

I know of atleast 3 rap songs that name drop this car

Brandon is the Cinnamon Roll-iest guest ever on RCR. We must protect Brandon with all our collective lives.

We had one of these in the 2010s. I remember going to school in these. Ours had a dark purple shade, a sunroof for some reason, only one rear door on the passenger side, and the middle seat was missing. It was a great little van, and my mother loved it.

in 1997 my 3rd summer working Summer Camp in northeast PA I sold my 1977 Ford Econoline (3 on the tree) home made conversion van and bought a 1983 GMC 2500 factory conversion van, with power eerything and air - 12k mile in a month after work bit before going back to the UK and university, a great summer.

My ex had one of these. 4WD 1996 model. Rear air suspension had failed. Oil leaks EVERYWHERE. But the thing didn't die. Had 240k miles too. I miss the simple styling, too. Great visibility

The MPV didnt die in the 90's they sold the MPV until 2006. The 2nd Gen produced from 99-2006 was a full-on minivan. FWD, sliding doors and all. But it was very Fordy and probably close to a Windstar.

In the era when most families here drove Dodge Caravans, MPV's were reasonably popular here in Canada during the early 90's. As kids, my one friend's parents had a silver 1988 or 89 MPV, then my parents bought a light blue 1990, and my other friend's parents bought a black one (and had a car phone in it - we were always wowed by the car phone 🤯). I never appreciated & realized that MPV's were RWD until watching this video. By 2001, only the black one remained, and my buddy was now driving it in high school. One day he floored it from a stop-light against another guy from school that he didn't like, and we killed the water pump / ruptured something, and proceeded to emit a giant smokescreen behind us as we drove home across the city. I remember coming to a stop at another intersection near our neighbourhood, and we proceeded to completely fill it with a cloud of vaporized engine coolant, then when we got to my house, we popped the hood, and the engine bay became a chimney to the sky on my driveway.