Mazda's Abandoned Luxury Brand

Mazda's Abandoned Luxury Brand - Past Gas

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Have you ever heard of Amati? In the late ’80s, Mazda took a big swing and tried to create a luxury car brand. They were emboldened by the success of the Miata. But somehow, Amati never happened, and almost 400 million dollars were wasted in the process. Today on Past Gas: how did Amati become a ghost badge haunting Mazda’s dreams? Why does Mazda refuse to discuss the failed brand? How did Mazda go from zoom zoom, to doom and gloom?
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@amirnaim3675 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the videos to be back

@geminiiskull 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@dr.scientist3481 2 жыл бұрын

You’re gonna have to.

@damianekapanadze2309 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, can't understand why did they switch to no video

@dr.scientist3481 2 жыл бұрын

@@damianekapanadze2309 logistics change. They explained why, and what went into the temporary change. Stop crying that you can’t watch podcast. Just put in the audio, and got out to your shop, and go get some wrenching done.

@geminiiskull 2 жыл бұрын

@@damianekapanadze2309 they mentioned it a few podcasts ago, I think was 2 much time to produce with the video and what not, plus high and low on the background ( they just finished filming the whole thing),all the B2B's, they are BUSY.

@adamdenzinger576 2 жыл бұрын

I love that Amati is just an anagram of Miata

@angriinomad3527 2 жыл бұрын

You guys should do a video on Efini and Eunos of Mazda if there is a story behind there! I think it would be interesting to learn about Mazda’s second internal badge as I know the price market of Eunos Miatas and Mazda Miatas is visual. Same with FD RX7s

@sharkbatemike8296 2 жыл бұрын

Y'all forgot Mitsubishi and Subaru also have no luxury brand twin

@antifascistskater 2 жыл бұрын

Subaru is a luxury brand, those shits Re expensive as hell

@sharkbatemike8296 2 жыл бұрын

@@antifascistskater expensive dosnt mean luxury EVERYTIME

@Antwalls92 2 ай бұрын

@@antifascistskater Subaru is quite expensive but it’s not a luxury brand.

@terbennett 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you did this episode. Very few people know or remember this. Also, Mazda MX3 GS had a 1.8 liter, 135 hp V6.

@damienlee1165 2 жыл бұрын

The Eunos Cosmo is still to this day on the top 5 list of cars to import.

@stephenmoore1541 2 жыл бұрын

Amati is an anagram of Miata, that's why it sounds weak.

@eurosonly 2 жыл бұрын

Mazda has just killed off the 6 series sedan in the states and rumors state that they are planning on going upper class to compete with bmw 5 series with a rear wheel drive luxury platform. I hope they release this thing under the same name as an upper class luxury model under the Mazda nameplate.

@averyparticularsetofskills 2 жыл бұрын

That was cool ... Dont know how u guys keep fresh content rolling, ive never heard that _mini doc_ about Amanti(*?) ✌🏾

@speedracer2please 2 жыл бұрын

A luxury Mazda would be SICK. Fun and comfort all in one. Though Mazda is already pretty luxurious for a lot of its market segments

@yungboicontigo9278 2 жыл бұрын

Bro especially with a V12

@kcm732 2 жыл бұрын

i loved the bit at the end when you were talking about the slightly older dudes in highschool influencing you with your car tastes, I'm blessed that my highschool had some really cool cars and really cool owners. i graduated h.s. in 09' and when i was a sophomore and junior. a dude who I've remained friends with this whole time, before i knew him, he had a 240sx with a sweet origin body kit with 350z autum copper paint he and his dad painted in the garage, these twin brothers Haz and Frans who went in on a silver 2002 Impreza WRX bugeye that they were always tuning with a laptop in the parking lot and doing mods on, this dude Ben who had a Toyota SW20 with full Tom's body kit and repainted a gloss teal with a greddy exhaust, and we also had another guy with a 240sx that he dumped an SR20DET into and did a Silvia S13 fixed headlight nose swap on. there was one last guy i remember who somehow got super lucky and bought a salvaged white 2006 subaru STi that literally only needed a new hood and front bumper, he fixed it and had a super clean hawkeye STi in highschool. was actually pretty cool times thinking back on it. all played to my current taste in cars. i was absolutely captivated.

@gab80y 2 жыл бұрын

Here in Australia we had Mazdas luxury brand Eunos till the late 90s. With sporty model 30X which had a small displacement V6. Joe is on the right track there is a new Mazda MX-30 EV with a range-extender rotary engine!

@cigarjefe 2 жыл бұрын

I had a Mazda 626 when I was 15. Good car.

@markcoopers1930 2 жыл бұрын

If you look up Mazda on the Chicago auto show website they still say Ford is the biggest shareholder at 11%. So I guess their website hasn't recovered since 2008.

@Morgan-go6ns 2 жыл бұрын

You guys should do a podcast on speed week 1994 or the tire wars from nascar

@F1SH_L3G 2 жыл бұрын

Nolan always kills it with a great intro

@progguy10 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine making a whole episode about Amati going on and on about the name and talking about how it was inspired by the success of the Miata and never realizing that Amati is an anagram of Miata

@xTraumaaBRYL 2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that Eunos wasn't mentioned during this

@seanwebb995 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome episode guys. I have previously heard this story as well, I think I saw some leaked images of the proposed car, and it looks similar to most large Japanese sedans from the late 80s, early 90s. Mazda is my favourite Japanese brand, I think they have the right balance between mass market appeal and desirability for car enthusiasts, one of the reasons for me buying my current car, a 2012 Mazda2. Completely agree with Nolan's comments about what the Japanese brands did to the rest of the industry - stealing sales from the Western manufacturers that were complacent and slow to react to the rapidly changing market and oil crises, plus forcing them to greatly lift their game in quality and reliability. Also about the free market: I don't have any knowledge of business, but if it really were a 'free market', wouldn't the survival of a car brand be reliant on the quality of their cars and how many they sell, not from support from external sources? Not saying it's necessarily good or bad, most car manufacturers receive funding from their respective governments.

@kristianmarsh6107 2 жыл бұрын

Great podcast boys

@rickphillips7221 2 жыл бұрын

"I think Nolan needs therapy" haha lol

@gangstagarf 2 жыл бұрын

Read this comment as james said it lolll

@roguethrax 2 жыл бұрын

Super interesting episode. I wonder if this failure influenced their attempt to move upmarket in any way. Maybe we'll see a car named after their luxury brand one day

@johnedwards230 2 жыл бұрын

Where did the video go guys? I miss it!

@That_guy_619 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@stupidvideos1449 2 жыл бұрын

I wish they could bring it back

@jamessizemore7103 2 жыл бұрын

Pictures of the cars would be so nice

@turbo1438 2 жыл бұрын

Glenn and Dale... Jarrett. Nascar guys from the 80s

@joepeterson749 2 жыл бұрын

The G35 is great and neither donut nor my bad piston rings can convince me otherwise.

@vladeta_4079 2 жыл бұрын

YES

@Tojoblindeye 2 жыл бұрын

G35 was called a skyline in Japan I think?

@yungboicontigo9278 2 жыл бұрын

Right, and from there on, the Skyline name has doomed. Nowadays they sell a rebadged version of the Q50.

@chuckiefinster544 2 жыл бұрын

Always thought mazda's luxury entry was lincoln..until 2011 at least

@yeahitskimmel 2 жыл бұрын

You must actually be Chuckie Finster if you never noticed Lincoln's are classed up Fords

@chuckiefinster544 2 жыл бұрын

@@yeahitskimmel you might be angelica if you didn't noticed ford and mazda sold each others cars with some badge swapping from about 1972 until 2011. Mazda trubute=escape mazda cx7=ford escape, mazda b series =ford ranger, etc. Hell, three of my fords have mazda manual transmissions. Read up bro

@chuckiefinster544 2 жыл бұрын

@@yeahitskimmel hell the rx7 clutches are the same as a first gen explorer, the implication was that mazdas were just japanese fords, therefore a lincoln must be a luxury mazda

@yungboicontigo9278 2 жыл бұрын

@@chuckiefinster544 only the real ones who watch ChrisFix knows about the B series.

@IRMacGuyver 2 жыл бұрын

How can you not like the G35 it's the US version of the Skyline? Just needs some body work and an engine swap.

@concernedcitizen2766 2 жыл бұрын

Notice how Nissan never made a VD engine lol

@bassclass5998 Жыл бұрын

Wait, wait. wait just a minute. What if we put a circle engine inside of a rotary engines next to a v twin on TOP of a 3 cylinder¿¿.. huh??

@chrissteinhausen4446 2 жыл бұрын

95 civic was the best car 2 door with the trunk

@johanngomez4044 2 жыл бұрын

james with the 12 year old intro lmfao

@chrisgenovese8188 2 жыл бұрын

17 shades of tan! 😂

@RichardRosay 2 жыл бұрын

We need the videos dude

@wonky3854 2 жыл бұрын

Have you guys seen the controversy around better help, im gonna assume you havent as i generally agree with you on such things, but perhaps have a little look, they dont have a great history, often reffered to as a "scam"

@gregldailey 2 жыл бұрын

Just got done watching F1 Great finish

@Mikaeel_Ally 2 жыл бұрын

It's Efini innit

@trevorbressman6717 Жыл бұрын

The benzo wagon is life🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽😍

@eddiehardt1260 2 жыл бұрын

Funny thing is, Mazda kinda became their own luxury brand

@bryanmiranda1745 2 жыл бұрын

They're still relatively mediocre build quality, the only real comparable one left today is Kia

@Trussme96 2 жыл бұрын

@@bryanmiranda1745 The new Mazdas are way better built than most Hondas lol

@BigBlueMean 2 жыл бұрын

"What more do you need?"-Nolan (valvoline ad) WE NEED TO SEE YOUR FACE. Seriously I miss the Webcams. Or even studio shots of the podcast. I miss James' shirts and hats.

@JrMartin423 2 жыл бұрын

Mitsubishi, and Subaru don’t have a luxury affiliate either. Why

@yungboicontigo9278 2 жыл бұрын

Nissan owns a little bit of in Mitsubishi I think, so Mitsubishi is technically closer to Infiniti, which I refuse to call them a luxury brand

@scub761 2 жыл бұрын

do you guys not read the coments? we want the video camaras back, is just not the same without them

@IRMacGuyver 2 жыл бұрын

@21:10 "American cars got better, German cars got better." Me: British cars didn't get any better and went out of business.

@timothyweber671 2 жыл бұрын

Amati sounds like a bad luxury watch

@adelinsucksatstuff7781 2 жыл бұрын

MIATA?

@ze5258 2 жыл бұрын

Yall gotta chill with these ads

@CuckBalls 2 жыл бұрын

I think I know why they stopped filming themselves while they do this. They are smoking fat FAT blunts. They are in Cali and that's how you make something more interesting. You get fucked up. I smoke daily myself. But hey that's just a theory, a weed theory.

@thepebblesexplore83 2 жыл бұрын

You mean a person who smokes a lot of weed feels the need to insert weed into everything they talk about?! I’ve never heard of such a thing.

@CuckBalls 2 жыл бұрын

@@thepebblesexplore83 yeah I'm not like other girls

@basicallyabush 2 жыл бұрын

Ayy

@FinnDhaHuman 2 жыл бұрын

imagine donut liking this comment, also meundies are the shit

@harrisonwilliams6531 2 жыл бұрын

Please do a video about popcorn Sutton the famous moonshiner

@oriolgonzalez9328 2 жыл бұрын

Come on James, it's not "I'm half hard", it's "I'm nursing a semi"

@markwatson3248 2 жыл бұрын

I listened to this while I cruised in my '03 Mustang. This is also a great podcast to beat my girlfriend to.

@jeremyhogue780 2 жыл бұрын

Amadi = atari

@MrConnerhg 2 жыл бұрын

This one has a few to many advertisements, why are you so money hungry this one was really hard not to click away

@yungboicontigo9278 2 жыл бұрын

Bro just skip them

@MrConnerhg 2 жыл бұрын

@@yungboicontigo9278 easier said then done when your in the middle of welding

@yungboicontigo9278 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrConnerhg oh shoot

@falsebroadcast 2 жыл бұрын

To many adds now

@originaldylanbaxter 2 жыл бұрын

I estimate around 25 minutes of commercials, 25 minutes of goofing around and 4 minutes of interesting automotive content. This has become the standard of late. Sorry fella's -- I can put better sounds in my ears. Unsub'd.