How much is my Car worth? - 97 Mazda 323F

DubDani

Hi Guys,

as I will be leaving Ireland I will have to sell my car. What would you consider a fair price? Somehow these Mazdas seems to go for relative crazy money (1200 for a 91 and 3K for a 97 on adverts.ie).

97 Mazda 323 1.5l
- 2 doors
- NCT 05/2008
- Tax 09/2007
- 85K miles
- around 7 l/100km
- No full service history, but has last been serviced 6 weeks ago (have receipt)
- Back Bumper has a few scratches, and might benefit from a repaint
- Inside of the car is in good condition, just the usual tear and wear for a car of that age
- Motor is free of any leakage and any oil spilling etc.
- Sony CD/MP3
- Over the wheel arch is one chip where the colour went off, and a patch of rost has appeared (about the size of a 2 cent coin) which should be easy enough to adress

I was thinking about 1400? Does that seem like a fair price considering that it needs 100-200 Euro spent on it to bring it back to a very good looking car?

Tipsy Mac

I'd stick her in at €1600 ono, chance your luck, might get 1400 or 1500.

gary the great

Is this the sporty F (the 95-97 model) or the one that replaced it?

If its the older model id be looking at about 2600, they are really sought after cars.

bazz26

gary the great wrote:

Is this the sporty F (the 95-97 model) or the one that replaced it?

If its the older model id be looking at about 2600, they are really sought after cars.

The OP mentions that it is the 2 door 323F model which looks like the 3 door Citroen C4 at the rear and was never popular in Ireland. The 5 door 323F that you have/had Gary is alot easier to sell and is worth a bit more.

colm_mcm

I'd say 1000 max. those 3 door 323's are not sought after.

Was this model called the 323c by any chance? I know the Jap ones are called Neo.

zilog_jones

The 3 door 323s were not 323F's at all, though allegedly (according to WP anyway) they share the same suspension and stuff. They were apparently called the 323C in some markets but the ones sold here just said "323" on the back, or Familia Neo if a Japanese import.

The 323F sold at the time (i.e. the Lantis in Japan) was based on a completely different platform to the 323.

colm_mcm

the 5 doors were Lantis weren't they, saw a cool saloon version of the Lantis in Limerick years, back lights were similar to 98-ish model Mondeo. really cool looking

zilog_jones

Yes, there was also a 4-door hardtop version of the Lantis (the Japanese seemed to like making a hardtop version of EVERYTHING back in the '80s and '90s) - I never saw one myself though...

*Goolgles pictures*



...OK I guess I did see that one! I wasn't expecting it to be that much different to the hatchback.

colm_mcm

yeah, that's the one, looked amazing at the time! (back in the 90's) pretty korean looking in hindsight!

DubDani

Sorry, you are right. Didn't even know it was called the 323C (or 323 Sportiva, as I just found out).

It's the one attached, even in that colour.

zilog_jones

It is certainly an obscure enough car, but I don't know if there's much interest in it and as others said it's probably not worth all that much, especially since many would not consider it as practical as the saloon.