My first car! Well, it was my parents' car and I got to drive it when I started driving. Surprisingly tough car even when driven by jerks. Had many friends that later bought new Mazdas because they said they saw how my older brother and I treated our GLC and it took it no problem. The 5 speed was so easy to use. The sedan was not very roomy but had a huge trunk.
Honda made fun cars to drive, but Mazda really was the only Japanese carmaker which could make FWD cars that matched Europe’s best when it came to road manners.
If this car were solid beige with a beige vinyl interior,, it would be an exact twin of the 1982 Mazda GLC hatchback that I used to ride to Camp Forty Acres in Wilmington, MA. in back in the day!!!!!