1986 Ford Telstar TX5 Review - The Family Sedan From Australia!

[@obscurerides]

Excellent video! I especially love the chime it makes. This car might make an appearance on TV one day. I’m glad I have it.

[@dave11686]

Cool car!

[@recipe30]

I bought he first one in Australia back in 83! Identical to this one inside and out.

[@darthdarthbinkss]

Honestly, those are some of the coolest rims I've ever seen.

[@barristanselmy2758]

Iv'e got a set of them. And a spare. i have this Telstar but it's a 1983 new zealand version. This car is so fucking cool though.

[@galinagajik191]

They were very unique… and easy to clean.

[@Bobman84]

I had one as my first car and my family also had 3 of them (all TX5s) from the late 1980s until 2005. I just snapped one up recently again, but you don't see them anywhere anymore! Such iconic cars and fairly advanced for the time.

[@wizzard5442]

Melbourne Australia here: theres a Telstar near where I live, always parked outside. Every time I drive past, I look as if its something special because you hardly see see 80's these days.

[@ianyeh75]

I grew up in Taiwan. In 1983, my Dad bought one brand new at a Fire dealership in Taipei. It was such an exciting car because it had a hatchback, and we did many road trips in that car. My Dad would fold down the rear seat on one side and it would be a makeshift bed for me to sleep in. It was a manual and I learned to drive in this car. I remember that digital gauge very vividly.

[@amarokstar7270]

My first car was an 84 TX5 Ghia in manual. Same colour scheme inside and out as the one in your vid. Cost me $4k AUD in 1998 and absolutely loved it. Can’t find ‘em here anymore. Cheers for the nostalgia trip!

[@retrosteven]

That chime is special

[@reallyrandomrides1296]

Yes, totally 80s!

[@M3rsh]

This is built on the GC 626 platform! Super excited for this review

[@RRRRefuelRideRace]

But it is also very similar to Renault 21. :) Drop by man, you may find it interesting.

[@thebnicho]

I'm an Aussie and my mum bought one of these new in 1984. It remained in the family until 1992. I remember that chime so well. It was playing the day we collected it brand new from Neville Ford, Miranda in Sydney when I was ten years old. I think the chime stopped if you removed the keys from the ignition. I partially learned to drive on that car. My grandfather had also bought a new Telstar a few months before. Both were sedan variants, not the TX5 hatchback. Telstars were built in Sydney at the Homebush plant alongside the 323 based Ford Laser. Long gone now, I think it became part of the 2000 Olympics village site. The Telstar was actually the Wheels magazine car of the year for 1983 and extremely popular. Sadly they are almost extinct now even in Australia.

[@barristanselmy2758]

Iv'e got one from 1983. it's done 83k's the paint needs a clear coat, it's just bare paint if you rub it with a cloth is comes off. Sedan 4 door 2.0ltr Ghia 1983 Telstar.

[@shanechiddy4303]

I had one of these for 10 years, but the base version without the digital dash. Was a fantastic car.

[@graemeswan633]

Ford and Mazda shared a lot of platform in the 80’s and 90’s. 626/Telstar 323/Laser

[@mochammadkasyfillahmudloff9829]

Yes.. and the Ford Laser in this video based on Mazda 626 GC platform. Love the 80s boxy-hatchback design…

[@dalemcauley9129]

You would fine Ford actually owned Mazda so yes they did share flight forms engines and other parts just like when Ford owned Jaguar Volvo and land Rover and yes for laser used to be a Mazda 323 just like Mazda three also had DNA in a Ford focus and the engine in the Ford focus was originally a Mazda three and now they have split up that’s why Mazda cars and vehicles are a lot better today

[@noprefix1742]

I had the Ford Telstar TX5 Turbo edition in the 90's. It was a great car for its time.

[@captainchaos0666]

The exit chime song is so wholesome on so many levels. Car makers need to bring that feature back in modern cars.

[@bwofficial1776]

There aren't many Aussie cars in the US, that's for sure. It looks good. I'm curious as to why whoever imported it imported a 2L 3spd auto FWD car instead of some V8 RWD sedan or ute. The Aussies love their V8s as much as we do. The song is funny. Cars playing a few notes has been a thing for the last few years, but Ford had a whole goodbye song in the 80s.

[@tvrusa5196]

If I had to guess, Matt is probably saving on gas money😂

[@shaneleslie8968]

My cousin had one. As a kid I thought the automatic swing vents were so fancy 😂😂😂

[@mohammadshahin8758]

Very cold AC in this car from Mazda in the very hot 🔥 days

[@rollandscotry7370]

Bought a 90 tx5 turbo today I'm sitting in the back watching this video dreaming of being back in the 90's lol

[@patrickmartin3322]

That air filter blue is the same color ford used on its air filters in the 60s

[@southerndiy1]

In addition to Australia, I remember seeing these in Malaysia in the 90s

[@mrfrdman]

We have them still on the road in New Zealand too :)

[@bxniels0]

The panels in the front doors open down. They have illuminated entry (you pull up the driver's door and the keyhole glows as does a little light above the ignition keyhole). That storage in the boot on the left hand side is to store the rear headrests. The rear seat cushions fold forward so when you fold the backrests down, they are completely flat (not almost flat). In New Zealand and Australia having boot and fuel cap internal releases was fairly new. Compared to what would have been normal in Japan, both the Ford Telstar TX5 Ghia and the Mazda 626 Limited Sports hatch were very highly specced and quite luxurious. And the Mazda was Japanese Car of the Year 1982.

[@Veryfastslowcar66]

So cool to see one in this condition, the tx5 is the hatchback/liftback/sportsback variant (there was also the tx5 turbo) of the standard telstar sedan. Currently looking at buying a very cheap gl manual sedan, I don’t even know if i’ve ever seen one of this generation on the road before and living in the country there is still quite a few 90s cars getting around so a gem indeed.

[@reallyrandomrides1296]

It would be interesting if Ford had offered this instead of the Tempo/Topaz. It would either have been a sales success or a total flop, nothing in between. Ford way toying with badge engineering based on Japanese and Korean vehicles like the Mazda 323 based Mercury Tracer. Or, the Kia based Ford Festiva. Chrysler had been doing it for years with rebadged Mitsubishis. Nice to see a Telstar in the US, I bet it really gets a lot of looks.

[@RRRRefuelRideRace]

Apart from Mazda... 626, it is also very similar design-wise to Renault 21 from the end of 80s. :) Great video. :)

[@jadesmith6823]

Got to the "Mount Franklin" water and pissed myself laughing 😂🦘😂

[@user-jr8sr7ub3t]

This model ford telstar with the lift back carried the name as Ford telstar Tx5 in my country. Then there was the sedan with an ordinary trunk... But that year model mazda 626 you showed in the video is a 1989 to 90 year model 626, that model wasnt compatable to this model ford telstar showed in the video.. This model/year ford telstar is more compatible with the 1984 mazda 626 having the same doors the same interior design, especially the dashboard and inner door panels, & seats.. Engine design & layout was aslo the same but the telstar had a bigger engine which was a 2.0 litre and the 626 from that same year had a 1.6 litre.. So you were correct with the telstar having a 2.0 litre engine then there were the ford laser and the mazda 323 they were compatible.

[@timhamm4027]

Still seem them driving around Australia, shame it’s still not here. I believe it came from Tasmania

[@BeefyMon]

Alright, as a 3x former 626 + 1x former Mazda6 owner I have a ridiculous amount of feedback here…. But first, it’s awesome that you somehow scored one of these for a review. Now, here goes: - [ ] It’s not merely sharing a platform with the 626, it IS a rebadged 626 5-door touring sedan just with different headlights, taillights, and steering wheel. When you say it was never meant for American streets, I must point out that the nearly Identical 626 was sold here for years. - [ ] The blue carburetor was not a feature lifted from the RX-7, the 1983-85 US 626 had the same blue carb you’re seeing in the Telstar. 1983-85 626s were carbureted also, but they did not have a manual choke in the US. - [ ] Ford called it the TX-5, Mazda called it the “Touring Sedan”, it’s just a 5-door hatchback 626, and it WAS sold here in the US from 1983-91, then from 2004-08 as the Mazda6 5-door. The Telstar was also available as a 4-door sedan. - [ ] The 5 door hatchback model was more popular in Europe and Australia, but it was just one of the available body styles (there was a 626/Telstar sedan and a 626 coupe also). In other words, not unique to Australia, or intrinsic to the Telstar per se, as you suggest. - [ ] I believe you may be incorrect about the model year. This Telstar appears to be based on the 1983-85 pre-facelift Mazda 626. The 86-87 626 had fuel injection, a completely new interior design with orange gauges, a more advanced Auto-Adjusting Suspension, and there was a GT Turbo model available. - [ ] Auto Adjusting Suspension is NOT “Air Suspension” as you claim. It’s a system utilizing special hydraulic struts with shock valving that could be adjusted on the fly with a solenoid to change the damping rates. The “floaty” feel you experienced is due to an aging suspension, not “air”. The Telstar and 626 likely handled identically “like a sport sedan” back in the day. - [ ] That stereo is clearly a 1990s-era aftermarket model. The original system had that early 80s silver-metallic squared-off appearance. - [ ] The US 626 LX models (which the Touring Sedan came as by default) had a double-din stereo with a graphic equalizer, and a little joystick balance/fader control next to the clock. Apparently this was optional in Australia, and/or on the Telstar. - [ ] The digital dash was an option, and was available on the US 626 also. It’s not specific to Ford or the Australian market per se. - [ ] The oscillating vents were exclusive to Mazda (the Mazda-based Fords being an exception) as far as I know. They were standard on the 626 LX and GT models in the US. I’m not sure of the option packages elsewhere, but it’s not an “Japan/Australian thing”. - [ ] The US window switch buttons on the US 1983-85 models were oriented the same way. The circle indentations were a tactile indication of which side to press. The 1986-87 models had more traditionally oriented switches, and moved the driver’s door window control to the driver’s door (and it was backlit). - [ ] Hidden feature on LX and GT models- lift up on the driver’s door outside handle and the key slot will light up for a few seconds to help you guide the key in to the lock. - [ ] The 5-door hatch and 2-door coupe models had an inch or two less headroom than the sedan. You’re lucky that one didn’t have a sunroof, else you’d really have something to complain about. - [ ] One reason it may have looked “Australian” was the teensy tiny bumpers. Definitely not US-spec there. - [ ] My 1984 626 DX Sedan had a wire under the dash that had been cut. Assuming it was due to some accidental mishap, I soldered it back together, and discovered that f’ing tune… I quickly realized why the previous owner had cut the wire, then I proceeded to cut it again. - [ ] After my ’84 626 DX, I owned an ’87 626 GT turbo sedan with all the gadgets- AAS, headlight washers, etc. It even had a primitive passive implementation of 4WS (which arrived fully realized in 1988). The 1986-87 ‘facelift’ models took a huge leap forward in their interior design and tech, the tune was gone, and the other warning chimes were less silly sounding.

[@RCBushBasherDownUnder]

spoke from a true Telstar owner.

[@stepha5926]

Dunno about the States, but in Australia the 626 & Telstar did *not* have fuel injection until the all new 1987 model was released (2 models after this one). Whoever told you some double DIN stereo was optional in this generation of Telstar doesn't have a clue what they're talking about. There's *no facility* to fit a double DIN stereo! Pretty sure it's the same with the equivalent 626. The digital *instrument cluster* (learn what a dashboard is) was absolutely not optional in Australia. It was standard fitment on the top of the line TX5 Ghia model ONLY. The power window switches are a revelation. The guy in the video is a textbook sheep: "Eww, this is different - therefore WEIRD!! 🤨" Moron's going: "This one is left to close, this one is right to close??" When how he *should* be looking at it is: press the *outside* to open (where the little circles are), press the inside to close! The updated switches in the 85-87 models were trash by comparison. "I know! Let's put the power window switches for the three passenger windows together on the console..... then when I want to open/close my driver's window, I have to *switch hands* (WHILE DRIVING)!" Absolute morons. 🤦

[@EvilTwinRC51]

This car was sold in the US as the 1983 to 1986 Mazda 626 touring sedan. I had an 84 and everything is exactly the same except the front end and rear taillights. The cars never came with air ride. The switch is for the Auto Adjusting Suspension (AAS). It adjusts the firmness of the ride. Even the key reminder tone was the same. There’s also one for the headlights too. 😆 That air cleaner cover is in Mazdas corporate color from the 70s and 80s.

[@brainsmatterpodcast]

That looks like an ‘85, we had an ‘86 and it was the next model update. And yes that’s an aftermarket radio.

[@kwasia4882]

That is defiantly an aftermarket radio. That chime make that car even more unique.

[@RRRRefuelRideRace]

It really is. Clarion... Drop by buddy, you may like it.

[@thebnicho]

The original radio was a grey shaft model cassette player with silver knobs "Ford by Pioneer" on the tape deck door. Quite a fancy stereo for the time.

[@paulsz6194]

@@thebnichoThe pioneer came out on the Ghia models, I believe the standard issue was Phillips.

[@thebnicho]

​@@paulsz6194That's right. We had a blue GL with Phillips and a Brown Ghia with Pioneer.

[@paulsz6194]

@@thebnicho I remember that well, as I bought a 2-owner GC meteor as my first car on my P’s and it had a manually- tuned Phillips cassette Player radio. About 4 years later, my next door neighbours first car was a KE laser Ghia, which had the Sliver Pioneer digitally- tuned Pioneer radio cassette.

[@theturtle2121]

My mom had a 1984 Mazda 626. It even had the same digital gage cluster. 👍

[@scanspeak00]

Wow I forgot these cars ever existed. So nostalgic. Hope you can make it down here, you'll have a blast.

[@classicandclunker]

Factory radio would have had a Ford logo on it, I'm sure.. I'm still looking for a manual Telstar Ghia Down Under with the digital dash - they're rare now

[@theDWshow]

I drove an 83 model between 92 and 96. It was a trip to hear the chimes, but there was also a second, simpler 'song' that it would play if you stopped the car and took the key out, but still had the lights on. Or maybe it was if you had the door open. Gosh, I can't remember now. Something I do remember about them, however, was that the hatches were VERY prone to rust.

[@greyjk]

Cool vid, I loved my 1984 5spd manual saloon. Just don't see these in NZ now, like mine rust has claimed them all.

[@cypher1018]

My dad used to have one of these in White. These old telstars were built like brick sh*thouses, you couldn't kill them, unless you hit things. I was a little bummed mum hit a power pole in it with me in the car the first day she had her P plates... (P plates are the first solo stage of an aussie driver licence.) Until she hit the pole, it was a solid performer. I was brought home from the hospital in it when I was born. It was definitely a very nice car to be in for the time.

[@jlr194]

A mazda 626 in ford clothing

[@CJ38...]

I love the rims !!!

[@jackeldridge1319]

Dude it's got Tassie special interest plates on it, that's my home state. Would've had to travel a ridiculous distance to get to Florida. You'd start in Hobart, get it shipped to the port of Melbourne, then get it shipped from there through the Panama canal after travelling the entire pacific. Crazy long distance

[@barristanselmy2758]

Hahaha i knew it. My one has the exact same exit chime! My god this brings a fucking tear to my eye. I love these cars!

[@brandonroberts73]

If you think the telstar is a cool Aussie Ford, wait till you come to Australia and drive a proper all Australian Falcon! It does make me laugh seeing you find it so odd to have a non American Ford when Ford built cars in Australia from 1925-2016. And many cars which were built worldwide got a unique Aussie touch when assembled here, we also were the only place (well pretty much the only place NZ got them and there were a few small export deals across the decades) to get the best vehicle ever built by Ford the Falcon!

[@davepax982]

They don't actually have air suspension. No Australian Ford did. They adjusted the ride through the shock settings. That float in the rear is simply a shagged pair of shocks.

[@Alwie-cn9jc]

Nice car.....👍👍 ford telstar

[@davefrommelbourne1237]

We had a 1987 GL standard version sedan. With the burgundy colour and brown interior. Good mid size car for the time. Haha well the GL never had that chime! Lol

[@JasonMaltby]

Yeahhhhh!!! Hahaha, how good! The mighty Ford Tesltar TX5 Ghia was my very first car 🤘 So many quirks about that car I'd forgotten about! And the water bottle, lol 😂 Thanks for the review and the memories. Great reviews BTW, well worth a sub. Big love from Aus 🙌

[@runforit4203]

We need these cars in North America again - mid-size hatchbacks with sport suspensions. Get rid of all of these crossovers!

[@RCBushBasherDownUnder]

Matt must read... And thank you Thank you for you video. Was my first car and i do hope you enjoy it as much as i did. I had the 4 door sedan which was the Ghia addition like yours. Loved those moving air vents. You missed the air vent that is below the steering wheel that heats or cools your crotch "balls". No electric windows, old school, hand ✋. You are correct that is not the stock stereo head unit. It had the large push buttons with the rotating tuner as the red bar moved across the front. To set you favourite stations you would pull the button out and push all the way back in. If the radio signal was a little weak you would track out the drivers side and pull the antenna on the outside of the a piller and extend. Fun fact but i could unlock the boot "trunk" with a flat screwdriver with the normal ease and open like a car key. Those rims 😍, much love there, would get very hot to touch as the heat could not escape fast enough and found to cook the brakes. Top speed 180km/h turn the 3 speed automatic and 10 minutes to get there coming down from the mountains. If you remove the pin the the head rests you can pop them off side the front seats as far forward and tilt the seat all the way back into back seat foot space. Would sit in the back seat legs straight onto the front seats and enjoying a couch feeling while i watch a moving at the drive inn. Many many great memories. Much respect to the Telstar I then went into own the ford Mondeo ST which was the German import with the V6. Happy purchase. Moved onto the 2005 Chrysler with 5.7 Hemi then was sold for the Chrysler SRT 6.4 V8 Hemi and the luxurious line continued. Saying at that it would take the Ford Telstar over any of the replacements that came after in a heart beat. Thank you for your from Australia 🇭🇲

[@obscurerides]

I’m happy to own it

[@hunterpressurecleaning6483]

Hello from Australia

[@TheTorkerman]

There was also a Telstar TX5 turbo, in auto or manual, under rated cars IMO

[@ralphalvarado6155]

Is a Mazda including the engine which could be found on a Mazda B2000 from the same era , the vent the door handles the entire dash components are Mazda.

[@ROwen-kv7ki]

My dad and I used to have 2 of these, both manual TX5 Turbos, they have a reputation with the people that remember them in Australia, apparently the police got some because they couldn't keep up with them from their inline 6 Falcons and Commodores

[@tvrusa5196]

🤦‍♂️Zach, I have never notice many of the things u mentioned in all of those cars😂😂😂😂😂….. but in this particular one I was waiting for you to mention side mirror adjustment controls. Awesome videos dude.

[@damieg82]

Good video, but the generation 626 you're showing is not the correct generation for this model Telstar. This Telstar is based on the GC model 626, whereas the 626 you reviewed is the later GD generation. That said, this Telstar is virtually identical to the 626 it is based on. Only the front and rear fascia are different, but everything else like doors, glass, interior, and every mechanical nut and bolt is identical to the 626 (not the USDM model though, which did have a fuel injected engine). There's a Motorweek Retro video here on youtube for that 626.

[@barristanselmy2758]

I have the mark 1 sedan. 1983, it's my brothers but i drive it keep it alive. Has all the gauges in the taco unit. Same wheels. Sedan not hatchback. Loud as fuck stock exhaust.

[@garrettraakman6465]

So strange and quirky

[@ses140]

this car looks like a mazda 626 gc or mazda 626 1985 with a smalls changes (sorry for my english)

[@paulsz6194]

Read the Wikipedia article on the Ford Telstar, then.

[@dave11686]

So cool!

[@reallyrandomrides1296]

Australia (and Japan) got so many cool cars we never got here!

[@MandusahRamirez]

It’s the same as a Mazda 626

[@cfc1001001cfc]

I think you've now reviewed a car with a Doug DeMuro level of quirks and features! Hope the rest of your stay in Florida goes well. 🙂

[@time2kickarse]

Lots of these were stolen in the 80's and are thin on the ground in Australia today besides the crappy mechanicals which took alot of them of the road too.

[@celsovera91]

If you ever go to Australia you should definitely review a holden ute. it’s their version of the El Camino

[@reallyrandomrides1296]

Yeah, car based pickups never went out of style in Australia. A friend of mine from down under tells me the term "ute" is comparable to "pickup" in the US, so really, any pickup would be called a Ute in Oz, like a Toyota Hilux (Tacoma), Ford F150, etc. For some reason, people outside Australia think "ute" is the term for car based pickups, but it's much broader.

[@stepha5926]

​@@reallyrandomrides1296yes, you can buy the Ford F150 in Australia, and it is called a UTE. *Nobody* uses the term "pick-up" in Australia for ANY vehicle. That's a distinctly American term.

[@BigMacOsaurusRex]

As an European I find the cultural differences very interesting. By the way I'm very happy to have discovered your youtube channel because I'm very curious when it comes to seeing normal cars from another time so I subscribed.😀 Here this car is a Mazda 626 Liftback from the 80s. I wasn't really around back then, but there were 5 forms of cars back then. "Sedan" (or "saloon" or "limo" depending on the country and the size of the car), "Coupe", "hatchback" (like the VW Golf for example), "Break" (or "Station Wagon" depending on the country) and "Liftback" (the cars that looked like "Sedan", but the rear window went up when you opened the trunk). Today the names change. For example a "Sedan" in the 80s/90s was called a "Berline", but today a "Berline" also refers to all cars in the shape of a "Hatchback" which is (unfortunately in my opinion) very popular here. Audi renamed its A3 "Hatchback" to "Sportback" 😵 and the "Liftback" shape disappeared in the second half of the 2000s and when this shape came back a little bit in fashion like at BMW for example these cars were named "Grand Sport" or then "GT Coupe". All this because by counting the trunk as a door these cars are considered as 5-door cars EXCEPT if there is nothing to frame the windows of the 4 passenger doors, then it is considered as a "coupe". It's messy and I'm not even talking about SUVs. 😅And in the US how did all this evolve?

[@mitchsays1]

Looks like a Saab crossed with a Mitsubishi.

[@galinagajik191]

This is not the sedan. This is the lift back… quite a boat of a car compared to the sedan. Both have very large trunk space. Hermitage Red Tx5 hatchback. Lovely. They are great on road, heavy body… with good tyres they handle very well.

[@xdub669]

Posting from Australia. We had one in our family, a 1983 Silver TX5 Ghia Hatch much like this but slightly different. These were built by Ford in Australia, not Japan. Based on 626 to a degree otherwise almost completely redesigned and built downunder. The engine was built in Ford's i4 plant 5 in Geelong Victoria along with much of Fords Australian content. I was taken by my dad through the plant 5 back then, I was about 14. Dad, a 32 year long tool grinder kept the tooling going for Ford all those years as their No1 toolie till about 2000. I too worked there later on but Ford switched to fully imported Telstar's to Australian design in Japan by 1987 which was the Ford Telstar AT Series. I had one of those too. Very nice even by todays standards. I could say alot about this topic but I'll leave it there Great Video, thanks for doing it..!

[@TrentJordan3198]

This car is built by Mazda in Japan, but sold new in Australia. Re the musical "door open/key in ignition" chime, this was ahead of its time back in the mid-80's. Mazda 626's have that also (only in Mazda 626 cars sold new in Australia, UK and Europe). Anyone in New Zealand who owned a GC Ford Telstar/Mazda 626 (assembled in NZ), does it have the musical chime on said cars sold new in NZ? And was the musical chime also in JDM Mazda Capellas/Ford Telstars sold new in Japan? The previous-gen (CB) Mazda 626/Capella had a mechanical "ding-dong" chime (you know, the ones you hear in old Nissan/Datsuns, Hyundais, and Subarus from the 80's and 90's) when the door is open with key in ignition (but only in CB Mazda 626/Capella cars sold new in Australia, UK, Europe, and even Japan).

[@johnd8892]

The early model Telstars like this one were assembled in Australia with some local content. By the 1988/89 model , that I owned., they were imported from Japan and some Ford version sold in Japan for those who wanted something a bit different in Japan.

[@rocksteady141]

I've got the 1987 Ford Anniversary Telstar Assembled in NZ love this car won't ever sell it. Did the aussies ever get this model Ive only ever seen it in NZ. multi point fuel injected. I will check later about the chime later

[@juncorpuzjr.1931]

Mine is 1983 telstar / sedan

[@calvin4319]

We need a Mercury marauder review watched some of your old panther reviews and haven’t seen one

[@stepha5926]

There is *no way* that's a 1986. 🙄 That generation of Telstar finished production in 1985! The updated model (which looks very different to this) was released in late 1985. Do you have any proof that's a 1986?

[@turbo_alice]

7:16 so, how did you get out ? should really include a bloopers section after the outro to show the struggle of getting through to the front of the car

[@reallyrandomrides1296]

Probably required a not-so-graceful climbing into the front seat area to get out one of the front doors. Or maybe lowering the window and using the outside door handle. Probably a child safety lock was engaged.

[@kayjayautomotivevisualz4005]

Nice import Ford

[@barristanselmy2758]

The exhaust on that one is deff not stock.

[@flipflopthong2]

That's a 1983-1985 model tuned for leaded petrol. There was a 1986 facelift around the time when unleaded petrol became the norm - and the digital dash was deleted. The 626 shown is the next generation - the next-gen Telstar had the same 2.2i engine in all but the base model. All Telstars were badged-engineered 626s with the first 2 generations assembled in Australia. They were also available as a 4 door sedan. Base models were quite plain. Ghia spec was luxurious. Compared to Europe, Australia was lucky to have Telstar and Laser instead of Sierra and Escort in the 80s and 90s.

[@abuyadope6811]

Should call it aeroback not hatchback

[@akmc3313]

WHO'S THAT POKÉMON???

[@dalemcauley9129]

All cars in the 80s in Australia did not have cupholders even the Europeans that come to Australia did not have cupholders even Australian made cars like Holden and Ford did not have cupholders so why don’t you do a little bit of history check way back in the 80s and see all cars did not come with cupholders and it sounds like you have a problem with Australia

[@jadesmith6823]

This ❤️🙏🙌❤️

[@galinagajik191]

Lmao when he realises the child lock is on 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣 he’s Hillarious

[@jacobfleming565]

Telestar sounds like a pay phone

[@reallyrandomrides1296]

Except it's TELstar (not TELEstar), without the extra "e" but I'm sure many people pronounced the name incorrectly, then and now.

[@RCBushBasherDownUnder]

we have Telstra as a leading mobile phone network here in Australia 🇭🇲

[@galinagajik191]

The tx5s were the only ones that were made with electric Windows in that series. And the front seats in the tx5 had bigger bolsters. Sedans were more simplistic.

[@stepha5926]

The TX5 *Ghias* were the only ones. The base TX5 didn't have power windows.

[@callumfreebairn8082]

digital dashes of that era were unreliable..

[@Bobman84]

Some had faults, but mine is still working in 2023!

[@fes121tas]

Love the Tasmanian special interest plates!

[@AngelHernandez-ls5wr]

The mazda 626 U.S.A. version is more more beautiful than this.💩🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@AngelHernandez-ls5wr]

I don't like this version this is ugly specially in the front and rear ends the mazda 626 U.S.A. version is more beautiful and elegant than this.🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️