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The long side extensions represent wings for agility and speed. Symbol and corporate mark as seen on most Mazda cars from the Mazda R until Between andMazda did not have an official symbol, only a stylized version of its name; the previous мазда family "m" symbol was still used in some dealerships up until the s, but later on a мазда family blue square next to the Mazda name was often used on dealer signs and documentation.
InMazda adopted a corporate symbol which was to represent a sun and a flame standing for heartfelt passion. This is commonly referred to in Mazda enthusiast circles мазда family the "cylon" logo. This is sometimes referred to as the "eternal flame" logo. It also represented the design of the rotary engine that Mazda was famous for. Wikimedia Commons has мазда family related to Mazda.
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Bongo Мазда family. Crossover SUV. The first production Familia, styled by a мазда family Giorgetto Giugiaro while working at Carrozzeria Bertoneappeared in October The van was joined in April by a plusher Familia wagon, in October by мазда family four-door sedan, and in November by a two-door sedan.
The "flat deck" design of the sedan versions was reportedly inspired by the Chevrolet Corvair. The Familia was sold in other markets as the The Familia was introduced to the Japanese market мазда family time for the Summer Olympics which began in October. The cars used a cc, " SA " four-stroke aluminum straight-four enginealso known as the "white engine". There was also a pickup version available from November мазда family Around the same time, the engine was upgraded, adding three horsepower.
Production of the sedan continued until Novemberwhile the van versions continued until they were replaced in February Primary sources below are listed at the head of each column, information sourced elsewhere is referenced directly in the relevant cells.
Data is for models as marketed in the Japanese domestic market. It was sold as the "Mazda " in some markets. In this form, the car was мазда family exhibited in Europe at the Paris Motor Show in the autumn of that year. From model year on the Familia was also available with the new overhead camshaft 1.
At the same time, the range received a light facelift including a chrome strip around the front grille. The wagons мазда family received prominent extraction vents on the rear flanks.
The Familia was exported as the "Mazda мазда family, and replaced the previous generation model in most markets. All three models were available as either Standard or Deluxe.
The five-door Мазда family range was gradually expanded downwards as the three-door models dropped in popularity. Мазда family "" was offered in the United States in and again for the model year.
US-market models had round sealed-beam headlamps mounted in pill-shaped bezels fitting the original openings.
It was replaced by the somewhat larger Grand Familia the next year.
The model returned for as the base-model economy Mazda. The company then focused on performance for the next two years, dropping the мазда family car. The rotary engined R has a unique front end design, with a more prominent pointed hood, grille, and bumper. Inside, the cars were more sumptuously appointed with plusher seats and chrome plated accents, full sized interior door trim panels, a floor mounted handbrake lever, and a unique cockpit styled dashboard with full instrumentation.
Mazda referred to this dashboard as the "T-Dash", and fitted it to top spec мазда family engined variants of мазда family Familia on the Japanese market as well as the rotary models. In Japan, the installation of a rotary engine gave Japanese buyers a financial advantage when it came time to pay the annual road tax in that they bought a car that was more powerful than a traditional inline engine, but without having the penalty for having an engine in the higher 1.
This was the only generation of the Familia that had the rotary engine offered. When Mazda updated the rotary engine to single distributor design in late with a raft of improvements to мазда family reliability and fuel economy, the smaller 10A engine was discontinued.
Upgrading the Familia Rotary to the 12A engine would have cost мазда family car its tax advantage in Japan, and мазда family decision to discontinue it was made, despite the Familia body continuing production for some years to follow. The R was one of the first Mazda cars imported into the United States for the new Mazda Motors of America, sold in model years and Due to US regulations it was released in North America with round headlights fitted in place of the rectangular lights fitted in all мазда family markets.
It was a surprising hit with the American public, though sales were limited to some Northwestern states initially. Next, the company took on the touring car endurance challenge at Spathe Spa 24 Hours.
The cars came fifth and sixth the first year мазда family a quartet of Porsche s. This time, three of the Mazdas retired, with the fourth claiming the fifth position. Mazda also turned its attention to Le Mans in with rotary-powered prototypes. The company finally won that race 21 years later with the B. But with мазда family advent of the s energy crisisthe Familia began to experience an increase in sales due to better fuel economy, so the Familia remained in Japan and Europe, and Mazda decided to offer the Grand Familia and Savanna as larger, performance enhanced alternatives.
It is better known by its export market names Mazda, and RX It was promoted and marketed as the "Widebody" in Japan. The van and wagon did receive some superficial changes to their bodywork, but retained мазда family narrower track of the preceding model.
Unlike the truck, the vans also used the "Familia Presto" name. Chassis codes are SPCV for the 1. Standard and Deluxe versions were available, with the Deluxe also offering five-door bodywork.
Production of the second generation Familia ended in Januarybut not before мазда family minor facelift мазда family emissions scrubbing had taken place in February The Familia Presto Van continued largely unchanged until the summer ofaside from the 1.
From October untilKia Motors manufactured a pick up variant of the second generation Familia as the "Kia Brisa" at their first integrated automobile manufacturing facility, the Sohari Plant in Мазда familySouth Korea. Production came to мазда family end after the new military dictator Chun Doo-hwan enforced industry consolidation, meaning Kia had мазда family give up passenger cars and focus entirely on light trucks.
The original version of the Brisa received a slightly different front end from the original Familia, featuring мазда family headlights. Later, single headlights were used. In total, 31, Brisa passenger cars were built. There was a choice of hatchbacks and station wagon bodies, мазда family available мазда family a three- or five-door bodystyle. The station wagon version was a bit later, first being introduced in Junewhich also meant that the commercial versions based on the Familia could finally be retired.
The 1. The new Familia shared many parts with the older Mazda Grand Familia. This was the first appearance of the name, for export markets only. The Familia AP was marketed to a new kind of youthful Japanese consumer, and sold very well at home as well as abroad. Nonetheless, the cars traditional rear-wheel-drive underpinnings limited interior space and betrayed themselves in having a very narrow track when compared to the body.
The range was replaced inhowever, the station wagon models мазда family in production until In Мазда family the 1. A five-speed manual gearbox was introduced later as an alternative to the original four-speed manual gearbox.
A three-speed automatic gearbox was also available on the bigger engined models, мазда family was first introduced on the мазда family the end of June мазда family A facelift however was given to the wagons inwhich gave the models the мазда family clip albeit with different bumpers of the front-wheel-drive models.
Production of the wagons continued towhen a new front-wheel-drive model was introduced. Originally available with мазда family 1. The new GLC overlapped with the old-style Mizer for part of and was produced through before being replaced by the next-generation GLC. Мазда family marketing campaign in the U. In South Africa, the five-door-only proved an immediate success.
A cc model was also available in South Africa — however this model мазда family not have a Mazda engine, unlike the rest of the range.
In Indonesia the third generation Familia was marketed by IndoMobil Group twice, the first time as the hatchback мазда family toand the second time around as the low-cost, low-price "Mazda MR90" hatchback between December [47] [48] and"Mazda Мазда family Boomers" hatchback between andand as the "Mazda Vantrend" station wagon between and This was scuppered by the appearance of the Timor project.
The MR90 and its successors did see limited exports to small markets such as Мазда family.
The s versions built by Indomobil have modernized headlights same as on the North American market Мазда family and bumpers. It was developed with input from Fordwhich in had acquired мазда family stake in the Japanese manufacturer, and had a twin called the Ford Laser and Ford Meteor, for its four-door sedan model in Australia. At its introduction мазда familyit won the first Car of the Year Japan Award.
The smallest 1. The most powerful version was мазда family as the мазда family GT" in European markets. It had a particularly small мазда family, for better low-end response. Period commentators complimented its linear and smooth power delivery. Claimed outputs in the Japanese market were considerably higher than in export countries, due to the differing JIS standard rather than DIN.
Period sources suggest subtracting ten percent from the JIS numbers. This particular Familia was a strong comeback for Mazda in the Japanese market, even outselling the Toyota Corolla on several occasions.
The four-door sedan was equipped with a reverse-rake front grille and lights in the Japanese market, to make it appear more "senior". The existing station wagon version, simply a facelifted version of the previous rear-drive model fitted with the square headlights and grille from the new modelwas sold мазда family parallel with the BD. The TC 1. The front-wheel-drive was introduced in Europe in Septembernearly simultaneously to its мазда family and competitor the Ford Escort.
The four-door sedan version followed in Januaryand one month later automatic-equipped models became available to European buyers.
The Mazda MPV is a minivan manufactured by Mazda. Introduced in as a rear-wheel-drive model with optional selectable four-wheel drive, this was replaced in with a front-wheel-drive version with optional all-wheel-drive in some markets. Over one million Assembly: Hiroshima, Japan (Hiroshima Plant).
In model yeardual zone air conditioning became an optional feature on the LX it had been standard on the LX in Australian models were available with three seats in the second row, and мазда family seats in the third row instead of a folding third row. Init earned a "Poor" rating in the side-impact crash test мазда family the optional side airbags, indicating that high injuries to the driver and rear occupant are possible. The second row reclining seats featured an unusual retracting footrest feature.
The gear shift was moved from the steering column to the center console, much like most other minivans by Japanese automakers today. The 4WD and Мазда family models are available only in the domestic Japanese market, while all export models usually known as Mazda8 are naturally мазда family FWD models only. Ina facelifted version was introduced.
External modifications include a new front bumper with new foglights. Six-speed Automatics remained in мазда family turbo and 4WD models. Turbo models were discontinued in A Malaysian version was introduced that year, making this the fourth market in мазда family the third generation Mazda MPV was мазда family be sold.
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