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Registered: 27/02/1998
Brighton registered.
Mileage: 71,299 miles (June 2019).
Sixth gen Civics enjoy a relatively high survival rate, though this one had gone by the end of 2020.
Scaled from the 2004 Renault Clio, this Technic model has standard PF components, as well as working front lights and steering wheel.
Specifications
- 1x L motor at 1:1.67
- 1x Servo
- functional doors & hood
- functional boot (battery access)
- working steering wheel
- working front lights
- 36Lx15Wx13H (chassis, in studs)
- 808g
Seen at the rear end of a 1988 RENAULT R11 5 Velocidades Phase III.
The R11 and the 1981-89 R9 shared the same body. But only this R11 had a hatchback rear end, as the R9 was a 4-door saloon.
Designed by Robert Opron (Fr. 1932).
Rarely seen nowadays.
Production R11 Phase III: 1987-1989.
Production in France: 1983-1989, world wide till 2000.
Original Spanish reg. number: 1988 (Barcelona).
Number seen: 2.
Barcelona (Sp.), Carrer de los Castillejos, May 3, 2017.
© 2017 Sander Toonen Amsterdam | All Rights Reserved
An FSO Warszawa in the less common hatchback version in the Technical Museum Krakow (Poland). 5.9.007
Car: Autobianchi A112 Abarth.
Engine: 1,050cc in-line 4.
Fuel: Petrol.
Power: 70 BHP.
Top Speed: 96 MPH.
0-60: 12.9 s.
Weight: 700 kg.
Body: 3 door hatchback.
Layout: Front engine, front wheel drive.
Years of production: 1969 to 1986.
Date taken: 27th July 2025.
In 1975, this and a couple of other 3-drs hatchbacks were built, based on the 240 and the 260. They were purely design studies, never intended to reach production.
Volvo Museum
Arendals Skans
405 08 Göteborg
Sweden
July 2012
Fiat began designing the Ritmo hatchback – as a replacement for the 128 sedan – in 1972, following the body style of its 127 supermini as European manufacturers began launching small family hatchbacks, notably the Volkswagen Golf in 1974.
Prior to its launch, the press speculated that the project codename 138 would be the final production name, however, Fiat instead gave its new car the Ritmo name, rather than another three digit number. Offered in 3- and 5-door hatchback and cabriolet body styles – from 1978 to 1988 with two facelifts.
The Ritmo was manufactured at the Cassino plant using a system developed by its subsidiary Comau, the "Robogate" system – which automated the bodyshell assembly and welding process using robots, giving rise to its advertising slogan "Handbuilt by robots", immortalised in a television advertising campaign showing the robots assembling the Ritmo bodyshells to the strains of Rossini's The Barber of Seville. The exterior has plastic bumper fascias integrated into the styling which combined strong round shapes with overall sharp lines, achieving a drag coefficient of Cd=0.38.
Seen in Horley, Surrey. Unfortunately I only have this dashcam image.
Registration number: K779 FKY
✓ Taxed Tax due: 01 December 2017
✓ MOT Expires: 26 September 2017
Vehicle details
Vehicle make FORD
Date of first registration 19 January 1993
Year of manufacture 1993
Cylinder capacity (cc) 1998 cc
Fuel type PETROL
Export marker No
Vehicle status Tax not due
Vehicle colour RED
Number of owners: 5
Current owner since June 2003
Mileage at last MOT: 90,594
Mileage since previous MOT: 1,359
Remarkably clean MOT history.
Seen in Burgh Heath, Surrey.
F689 OJM
✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 April 2018
✓ MOT Expires: 8 March 2018
Vehicle make: VAUXHALL
Date of first registration: 6 February 1989
Year of manufacture: 1989
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1196 cc
Fuel type: PETROL
Export marker: No
Vehicle status: Tax not due
Vehicle colour: RED
Number of owners: 3
Current owner since Jan 2007
Mileage at last MOT: 94,629
Mileage since previous MOT: 3,608
Fifth generation
International (GE; 1991–1997)
Overview:
Also calledMazda 626
Mazda Cronos (Japan)
ɛ̃fini MS-6
Ford Telstar
Autozam Clef
ProductionNovember 1991 – 1997
AssemblyJapan: Hofu
Colombia: Bogotá
United States: Flat Rock, Michigan (AAI)
DesignerYasuo Aoyagi (1989)
Body and chassis
Body style4-door sedan
5-door hatchback
LayoutTransverse front-engine, front-wheel drive
Transverse front-engine, four-wheel drive
PlatformMazda GE platform
RelatedMazda MX-6
Ford Probe
Powertrain
Engine
1.8 L FP I4
2.0 L FS-DE I4
2.0 L KF-ZE V6
2.5 L KL-DE V6
2.5 L KL-ZE V6
2.0 L RFT Comprex diesel I4
Transmission5-speed manual
4-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase2,610 mm (102.8 in)
Length4,670–4,695 mm (183.9–184.8 in) (sedan/hatchback)
Width1,750 mm (68.9 in)
Height1,400 mm (55.1 in)
Curb weight1,180–1,340 kg (2,601–2,954 lb) (sedan/hatchback)
For the fifth generation, GE series sedan and hatchback, the Capella name was dropped—although export markets retained the 626 title. Its nameplate replacements, the Mazda Cronos (sedan) and ɛ̃fini MS-6 (hatchback) that launched in November 1991 were pitched to Japanese customers instead. Built on the GE platform, the hatchback-only MS-6 was launched under the ɛ̃fini brand, as a separate car from the sedan-only Cronos, as Mazda was at the beginning of an ambitious five-brand expansion plan of doubling sales. Including the badge-engineered Ford Telstar (sold at Japanese Ford dealerships called Autorama), the Mazda MX-6 coupe, and the Autozam Clef, a total of five cars were spawned off the same platform, launched under four different brands in Japan over a two-year period.
All of these models ended their production run prematurely, most likely due to the difficulties involved in promoting so many new nameplates as the Japanese economy began to feel the effects of the recession as a result of the Japanese asset price bubble from 1985-1991. While the MS-6 shared the Cronos GE platform, it was marketed as the more sporty of the two. The Capella badge lived on with the wagon/van versions on the previous GV series until 1999. Until 1989, Japanese car taxation used a car's width as a key determinant. The Cronos and its siblings all exceed the critical 1,700 mm (66.9 in) level in width. The series GE platform shared the same width dimension as the luxury brand ɛ̃fini MS-8 and ɛ̃fini MS-6, sharing the 2.5 V6. Moving in accord with early-1990s zeitgeist, Mazda considered width a key factor in the Cronos' sales failure, and proceeded to create a narrower stopgap model from the CG platform. This car was introduced in 1994 as the new CG series Capella sedan.
Export
Nonetheless, the GE Cronos and MS-6 continued to be sold as the Mazda 626 in nearly all export markets. The 626 was again Wheels magazine's Car of the Year for a second time in 1992.
The European (E-spec) and Asian (JDM) models had many differences versus the North American (A-spec) models. These include: raised turn signal side markers vs the A-Spec flush mounted side markers, small fog lights with silver bezels vs the A-Spec full fitting fog lights, different interior cloth patterns, projector headlamps (glass lenses), a 1.8 L FP engine, and a hatchback model. Europe also received a diesel-engined version, using the "Comprex" pressure-wave supercharged RF engine seen in the previous generation JDM Capella. Power in Europe is 75 PS (55 kW) ECE at 4000 rpm, while the Japanese model claims 82 PS (60 kW) JIS at the same engine speed.[15]
For the first time for a Mazda, the 626 began overseas manufacture manufacture in the US at Flat Rock, Michigan on 1 September 1992 for the 1993 model year. The car was originally known as the "626 Cronos" in Canada, but dropped the Cronos for the 1996 model year. Mazda's 2.5 L V6 engine debuted to rave reviews. Though the 626's manual transmission was highly regarded, Four-cylinder 626s from 1994 onwards used the Ford CD4E automatic transmission (designated by Mazda as LA4A-EL), which was an attempt to solve some of the 1993 model's transmission related issues. The CD4E was manufactured by Ford at their Batavia, Ohio facility. The CD4E was manufactured in Batavia, Ohio under the partnership name of ZF Batavia; a joint venture between Ford and ZF Friedrichshafen AG. It wasn't until a few years after the fourth generation of the Mazda 626 was produced that it became known for its extremely high failure rate, thus making the change in 1994 to the CD4E an irrelevant one. It is widely known to transmission specialists that the CD4E overheats due to a poorly designed valve body and torque converter. Mazda issued a couple of Technical Service Bulletins (0400502, 01598, 003/97K, 006/95) regarding the transmission and torque converter. Dealerships were briefly instructed to install an external transmission cooler, but at cost to the owner and only if requested. The CD4E was produced until 2008 at Batavia. No recall was ever issued for a single year of the CD4E, causing a loss of confidence from the general public in years to come. In 1994, a passenger side airbag was added, whilst some models of the 1994 and 1995 Mazda 626 2.0L automatics were outfitted with Ford's EEC-IV diagnostic system. In North America, the V6 spread to the LX trim in addition to the leather ES trim. New for 1996 and 1997 models were a redesigned hood (raised center portion), chrome grille fairing (attached to the hood), and the introduction of the On Board Diagnostics II revision (OBD-II).
In Colombia the car was named 626 Matsuri to differentiate from the past version that was sold at the same time.
Mazda New Zealand assembled this generation for four years with few changes. Ford's variants (since 1987 all built in the same Ford-Mazda joint venture Vehicle Assemblers of New Zealand (VANZ) factory in Wiri, South Auckland) had minor styling and equipment differences (the top Telstar hatchback had an electric sunroof) and anti-lock brakes were now standard on some models, for which factory engineers had to build a special test rig at the end of the assembly line. These were also the first 626/Telstar models to have factory fitted air conditioning, though only on the top Limited (626) and TX-5 Ghia (Telstar) five-door hatchbacks.
[Text from Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Capella
The version shown here is a International-Specification 626 Liftback.
This miniland-scale Lego Mazda 626 Capella Sedan (GE - 1991) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 92nd Build Challenge, - "Stuck in the 90's", - all about vehicles from the decade of the 1990s.
I heard it said that women drive cars, but men have love affairs with them. The risk of course in a romance is that you'll have your moments of passion but also torment. The latter I've had with some of the cars that I've owned, but never with my beloved TUD. She came into my life in 1998 and though not sleek and sexy like a Ferrari or Lamborghini, she stole my heart.
Small and nimble she could zip around corners, park in the tightest of places and "run on the smell of an oily rag" .TUD never broke down and was happy to run in the worst of weather. I finally had to break off our affair earlier this year prior to moving north to Queensland where I would need a more powerful and larger vehicle. There where tears in my eyes when I saw her being taken to a wreckers yard.