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The Ford Laser was a restyled version of the Familia/323 models produced by Mazda in Japan from 1980 onwards. Ford had acquired a 25% stake in Mazda in 1979.
In Australia, New Zealand and Europe where Ford was seen as a 'local' brand, the Laser outsold its Mazda twin, but in neighbouring Asian countries, such as Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, as well as Japan itself, the reverse was the case. However, pooling resources with Mazda allowed Ford to maintain a foothold in the region. This was also the case in South America, Africa, and the Caribbean, where the Laser was also sold, in many cases being locally assembled.
KA/KB (1981–1985)
The KA Laser, built under license from Mazda, was introduced in March 1981. In January 1983 it underwent a facelift to become the KB.[8] Light changes were made to the rear, while the front was redesigned in a more modern style, aligning it with Ford's corporate look of the era. Originally sold only with the 1.3 liter engine, the smaller 1.1 liter engine was never available in Australia. Later, 1.5 liter versions were added, eventually even a turbocharged version.
Aside from being built in Australia and Japan, some Lasers were also assembled in New Zealand. New Zealand-built Laser hatchbacks were available with the 1.1 liter (Ritz), 1.3 liter (GL), and 1.5 liter (Sports) engines, while the Laser sedan (L, Ghia) was not available with the 1.1 liter engine. In some countries, such as Australia, the four-door saloon bodystyle was marketed as the "Ford Meteor".
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The Laser marked the first public vehicle change in the transition from Ford of Europe products to Ford Asia-Pacific (for now focused on Mazda, but later to include KIA from Korea).
The Laser was also the first front-wheel-drive Ford available in Australia. Curiously, the original remit for the Fiesta program was to have manufacture and assembly in Australia, beginning in 1976. Also, the Escort MkIII transitioned to a front-wheel-drive architecture in 1980. Perhaps the coinciding launch of the 1979 Ford Falcon XD was seen to be of greater financial focus, and Ford wished to maximise the return on their Mazda investment in the region.
The Laser nameplate went on to be a top seller in early years, and continued in Australian manufacture and assembly, in Sydney's Homebush Plant, until 1994.
This Lego miniland-scale Ford KA Laser Ghia Hatchback has been created for Flickr LUGNuts 85th Build Challenge, - "Like, Totally 80's", - for vehicles produced in the decade of the 1980s.
These 3-door hatchback 323's were always the rarest of the range, closely followed by the Saloons, which also seemed to be unpopular in the UK.
This one has got wheeltrims from a later Mazda 2, and original number plates from Blackpool Mazda Centre, which was situated probably less than a mile from where this picture was taken, so it has stayed very local for nearly 17 years.
Blackpool Mazda Centre closed about 9 years ago, and is now a housing development after standing idle as wasteground for several years.
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Ford Laser Hatchback that was Number one in its Class for many years for Ford. Came in 1.3, 1.6 & 1.8 Turbo Engines.
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" Dave R Spottedlaurel Well spotted, I thought it was something American. This must be the one that was up for sale a few times last year and had been converted into a hatch with Rover 800 bits"
Eurobricks is hosting a competition to design a SEAT model (part of the VW Group) to the 'miniland' scale.
www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=93189
The winning design will be showered with everlasting glory, as it is displayed in the miniland area of Legoland Billund.
The entry shown here is the most popular model in the current SEAT range - the B segment 'Ibiza', shown here in its forth generation model. The Ibiza is a co-developed model with the VW Polo on the B-Segment PQ24 platform. The model presented is the MkIV Updated 3-door hatchback, an ideal vehicle for families with young children, or as a second car, due to it's compact size, good visibility and maneuverability.
This is a car, called the TRS Ninja, which I made for so far the only Automation/BeamNG competition I've entered. You might think that it was a pretty straightforward affair since once the car is done it's done... right?
Wrong. Once exported to BeamNG, half the parts had a fuzzy white outline around them which I couldn't get rid of because that was the newest glitch that had decided to occur between the two games that week (with every Automation or Beam update something new breaks, this time it was fixture edges and tail lights). I had to live with that as I had no choice, BUT when imported back into Automation the body morphs would reset and some of the details and figures would change, meaning it was no longer within the parameters of the challenge it was made for.
After a long and annoying process of importing, exporting, making copies of cars in Automation and in BeamNG's mod folder I got a car that, once exported to Beam and then imported back into Automation retained its body mouldings and the performance figures had changed a fraction, but were still within what they needed to be. So that's what I had in the end, but I will not be impressed if the car that makes it into the challenge breaks itself upon importing to Automation.
For the actual car, all I can remember is it's a 4 cylinder turbo front wheel drive! But as you can see, it has all the important features like pop-up headlights, an intercooler and yellow pin-striping around the edges of the wheel rims. It's got brakes too, and door handles, and a differential which I think is of the limited slip variety. Flat out it does somewhere in the region of 120mph.