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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.
An FSO Warszawa in the less common hatchback version in the Technical Museum Krakow (Poland). 5.9.007
The second generation DS 4 Hatchback was unveiled on 3 February 2021. It is meant as a replacement for the DS 5 which was discontinued in 2018 and is based on the PSA EMP2 platform of PSA Group. The car comes in three models, DS4 Crossback, DS4 Performance Line, and the main DS4 hatchback.
The car is intended to compete with the BMW 1 Series and Audi A3 hatchback, and will also compete with the Mercedes-Benz A-Class Hatchback.
DS 4 E-TENSE hybrid version will be available. As for gasoline engines, the DS 4 will have options of PureTech engines with a power of 130, 180, or 220 PS.
The 2021 DS 4 will go on sale in the fourth quarter of 2021. It was designed in Paris, but will be produced in Opel's Rüsselsheim plant.
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MOC Hatchback, nothing fancy. First created in MLCad, then built with real bricks. This is the original MLCad model.
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The Renault 16 is a car with an at first unusual hatchback body, produced by French automaker Renault between 1965 and 1980 in Le Havre, France. The reviewer in the May 1965 edition of the English "Motoring Illustrated" described the car as follows: "The Renault Sixteen can thus be described as a large family car but one that is neither a four door saloon and nor is it quite an estate. But, importantly, it is a little different."
The R16 was voted European Car of the Year by a board of European motoring journalists in 1966. Over 1,845,959 R16s were produced during the model's lifetime.
Series production started in March 1965 at the company's recently completed Sandouville plant, a few kilometers to the east of Le Havre.The car sold well in most of Europe, winning praise for its spacious and comfortable interior. Equipment levels were also high for the price.
Production of the Renault 16 lasted until 1980 when it was finally replaced by the less successful Renault 20. Even by this stage, when it was nearly 15 years old, the Renault 16 was still one of the most popular and highly rated family cars on sale in Europe.
By the time the Renault 16 ceased production most other European manufacturers had at least one hatchback on sale. At the time Renault had six hatchbacks on sale, the R4, R5, R6, R14, R20 and R30.
One peculiarity of the R16 design is that the two back wheel shafts were not in-line. The left wheelbase was 70 mm (2.76 in) longer than the right wheelbase, to accommodate the torsion bar suspension.
When the Renault 16 was launched, rumours of industrial espionage on Citroen's project F abounded but were unproved.
(Wikipedia)
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1961 erteilte der damalige Leiter von Renault, Pierre Dreyfus, den Auftrag zur Entwicklung eines neuen, familientauglichen Fahrzeuges. Gaston Juchet entwarf daraufhin das Design des R16. Das Resultat war eine Mischform aus Stufenheckkarosserie und Kombi.
Ab dem 2. Dezember 1964 wurde die Nullserie gefertigt, im Januar 1965 begann die Serienproduktion. Er gilt als das erste Fahrzeug mit einer Schrägheckkarosserie in der oberen Mittelklasse und wurde in einem neu gebauten Werk in Sandouville bei Le Havre produziert. 1965 wurde der R16 zum Auto des Jahres 1966 gewählt. Die Bauweise von Frontmotor und Frontantrieb in Verbindung mit einem Schrägheck wurde später in der Autokompaktklasse zum Standard, aber auch in der Mittelklasse und der gehobenen Mittelklasse gibt es hierfür ebenfalls Beispiele.
Von 1973 an wurde der Renault 16 in einer TX-Variante mit 93 PS angeboten, der sich äußerlich durch Doppelscheinwerfer von den übrigen Modellversionen unterschied. 1974 wich der Aluminiumgrill bei einer weiteren Überarbeitung einem aus Plastik.
Der Motor war längs hinter der Vorderachse (wie auch beim R4 und seit 1934 bei den großen Citroënmodellen 7, 11 und 15CV) angeordnet. Der R16 wurde ausschließlich als Fünftürer angeboten.
(Wikipedia)
The forth generation Ford Laser KJ series launched in 1994 as the mechanical twin of the Mazda Familia / 323 model.
The styling of the Laser differed from the Mazda models in sheetmetal and detail.
In Australia, the Laser was sold in three bodystyles, sedan, 5-door hatch, shown here, and called Laser Liata, and a 3-foor hatch, called Laser Lynx.
As with previous Laser models, the car depolyed inline 4-cylinder engines mounted transversely, driving the front wheels. In the case of the KJ series, two DOHC 16v engines were available in 1.6L (80 kW) and 1.8L (92 kW) capacities.
The Laser was also sold in Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan and Latin America, each market build a subset of models as appropriate for that market.
The KJ - KM Laser model was replaced in 1998 by the squared-off KN series, which differed to the equivalent Mazda model than had previously been the case.
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Britax Adventure high back booster behind driver, Britax Two Way Elite in middle(agreed on fixed position for both front seats) & Mothercare's Joie Steadi behind passenger seat.
A Datsun 210 hatchback - the most attractive body style 210/B310 in my opinion. At a car lot in Great Falls, Montana.