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The Mazda Demio (マツダ・デミオ, Matsuda Demio) is a subcompact/supermini/B-segment small car manufactured by Mazda since 1996. While sold across four generations in the domestic Japanese market, the Demio nameplate was rarely used outside of Japan, where it was usually called the Mazda2.
2000 Mazda 121 (DW) When it came to redesigning the Revue, Mazda came up with a tall hatchback, minivan-esque package. Introduced in a time full of negative press coverage, the Demio became a surprise hit for Mazda in Japan, and also foreshadowed the current crop of B-segment minivans such as the Opel Meriva, Fiat Idea and the Renault Modus.
Mazda Demio / Mazda 121 / Ford Festiva Mini Wagon [4] 1996–2002: Based on the DB. DY Mazda2 / Mazda Demio: 2002–2007: Platform co-engineered with Ford, which uses it as their B1 platform. [9] DC Mazda Verisa: 2004–2015: DE Mazda2 / Mazda Demio [10] 2007–2014: Platform co-engineered with Ford, which uses it as their B3 platform. [11] [9 ...
Mazda had used a number of different marques in the Japan market, including Autozam, Eunos, and Efini, although they have been phased out. In the early 1990s Mazda almost created a luxury marque, Amati , to challenge Acura , Infiniti , and Lexus in North America, but this never happened, leaving the near-luxury Millenia to the Mazda brand.
Due to the popularity of used imports from Japan, and their relatively poor crash-test ratings, the New Zealand Ministry of Transport is currently investigating tougher restrictions on imported vehicles, most notably on the importation of the Toyota Corolla, Mazda 2 (Demio) and Suzuki Swift. [9]
Mazda Motor Corporation (マツダ株式会社, Matsuda Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan. [5] The company was founded on January 30, 1920, as Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd., a cork-making factory, by Jujiro Matsuda.
The Mazda B-series is a small-sized, iron-block, inline four-cylinder engine with belt-driven SOHC and DOHC valvetrain ranging in displacement from 1.1 to 1.8 litres. It was used in a wide variety of applications, from front-wheel drive economy vehicles to the turbocharged full-time 4WD 323 GTX and rear-wheel drive Miata.
The Mazda 121 name has been used on a variety of Mazda automobiles for various export markets from 1975 until 2002: 1975–1981 — Piston engined variants of the second generation Mazda Cosmo sports car; 1986–1991 — First generation Ford Festiva; subcompact car; 1991–1998 — Autozam Revue; subcompact four-door sedan