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The Millenia was originally planned as the one of the first models for Mazda's proposed luxury brand Amati. At the time of its release, it was the first and only production car in the world to employ a Miller cycle engine, [3] [4] a design which Mazda would not use again for six more years until the second generation Mazda2.
In engineering, the Miller cycle is a thermodynamic cycle used in a type of internal combustion engine. The Miller cycle was patented by Ralph Miller, an American engineer, U.S. patent 2,817,322 dated Dec 24, 1957. The engine may be two-or four-stroke and may be run on diesel fuel, gases, or dual fuel. [1]
Mazda's strength since the 1960s has been in its line of Inline-4 engines. Beginning with a tiny 358 cc kei car engine, one of the smallest ever made, Mazda continues to this day to be a leading developer of this type of engine. OHV engine – 358 cc–1.2 L OHV I4 (1961–1974) xC engine – 1.0 L–2.0 L SOHC I4 (1965–1983)
V8 engine: LS1 OHV Mazda: 2.3 L: V6 engine: KJ-ZEM DOHC Miller cycle Supercharged: Mazda Millenia: Mercedes-Benz: 3.2 L: V6 engine: M112 E32 SOHC Nissan: 3.0 L: V6 engine: VQ30DE DOHC Toyota: 4.0 L: V8 engine: 1UZ-FE DOHC Volkswagen Group: 1.8 L: Inline-four engine: EA827/EA113 20valve Turbo DOHC Turbocharged: 1997 [citation needed] Audi ...
Though the Millenia (and its Miller-type V6 engine) were discontinued in 2002, the company introduced a much smaller Miller-cycle four-cylinder engine for use in its Demio in 2008. Mazda3 Further financial difficulties at Mazda during the 1990s ( partly caused by losses related to the 1997 Asian financial crisis [ citation needed ] ) caused ...
The people, the processes, I took them with me.” [4] While plans to import the Eunos 500 were scrapped, the Eunos 800 still entered the American market as scheduled in early 1994, with certain features like the four-wheel steering removed, as the Mazda Millenia. It replaced the Mazda 929 as the brand's flagship on the American market after 1995.
The 1.8 L (1,845 cc) K8 is among the smallest production V6 engines ever; and also the first K-series engine to be used in a Mazda car (in the Mazda MX-3).It was a DOHC 4-valve design with VRIS and a bore and stroke of 75 mm × 69.6 mm (2.95 in × 2.74 in).
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. Many Mazda vehicles have been rebadged and sold with the Ford brand during the alliance of both companies. Most are noted in the pages of ...