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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.
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] DH DJ Mazda2 / Mazda Demio [12] 2014–present: DL Mazda2 / Mazda Demio [12] DK Mazda CX-3
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.
Five Mazda engineers were awarded the 2011 Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Medal on April 20, 2012 for their development of this engine. [11] It was first used in the Mazda Demio 1.3-Skyactiv—the only Skyactiv engine to be paired with a CVT. [12] [13] It is rated at 62 kW (84 PS; 83 hp) and 113 N⋅m (83 lbf⋅ft). [14] Applications:
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; 1996–2002 — First generation Mazda Demio; subcompact car (in countries where the Fiesta-based "121" was not sold)
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 ...
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)