Mazda C platform
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The Mazda
C platform is an automobile platform
for midsize cars. It was derived from the Mazda G platform
used in the Mazda Capella
/626
. Unlike the wider, early-90s 626, cars based on the C platform were limited to 1700 mm in width.
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, an emergency marketing measure because many believed cars wider than 1700mm wouldn't sell well in Japan, and Mazda only had wider cars in the Capella/626's class then.
Mazda
is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...
C platform is an automobile platform
Automobile platform
An automobile platform is a shared set of common design, engineering, and production efforts, as well as major components over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of automobiles, often from different, but related marques...
for midsize cars. It was derived from the Mazda G platform
Mazda G platform
The Mazda G platform is an automobile platform for midsize cars. It has been used by a number of vehicles from Mazda in Japan and abroad.Prior to 1981, Mazda coded the rear wheel drive Capella platform as "S1" in the VIN code...
used in the Mazda Capella
Mazda Capella
The second generation rear-wheel drive Capella was available between 1978 and 1982, in both sedan and coupe forms. It was known on export markets as the Mazda 626, with the exception of the United Kingdom, where it was called the Mazda Montrose, the name was changed to honour the local Mazda...
/626
Mazda 626
The Mazda 626 is an automobile that was produced by Mazda for the export market. It was based on the Japan-market Mazda Capella. The 626 replaced the 616/618 and RX-2 in 1979 and was sold through 2002, when the new Mazda6 took over as Mazda's large family car...
. Unlike the wider, early-90s 626, cars based on the C platform were limited to 1700 mm in width.
CA
The CA platform was developed for Mazda's new upmarket Eunos marque. Just one car, sold under two names, used this platform.- 1992-1993 Eunos 500Eunos 500The Eunos 500 was a luxury car from Mazda's Eunos marque. The 500 was first shown to the public at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show, and Japanest launch followed soon in early 1992....
- 1992-1999 Xedos 6Xedos 6The Mazda Xedos 6 was a European-market luxury car based on the Mazda CA platform also used by the Mazda Capella. Identical to the Japan-market Eunos 500, it was produced for model years 1993 through 1999 and was available in two versions, the 1.6i and 2.0 V6.Despite the very similar appearance to...
CB
The platform was also used in the Mazda LantisMazda Lantis
The Mazda Lantis was a series of two cars sold in Japan from 1993 to 1996. In the rest of the world it was also known as 323F, Astina, Allegro Hatchback or Artis Hatchback....
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- 1993-1997 Mazda LantisMazda LantisThe Mazda Lantis was a series of two cars sold in Japan from 1993 to 1996. In the rest of the world it was also known as 323F, Astina, Allegro Hatchback or Artis Hatchback....
(hatchbackHatchbackA Hatchback is a car body style incorporating a shared passenger and cargo volume, with rearmost accessibility via a rear third or fifth door, typically a top-hinged liftgate—and features such as fold-down rear seats to enable flexibility within the shared passenger/cargo volume. As a two-box...
) - 1993-1999 Mazda 323 F
- 1993-1999 Mazda 323 Astina
CG
CG was very closely related to its predecessors. It was used for the replacement Mazda CapellaMazda Capella
The second generation rear-wheel drive Capella was available between 1978 and 1982, in both sedan and coupe forms. It was known on export markets as the Mazda 626, with the exception of the United Kingdom, where it was called the Mazda Montrose, the name was changed to honour the local Mazda...
, an emergency marketing measure because many believed cars wider than 1700mm wouldn't sell well in Japan, and Mazda only had wider cars in the Capella/626's class then.
- 1994-1996 Mazda CapellaMazda CapellaThe second generation rear-wheel drive Capella was available between 1978 and 1982, in both sedan and coupe forms. It was known on export markets as the Mazda 626, with the exception of the United Kingdom, where it was called the Mazda Montrose, the name was changed to honour the local Mazda...
(sedan) - 1994-1996 Ford TelstarFord TelstarThe Ford Telstar is an automobile that was sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the American Ford Tempo. It has been progressively replaced by the Ford Mondeo....
II (sedan)