Mazda Lantis

The Mazda Lantis wis a series o twa caurs selt in Japan frae 1993 til 1996. In the rest o the warld it wis kent as 323F, Astina, Allegro Hatchback or Artis Hatchback an aw.

Summary

The Mazda Lantis uised Mazda's CB platform, that means close relations tae the Eunos 500/Xedos 6 an the 1994-1997 Mazda Capella.  It wis a FF layoot caur wi aither a manual or automatic transmission.

Thare wur fower body variants: a 4-door sedan, twa different 3-door hatchbacks an whit Mazda cawed a "4-door coupé", that in common terminology is a 5-door hatchback.

The 5-door wis selt as the Mazda 323F in Europe, Artis in Chile an Allegro Hatchback (HB) in Colombie an a few ither kintras o Latin Americae. This model wis penned bi Ginger (Arnold) Ostle, who wis at Porsche afore he arrived at Mazda, an sicweys some consider the 5-door tae be closely relatit tae the 4-door Panamera.

The Mazda 323F features pouer steerin, electrically adjustable mirrors, central lockin an pouer windaes. Anither noticeable featur are the frameless windaes, seemilar tae the Nissan NX.

Bi the time the caurs premiered in August 1993, Mazda's multi-brand strategy haed acome difficult tae sustain, sae baith Lantis variants wur released tae Mazda, Efini an Eunos dealerships. Sales in Japan wur lacklustre throughoot the Lantis' production run, but the 323F proved tae be immensely popular in Europe an some Latin American kintras, whaur it sauld in reasonable nummers richt till it wis discontinued.

The name Lantis is creatit frae the Latin phrase "Latens Curtis", which roughly translates as "Tae secretly shorten".

The "Astina" haes been selectit for "Jackie Chan" trophy in 1995 an 1996 Macau Grand Prix driven bi the Hong Kong actor wi racin driver sittin beside tae assist them.

Ingines:
 1.5 L Z5 I4
 1.6 L B6-D I4
 1.8 L BP-ZE I4
 2.0 L KF-ZE V6

Awtho the 323F lacks a badge indicatin which ingine is fittit, the V6 version is easily recognizable syne it is the ae 323F wi 5 wheelnuts per wheel.

Modification
Acause o the staundart ingines equipped thare are several possible ingine conversions a hie performance ane bein the KL-ZE 199 hp (147 kW) V6.

The 1.5 an 1.8 litre injection ingines are gey suitable tae fit an LPG installation.

Lantis
Category:1990s automobiles