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The Mazda G platform is an automobile platform for midsize cars. It has been used by a number of vehicles from Mazda and Ford Motor Company in Japan and abroad. Ford has adopted the GG version of this platform as its global CD3 platform. Mazda Millenia luxury sedan. ...
An automobile platform is a shared set of components common to a number of different automobiles. ...
A mid-size car, frequently referred to as an intermediate, is an automobile with a size between that of a compact and a full-size or standard-size car. ...
The Ford Motor Company (often referred to simply as Ford; sometimes nicknamed Fords or FoMoCo, (NYSE: F) is an automobile maker founded by Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan, and incorporated on June 16, 1903. ...
The CD3 is Fords global midsize car automobile platform. ...
Prior to 1981, Mazda coded the rear wheel drive Capella platform as "S1" in the VIN code. This chassis was dropped for the Capella, but retained (in a modified form) for the RX-7 as the Mazda F platform. Rear wheel drive was a common form of engine/transmission layout used in automobiles throughout the 20th century. ...
The Mazda RX-7 (also called the Savanna and Efini RX-7) is a Mazda sports car first built in 1978. ...
The Mazda F platform is an automobile platform for rear wheel drive sports cars. ...
GC
GC was Mazda's first front wheel drive midsize car platform. Available body styles were two-door coupé four-door sedan and five-door hatchback. The Ford Telstar version was called the TX5, there was no Telstar version of the coupé. Production was in Japan, with local assembly in Australia (as a Telstar only), New Zealand, and Taiwan. The model continued in production in South Africa until 1993. Front wheel drive is the most common form of engine/transmission layout used in modern automobiles, where the engine drives the front wheels. ...
A mid-size car, frequently referred to as an intermediate, is an automobile with a size between that of a compact and a full-size or standard-size car. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
A hatchback is a type of automobile design, consisting of a passenger cabin which includes an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind by a hatch or flip-up window. ...
1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Capella is the Japanese domestic market name for Mazdas midsize family car; larger than the Familia/323 but smaller than the Luce/929. ...
The Mazda 626 was a family car produced by Mazda for the export market. ...
The Ford Telstar was a family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the US Ford Tempo. ...
GD The updated GD platform was introduced in 1987 in Japan and later elsewhere. It spawned a station wagon variant, the GV. Production in the United States was started at the AutoAlliance International plant in Flat Rock, Michigan. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
AutoAlliance International (AAI) is the name of a joint venture automobile assembly firm co-owned by Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Corporation. ...
Flat Rock is a city located in Wayne County, Michigan. ...
In New Zealand, the sedan version of the GD model continued to be assembled locally as the Ford Telstar Orion until 1997. The Mazda 626 was a family car produced by Mazda for the export market. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
Capella is the Japanese domestic market name for Mazdas midsize family car; larger than the Familia/323 but smaller than the Luce/929. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
Capella is the Japanese domestic market name for Mazdas midsize family car; larger than the Familia/323 but smaller than the Luce/929. ...
1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ...
Capella is the Japanese domestic market name for Mazdas midsize family car; larger than the Familia/323 but smaller than the Luce/929. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
1989 Mazda MX-6 GT The Mazda MX-6 was a sporty coupe, designed and built in America in a joint venture called Auto Alliance with Fords twin, the Ford Probe. ...
1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ...
Ford Probe The Ford Probe was a car produced by Ford between 1989 and 1997, with a redesign in 1993. ...
1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ...
The Ford Telstar was a family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the US Ford Tempo. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
The Ford Telstar was a family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the US Ford Tempo. ...
A hatchback is a type of automobile design, consisting of a passenger cabin which includes an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind by a hatch or flip-up window. ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
GV GV is a station wagon version of the GD platform. GV production continued well past its sibling, lasting until 1996. Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
In New Zealand, local assembly of the Ford Telstar sedan and wagon, and Mazda 626 wagon, continued until 1997, when Ford and Mazda closed their joint venture plant in Wiri, Auckland. Capella is the Japanese domestic market name for Mazdas midsize family car; larger than the Familia/323 but smaller than the Luce/929. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
The Ford Telstar was a family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the US Ford Tempo. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ...
GE The Japan-market Mazda Capella never used the GE platform. Rather, a new model (the Mazda Cronos) was introduced alongside the Capella, which continued on with the GC platform until 1993 and was then moved to the CG platform for 1994 through 1997. Capella is the Japanese domestic market name for Mazdas midsize family car; larger than the Familia/323 but smaller than the Luce/929. ...
Mazda used the Cronos name in Japan from 1991 until 1995 on a redesign of the Mazda Capella. ...
1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
The Mazda C platform is an automobile platform for midsize cars. ...
1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
During this time, the Ford Telstar began to be phased out in favour of the European-sourced Mondeo, which was first introduced in Japan in 1994 and Australia in 1995. Both 626 and Telstar versions of the GE platform were assembled in New Zealand between 1992 and 1997, alongside versions of the previous models. In South Africa, the models were assembled between 1993 and 1998. The 626 replaced the local facelifted version of the aging GC model (thereby bringing the Mazda product line-up in South Africa back into line with those most other markets) while the Telstar version was introduced for the first time, replacing the Sierra. Mazda used the Cronos name in Japan from 1991 until 1995 on a redesign of the Mazda Capella. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
The Autozam Clef (and similar Efini MS-6) was a mid-size sedan sold under Mazdas minicar marque from 1992 until 1994. ...
A hatchback is a type of automobile design, consisting of a passenger cabin which includes an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind by a hatch or flip-up window. ...
The Ford Telstar was a family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the US Ford Tempo. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
The Ford Telstar was a family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the US Ford Tempo. ...
A hatchback is a type of automobile design, consisting of a passenger cabin which includes an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind by a hatch or flip-up window. ...
The Autozam Clef (and similar Efini MS_6) was a mid-size sedan sold under Mazdas minicar marque from 1992 until 1994. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
1989 Mazda MX-6 GT The Mazda MX-6 was a sporty coupe, designed and built in America in a joint venture called Auto Alliance with Fords twin, the Ford Probe. ...
1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ...
Ford Probe The Ford Probe was a car produced by Ford between 1989 and 1997, with a redesign in 1993. ...
1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ...
The Mazda 626 was a family car produced by Mazda for the export market. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...
The Ford Mondeo, launched in 1993, was billed as Fords world car, and was also sold in North America as the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique. ...
1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1991 Ford Sierra 3-door in period publicity photograph -this model was not sold in the UK. The Ford Sierra was an medium-size car built by Ford in Europe between 1982 and 1993. ...
GF The Capella and 626 were again reunited on the GF platform in 1997. An updated station wagon platform, the GW, was finally introduced as well. The Ford Telstar version was only sold in Japan, alongside the Mondeo, which had replaced the Telstar in other Asia Pacific markets, until it was dropped in 1999, along with other Mazda-based Fords like the Festiva and Laser. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
The Ford Mondeo, launched in 1993, was billed as Fords world car, and was also sold in North America as the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique. ...
The Ford Festiva was a compact car sold by the Ford Motor Company in North America, Asia and Australasia, based on the Mazda 121. ...
The Ford Laser was a small family car sold by Ford in Asia, Australasia, and parts of South America and Africa. ...
Capella is the Japanese domestic market name for Mazdas midsize family car; larger than the Familia/323 but smaller than the Luce/929. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
The Mazda 626 was a family car produced by Mazda for the export market. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
The Ford Telstar was a family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the US Ford Tempo. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
GW GW is a station wagon version of the GF platform. It had skipped one generation (or two, if the CG Capella is included). Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
The Mazda C platform is an automobile platform for midsize cars. ...
Capella is the Japanese domestic market name for Mazdas midsize family car; larger than the Familia/323 but smaller than the Luce/929. ...
Capella is the Japanese domestic market name for Mazdas midsize family car; larger than the Familia/323 but smaller than the Luce/929. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
The Ford Telstar was a family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra and the US Ford Tempo. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
GG The new GG platform was used by Mazda's parent company, Ford, as the basis for its Ford CD3 platform. The CD3 is Fords global midsize car automobile platform. ...
Note that Mazda6 models assembled at the joint-venture AutoAlliance International plant in Flat Rock, Michigan and these do not follow Mazda's system of using the platform code as characters four and five of the VIN. American-built Mazda6s use the "1YV" prefix on the VIN. AutoAlliance International (AAI) is the name of a joint venture automobile assembly firm co-owned by Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Corporation. ...
Flat Rock is a city located in Wayne County, Michigan. ...
A clay vessel unearthed in Vinča, found at depth of 8. ...
The rear multi-link suspension is remarkably similar to the "E multi-link" found in the Mazda_H_platform#HC. Although also similar to Ford's own design, Mazda engineers said this is a revival of the "E multi-link". The Mazda H platform is an automobile platform for rear wheel drive fullsize cars. ...
The Mazda Atenza or Mazda6 is an automobile from the Japanese carmaker Mazda. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
The Mazda Atenza or Mazda6 is an automobile from the Japanese carmaker Mazda. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
GY GY is a station wagon version of the GG platform. Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
The Mazda Atenza or Mazda6 is an automobile from the Japanese carmaker Mazda. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
The Mazda Atenza or Mazda6 is an automobile from the Japanese carmaker Mazda. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
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