This vehicle has a 4 door saloon body style with a front positioned engine powering the front wheels.
Powering the Mazda Axela Sedan 15C is a double overhead camshaft, 1.5 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 109.5 bhp (111 PS/82 kW) at 6000 rpm and 140 N·m (103 lb·ft/14.3 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
A continuously variable gearbox transmits the power to the driven wheels.
The Mazda Axela Sedan 15C weighs a stated 1230 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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Applicable to the Japanese (JDM) domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2640 mm | 103.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1535 mm | 60.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1520 mm | 59.8 inches | |
| Length | 4580 mm | 180.3 inches | |
| Width | 1755 mm | 69.1 inches | |
| Height | 1465 mm | 57.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 135 mm | 5.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.73 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1230 kg | 2712 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 55 litres | 12.1 [14.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mazda | ||
| Engine code | ZY-VE | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1498 cc (91.414 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 78 × 78.4 mm
3.07 × 3.09 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.99 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS net) |
111 PS (109.5 bhp) (82 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS net) |
140 Nm (103 ft·lb) (14.3 kgm) at 4500 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS net) |
54.5 kW/litre 74.1 ps/litre 73.1 bhp/litre 1.2 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS net) |
93.46 Nm/litre
1.13 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1174.4 kPa (170.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 374.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 90.26 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 66.39 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 89.02 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.06 kg/kW 25.16 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 18.4/15.6 km/l Japanese 10∙15/JC08 | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | l/100km 10∙15/JC08 | ||
| km/litre | 18.4/15.6 km/l 10∙15/JC08 | ||
| UK MPG | 52.0/44.1 UK MPG 10∙15/JC08 | ||
| US MPG | 43.3/36.7 US MPG 10∙15/JC08 | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 6J x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6J x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | 195/65 R 15 91H | ||
| Tyres rear | 195/65 R 15 91H | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | continuously variable transmission | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.43 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 5.37 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 283437 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 15.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2009 Mazda Axela Sedan 15C added 2012-09-05. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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