The Mazda Familia 1500 RS is a front wheel drive motor car, with its powerplant positioned in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) bodyshell.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 1.5 litre capacity. This powerplant features double overhead camshaft valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It develops 129 bhp (131 PS/96 kW) of power at 7000 rpm, and maximum torque of 141 N·m (104 lb·ft/14.4 kgm) at 4000 rpm.
A 5 speed manual gearbox transfers the power to the driven wheels.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1170 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2610 mm | 102.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1470 mm | 57.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1470 mm | 57.9 inches | |
| Length | 4250 mm | 167.3 inches | |
| Width | 1695 mm | 66.7 inches | |
| Height | 1420 mm | 55.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 140 mm | 5.5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.63 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1170 kg | 2579 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 50 litres | 11 [13.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mazda | ||
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| 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) |
131 PS (129 bhp) (96 kW) at 7000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS) |
141 Nm (104 ft·lb) (14.4 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS) |
64.2 kW/litre 87.3 ps/litre 86.1 bhp/litre 1.41 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS) |
94.13 Nm/litre
1.14 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 9.4:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1182.8 kPa (171.6 psi) | ||
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| 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 111.79 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 PS/kg 82.22 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 110.26 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 12.16 kg/kW 20.32 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 10.40 m | ||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.73 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.39 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 83875 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 15.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2000 Mazda Familia 1500 RS added 2001-07-25. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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