This car has a 5 door hatchback body style with a front located engine powering the front wheels.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2.3 litres. It musters power and torque figures of 260 bhp (264 PS/194 kW) at 5500 rpm and 380 Nm (280 lbft/38.8 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
A 6 speed manual transmission supplies the power to the driven wheels.
Stated kerb weight is 1450 kg.
Full specs
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Applicable to the Japanese (JDM) domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| 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 | 4510 mm | 177.6 inches | |
| Width | 1770 mm | 69.7 inches | |
| Height | 1465 mm | 57.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 135 mm | 5.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.71 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1450 kg | 3197 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 60 litres | 13.2 [15.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mazda | ||
| Engine code | L3-VDT | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.3 litre 2260 cc (137.914 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 87.5 × 94 mm
3.44 × 3.7 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.93 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS net) |
264 PS (260 bhp) (194 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS net) |
380 Nm (280 ft·lb) (38.8 kgm) at 3000 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS net) |
85.8 kW/litre 116.6 ps/litre 115 bhp/litre 1.89 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS net) |
168.14 Nm/litre
2.03 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2112.9 kPa (306.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 565 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| 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 181.8 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 PS/kg 133.71 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 179.31 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.48 kg/kW 12.49 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 11.0/10.0 km/l Japanese 10∙15/JC08 | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | l/100km 10∙15/JC08 | ||
| km/litre | 11.0/10.0 km/l 10∙15/JC08 | ||
| UK MPG | 31.1/28.2 UK MPG 10∙15/JC08 | ||
| US MPG | 25.9/23.5 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 | 7½J x 18 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7½J x 18 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/40 R 18 88Y | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/40 R 18 88Y | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.79 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.53 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 283459 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | DBA-BL3FW | ||
| RAC rating | 19.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2009 Mazda Mazdaspeed Axela added 2012-09-05. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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