Today, Mazda's
kei car
Kei car (or , kanji: , "light automobile", ), known variously outside Japan as Japanese city car or Japanese microcar, is the Japanese vehicle category for the smallest highway-legal passenger cars with restricted dimensions and engine capacit ...
s use
Suzuki
is a Japan, Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan. Suzuki manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, All-terrain vehicle, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard motor, outboard marine engines, wheelchairs ...
engines, though the originals from the 1960s used a
Mazda-designed OHV engine family.
F5B
* .55 L F5B -
Suzuki F5B engine, used in the (Suzuki-built) 1989
Mazda Carol
The Mazda Carol is a kei car manufactured by Mazda from 1962 until 1970. The Carol name was revived again with Mazda's 1989 re-entry into the kei car class with the Autozam brand. Since 1989, the Carol has been a rebadging, rebadged model manufac ...
F6A
* .66 L F6A -
Suzuki F6A engine, used in the (Suzuki-built) 1995
Mazda Carol
The Mazda Carol is a kei car manufactured by Mazda from 1962 until 1970. The Carol name was revived again with Mazda's 1989 re-entry into the kei car class with the Autozam brand. Since 1989, the Carol has been a rebadging, rebadged model manufac ...
K6A
The tiny 660 cc
K6A was a Suzuki-designed and -produced
inline-three, used in the (Suzuki-built) 1998
Mazda Carol
The Mazda Carol is a kei car manufactured by Mazda from 1962 until 1970. The Carol name was revived again with Mazda's 1989 re-entry into the kei car class with the Autozam brand. Since 1989, the Carol has been a rebadging, rebadged model manufac ...
. The
turbocharged
In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (often called a turbo) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to pro ...
version produces and 106 Nm (78 lb·ft), while the normally aspirated version is rated at and 63 Nm (46 lb·ft).
See also
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Mazda OHV engine
After an early flirtation with V-twin engines, Mazda's small cars of the 1960s were powered by OHV straight-2 and straight-4 engines. This family lasted from 1961 until the mid-1970s. Today, Mazda's keicars use Suzuki engines. It was produced at ...
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Mazda engines
Mazda makes both piston and Wankel "rotary" engines. This page summarizes the various engine families and variations.
__NOTOC__ Piston engines
Although Mazda is well known for their Wankel "rotary" engines, the company has been manufacturing pi ...
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Kei car
Kei car (or , kanji: , "light automobile", ), known variously outside Japan as Japanese city car or Japanese microcar, is the Japanese vehicle category for the smallest highway-legal passenger cars with restricted dimensions and engine capacit ...