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Mazda Familia

The Mazda Familia is Mazda's compact car family. The first Familias were styled by Italy's Mazda R100 rotary car. A larger 1169cc inline 4 cylinder engine came along soon, becoming the Mazda 1200.

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70-72 Familia

The 1970 Familia featured a 1.3 L engine and new styling.

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73-76 Familia Preso/818/808

The '73 Familia featured a 1272cc engine. It was sold as the 818 and 808 in other markets. It was available in coupe, sedan, and station wagon forms. Engines were inline 4 cylinders and included a 1272cc, a 1490cc, and a 1586cc option.

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77-79 Familia/GLC

The Great Little Car was the best of the rear-wheel drive compact crowd. There was a hatchback, sedan, and wagon, all with a choice of three Mazda engines, the 985cc PC, 1272cc TC, or 1416cc UC. It shared many parts with the older Mazda RX-3. The rear-wheel drive wagon version remained in production until 1983.

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80-84 Familia/GLC/323

The 1980 Familia was entirely new - it was Mazda's first front-engine, front wheel drive compact car. It carried over the 1.4 L UC engine, and offered the newer 1.3 L E3 and 1.5 L E5 as options.

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85-88 Familia/323

Available as a hatchback or sedan until '86 and then also as a wagon for '87. It formed the basis of the Mercury Tracer and was known as the Mazda 323 in many markets.

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89-93 Familia/323

See Mazda 323

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94-97 Familia/323/Protege

See Mazda 323

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98-02 Familia/Protege

See Mazda 323

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