The Mazda 121 is one of the Mazda entries the open record knows by name, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable.
How it came about
The Mazda 121 name has been used on a variety of Mazda automobiles for various export markets from 1975 until 2002:
1975–1981 — Piston engined variants of the second generation Mazda Cosmo sports car 1986–1991 — First generation Ford Festiva; subcompact car 1991–1998 — Autozam Revue; subcompact four-door sedan 1996–2002 — First generation Mazda Demio; subcompact car (in countries where the Fiesta-based "121" was not sold) 1996–2002 — Badge engineered version of the fourth-generation Ford Fiesta subcompact car, sold in some European markets
Family and rivals
Its Mazda stablemates include the Mazda BT-50 and the Mazda T2000.
Owning one today
EPA combined economy is 36 mpg, about $2,100 a year in fuel at the EPA's assumptions. Condition, mileage and specification move any single car a long way from a headline figure.
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