Atenza/6
 

Ok, who is planning on picking up one of these bad boys. As usual the european version will be more powerful and stylish. I read somewhere the high end version comes with 18' rims stock? The straight dual looks so nice, the downpipe dual does not. I have a 2002 ES GT....i want to trade it up for one...but im thinking because the 6 is coming out to deal with the Accord V6 then they will be upwards of 30K CDN....so i cant affrod that =(!

arent they replacing the 626/Millenia?

if you want the 2.3L V4, then it will be around 25,000 CDN, but if you want the 3.0L V6, then it will be 30,000 CDN

Re: Atenza/6
 

actually I would not be so sure about that
after all Mazda is bringing all 3 body styles here to the stats and power should be dead even with those in europe
only real diferenc will be the tail lights, they get Alteza style ours have red in place of the crome(actually look better IMO) and we may or may not get HID headlights

but then again maybe you know something I don't :D


anyway back on topic my friend might be getting one

Here's an interesting piece of information I found on Mazda's website...

"The compression ratio for the family of 4-cylinder engines varies from 9.7 to 10.8 depending on displacement and market."

It appears different markets will get different compression ratios and different displacements (1.8L, 2.0L, 2.3L). Typically, European and Asian markets will get better power because of their better fuel and different emissions regulations. The engines in Japan and Europe will probably be tuned to run on a higher-octane fuel, where the U.S. market's engines will be tuned to run on 87 octane.

The 2.3L in the Japanese market 6 puts out 175hp. The 2.0L version of this engine puts out 150hp. I believe the North American market 2.3L is targeted for 160hp. And this 2.0L will probably see duty in the base-model 2004 Mazda 3 wtih 135-140hp (the 2.3L will be optional).

-Jerry

Last I heard our 2.3liter Duratech will have the same output as the Europen version(but not the JDM) at 166hp but that can change before production

also something to note the 2.0 and 2.3liter engines are Fords brand new Duartech engines that were co developed with Mazda and will be used in the Mazda6 along with the new 2004 focus and the new Volvo S20 that is planned for production
this new platform that will be used on the 2004focus and new Volvo S20 will be used for the new Protege and can support AWD

Mazda did all of the development work in Japan, Ford did the production line design. To me it is more a "Mazda" motor some of which are made in Ford designed plants with Ford badges on them. Either way it sounds like it is quite the engine, a definate improvement over the ZETEC and FS-DE.