Vehicle
Mazda 626
The mid-size saloon and estate that the Mazda 6 replaced, sold as the Capella in Japan, and still running in large numbers in markets where it was assembled locally. The engines are the FS and KL families shared across the range of the period, which is helpful because information for them is not confined to this car. The four-speed automatic is the recurring subject — the CD4E, developed with Ford and fitted to the Probe as well, and the reason a great many of these cars are diagnosed for shift quality rather than for anything the engine is doing.
Generations
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GE 1991–1997
FS and KL petrol engines; the CD4E automatic is the recurring subject.
- Body styles
- Sedan · Estate · Hatchback
- Platform
- Mazda GE
- Engines
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- 2.0 four-cylinder — petrol · 85 kW (114 hp) · 170 Nm (125 lb-ft) · FS
- 1.8 four-cylinder — petrol · FP
- 2.5 V6 — petrol · 121 kW (162 hp) · 217 Nm (160 lb-ft) · KL
- 2.2 turbo — petrol · 4-cylinder, US market 1991-1992
- 2.2 — petrol · 4-cylinder, US market 1991-1992
- 2.0 — diesel
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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GF and GW 1997–2002
The last 626, saloon and estate; a turbodiesel joins the FS and KL petrols in Europe.
- Body styles
- Sedan · Estate · Hatchback
- Platform
- Mazda GF
- Engines
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- 2.0 four-cylinder — petrol · FS
- 1.8 four-cylinder — petrol · 145–152 Nm (107–112 lb-ft) · FP
- 2.5 V6 — KL-G4 · petrol · KL
- 2.0 turbodiesel — diesel · RF, European market
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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