Mazda 323 Lantis

Mazda 323 Lantis: generations: what actually changed in the numbers

The model has 7 generations in this file. Treat 6 generation, restyling and 6 generation as two separate cars: hatch vs sedan, 55 L vs 50 L tank on most rows, different 1.6 hp, and a restyling-only 2.0 AT.

The model has 7 generations in this file. Treat 6 generation, restyling and 6 generation as two separate cars: hatch vs sedan, 55 L vs 50 L tank on most rows, different 1.6 hp, and a restyling-only 2.0 AT.

Restyling vs pre-restyle 6 generation on shared names:

• 1.3 MT 73 hp: restyling hatch 15.3 s / 162 km/h / 1080 kg / 55 L / 150 mm; sedan 13.3 s / 167 km/h / 1040 kg or 13.3 s / 164 km/h / 980 kg / 50 L. The sedan is 40–100 kg lighter and 2.0 s quicker; the hatch carries 5 L more fuel.
• 1.5 MT 88 hp: restyling 11.9 s / 177 km/h / mixed 7.5; sedan 12.0 s / 177 km/h or 11.8 s / 173 km/h, mixed not measured.
• 1.5 AT 88 hp: identical 14.5 s / 164 km/h / mixed 8.2, but hatch 1115 kg / 55 L / 140 mm vs sedan 1065 kg / 50 L / 140 mm.
• 1.8 MT 115 hp: restyling 10.8 s, 161 Nm, 1115 kg, mixed 8.2; sedan 9.8 s, 157 Nm, 1125 kg, mixed not measured. The sedan is 1.0 s quicker; the hatch has +4 Nm and a measured consumption row.
• 1.6: restyling 1.6 AT 95 hp / 1.6 MT 98 hp vs pre-restyle 1.6 AT / 1.6 MT both 105 hp. Pre-restyle 1.6 is +10 hp vs restyle AT and +7 hp vs restyle MT — the only case where the older 6 generation out-powers the restyling on the same badge.
• Diesel 2.0 MT 71 hp: restyling 16.9 s / 168 km/h / 1150 kg / mixed 6.5; sedan 14.4 s / 170 km/h / 1230 kg or 14.2 s / 170 km/h / 1170 kg, mixed not measured. Sedan is 2.5–2.7 s quicker despite more mass on the 1230 kg row.
• Diesel 2.0 MT 90 hp Turbo: both 12.2 s / 178 km/h; restyling mixed 5.1 L/100 km (sedan not measured); restyling 1175 kg vs sedan 1160 kg.
• Restyling adds 2.0 MT 101 hp Diesel Turbo (12.2 s, 189 km/h, 1200 kg) and 2.0 AT 131 hp (11.7 s, 183 km/h, mixed 9.2). Neither exists in the listed 6 generation sedan set.

5 generation → 6 generation: petrol 1.3 MT / 1.5 MT / 1.8 MT stay at 73 / 88 / 115 hp. Mixed use on 1.5 MT 88 hp is 7.2–7.5 L/100 km in 5 generation vs not measured on the sedan 6 generation and 7.5 on the restyling hatch. 1.7 MT 82 hp Diesel Turbo exists only in 5 generation (6.3 L/100 km mixed, 14.2 s). 2.0 MT 71 hp Diesel is Turbo in 5 generation and No in both 6 generation rows.

4 generation → 5 generation: AWD disappears. Peak listed petrol falls from 1.8 MT / 1.8 AT 128 hp to 1.8 MT / 1.8 AT 115 hp (−13 hp). Ground clearance listed 152 mm vs 140 mm (or not measured on some 5 generation rows).

3 generation → 4 generation: Turbo 115 hp on 1500 cm³ is gone; 4 generation’s 115-class car is the 1800 cm³ 128 hp 1.8. Automatic grows from 3 speeds to 4. AWD appears.

2 generation → 3 generation: still FWD Sedan; 3 generation adds Diesel 1.7 MT 54 hp and Turbo petrol 115 hp. 2 generation keeps the lightest kerb (870 kg) and the only 1.1 MT.

1 generation → 2 generation: drive flips RWD → FWD; body Estate 5-door → Sedan; engine layout Front, longitudinal (where measured) → Front, transverse (where measured). 1.3 MT 60 hp: 16.0 s / 144 km/h on the 4-speed RWD estate vs 12.2 s / 155 km/h on the FWD sedan (−3.8 s, +11 km/h).

Engines and specs

All listed engines are 4 cylinders, Inline, except where cylinder layout is the same on every row. Boost is No unless named Turbo. Drive is FWD unless named AWD or RWD.

6 generation, restyling — Hatchback 5-door

Gasoline rows: Distributed injection (multi-point), Front, transverse, 4 valves/cylinder. Diesel 71 hp: 2 valves/cylinder, injection not measured. Diesel 90 and 101 hp: 4 valves/cylinder, injection not measured.

Specific output (hp per litre = hp / (cm³/1000)): 1.3 MT 55.1; 1.5 MT/1.5 AT 58.7; 1.6 AT 59.4; 1.6 MT 61.3; 1.8 MT/1.8 AT 62.5; 2.0 MT/2.0 AT 131 hp 65.8; 2.0 MT 71 hp 35.5; 2.0 MT 90 hp 45.0; 2.0 MT 101 hp 50.6. The 131 hp petrol is the densest; the naturally aspirated diesel is the sparsest.

6 generation — Sedan

Two 1.3 MT 73 hp (1040 kg / 167 km/h and 980 kg / 164 km/h), two 1.5 MT 88 hp (1489 cm³, 1075 kg / 177 km/h and 1020 kg / 173 km/h), 1.5 AT 88 hp (1498 cm³), two 2.0 MT 71 hp Diesel (1230 kg and 1170 kg), 2.0 MT 90 hp Diesel Turbo, 1.8 MT 115 hp, 1.8 AT 115 hp, 1.6 AT 105 hp, 1.6 MT 105 hp. 1.6 AT / 1.6 MT 105 hp: 65.7 hp/L — matching restyle 131 hp petrol density on a smaller engine. Engine location not measured on 1.5 AT, 1.8 AT, 1.6 AT, 1.6 MT.

5 generation — Sedan

1.3 MT 73 hp (two rows: 1070 kg and 980 kg), 1.5 MT 88 hp (two rows: 1070 kg / 12.0 s and 1010 kg / 11.8 s), 1.5 AT 88 hp (two rows: 1105 kg / 14.6 s / 164 km/h and 1035 kg / 14.2 s / 161 km/h), 1.8 MT 115 hp, 1.8 AT 115 hp (fuel 92), 1.7 MT 82 hp Diesel Turbo, 2.0 MT 71 hp Diesel Turbo, 1.6 AT 95 hp, 1.6 MT 95 hp. Front brakes Ventilated disc on every listed row. 1.6 AT / 1.6 MT: Nm, 0–100, top speed, consumption, kerb and gross weight all not measured.

4 generation — Sedan (AWD lives here)

1.3 MT 67 hp (fuel, Nm, 0–100, tank, weight not measured) vs 1.3 MT 73 hp (12.0 s, 168 km/h) and 1.3 AT 73 hp (0–100 not measured). 1.6 AT 84 hp / 1.6 MT 84 hp (Nm 123 @ 2500). 1.6 AT 90 hp FWD (13.1 s, 167 km/h) vs 1.6 AT 90 hp AWD (0–100 not measured). 1.6 MT 90 hp FWD (10.4 s, 177 km/h) vs 1.6 MT 90 hp AWD (0–100 not measured). 1.8 MT 128 hp AWD; 1.8 AT 128 hp AWD; 1.8 AT 128 hp FWD — Nm, 0–100, fuel, tank, weight not measured on the 128 hp set. Engine location not measured on this generation.

3 generation — Sedan

1.5 MT 73 / 75 / 95 / 115 hp Turbo; 1.5 AT 73 / 75 / 95 / 115 hp Turbo (Automatic 3); 1.3 MT / 1.3 AT 60 hp (Central injection (single-point or single- point)); 1.7 MT 54 hp Diesel No; 1.6 MT 104 hp (fuel 92, 9.5 s, 175 km/h). 1.5 MT 75 hp is 50.1 hp/L; Turbo 1.5 MT 115 hp is 76.7 hp/L — the highest petrol density in the whole file, +40 hp vs the 75 hp 1.5 MT on the same 1500 cm³ class.

2 generation — Sedan

1.1 MT 54 hp; two 1.3 MT 60 hp; 1.5 MT 75 / 88 (1489 cm³, injection) / 86 (1490 cm³, Carburetor, 92) / 88 (1490 cm³, Carburetor, 95) / 86 (1500 cm³). Two 1.3 MT 60 hp share 12.2 s / 155 km/h / mixed 6.5.

1 generation — Estate 5-door, RWD

1.3 MT 60 hp Manual 5; 1.3 MT 60 hp Manual 4 (16.0 s, 144 km/h, Front, longitudinal); two 1.4 MT 69 hp; 1.5 MT 70 hp; 1.0 MT 45 hp (33 kW) — weakest petrol in the catalogue.

Performance and economy

Automatic vs Manual on the same restyling engines (arithmetic on the given times and L/100 km):

• 1.5 AT vs 1.5 MT: +2.6 s (14.5 − 11.9), −13 km/h (164 vs 177), +1.2 city / +0.5 highway / +0.7 mixed (10.7 / 6.8 / 8.2 vs 9.5 / 6.3 / 7.5). Same 1115 kg.
• 1.8 AT vs 1.8 MT: +1.4 s (12.2 − 10.8), −19 km/h (175 vs 194), mixed 9.0 vs 8.2 (+0.8). AT kerb not measured; MT 1115 kg.
• 2.0 AT vs 2.0 MT 131 hp: +2.0 s (11.7 − 9.7), −20 km/h (183 vs 203). AT mixed 9.2; MT consumption not measured.

0–100 spread in restyling hatch: 2.0 MT 131 hp 9.7 s (quickest petrol here) vs 2.0 MT 71 hp 16.9 s (slowest) = 7.2 s. 2.0 MT 90 hp Turbo diesel matches 1.8 AT at 12.2 s with 220 Nm vs 161 Nm.

Diesel ladder, restyling: 71 hp / 128 Nm / 16.9 s / mixed 6.5 → 90 hp / 220 Nm / 12.2 s / mixed 5.1 (−4.7 s, −1.4 L/100 km, +92 Nm) → 101 hp / 230 Nm / 12.2 s / 189 km/h (same 12.2 s as 90 hp, +11 km/h; consumption not measured). Turbo vs No on 1998 cm³ is the largest torque step in the model (+92 Nm).

5 generation 1.8 MT 9.8 s / mixed 7.9 vs restyling 1.8 MT 10.8 s / mixed 8.2: the older sedan is 1.0 s quicker and 0.3 L/100 km lower on mixed. 5 generation 1.5 MT 88 hp mixed 7.2 (1070 kg row) vs restyling 7.5.

2 generation 1.1 MT: 14.7 s, 145 km/h, mixed 6.5 L/100 km at 936 kg — mixed matches restyling NA diesel 6.5 but with 54 hp Gasoline.

Not measured (do not treat as zero): restyling 1.3 MT, 1.6 MT, 2.0 MT 131 hp, 2.0 MT 101 hp — city/highway/mixed all not measured. CO2 and eco class not measured on every row. Most of 4 generation and 3 generation 0–100 not measured except the rows quoted above.

Dimensions and weight

Tank: 55 L on restyling hatch and 5 generation; 50 L on most 6 generation sedan rows (55 L on that generation’s 1.6 AT / 1.6 MT); not measured on generations 4–1.

Ground clearance: restyling 150 mm on 1.3 MT, 1.6 MT, 2.0 MT 131 hp, 2.0 MT 101 hp; 140 mm on the others. 6 generation sedan 150 or 140 mm. 4 generation 152 mm (highest listed). Generations 3–1: 150 mm. Some 5 generation rows: not measured.

Kerb / kg per hp (where both exist):

• Restyling 2.0 MT 131 hp: 1155 / 131 = 8.82 kg/hp (best in 6 generation, restyling).
• Restyling 1.8 MT: 1115 / 115 = 9.70.
• Restyling 1.6 AT: 1070 / 95 = 11.26 (lightest restyling kerb).
• Restyling 1.5 MT/1.5 AT: 1115 / 88 = 12.67.
• Restyling 1.3 MT: 1080 / 73 = 14.79.
• Restyling 2.0 MT 71 hp: 1150 / 71 = 16.20 (worst restyling).
• Restyling 2.0 MT 90 hp: 1175 / 90 = 13.06; 2.0 MT 101 hp: 1200 / 101 = 11.88.
• 6 generation light 1.3 MT: 980 / 73 = 13.42.
• 2 generation 1.5 MT 88 hp / 86 hp at 870 kg: 9.89 and 10.12 — lighter than restyling 1.8 MT.
• Gross: restyling 1585–1735 kg; 6 generation sedan up to 1750 kg on 2.0 MT 71 hp 1230 kg kerb; 2 generation 1360 kg gross on the 870 kg cars; 1 / 3 / 4 generation gross mostly not measured.

Wheel sizes: not measured on every version.

Suspension where listed: Independent, spring front and rear (rear not measured on many 4 / 3 / 1 generation rows). Rear brakes: Drum on small petrol restyling 1.3 / 1.5 and most 6 / 5 generation small engines; Disc from restyling 1.6 upward and on Turbo diesel. 5 generation fronts are Ventilated disc.

Which version to choose

Daily hatch, petrol Manual: 6 generation, restyling 1.8 MT — 10.8 s, 194 km/h, mixed 8.2, 9.70 kg/hp, rear Disc, 55 L. Stepping down to 1.6 MT 98 hp costs 0.8 s and 12 km/h (11.6 s, 182 km/h); consumption not measured; you save 5 hp/L density (61.3 vs 62.5) and 45 kg vs the 131 hp car, not vs the 1.8 (1110 vs 1115 kg). 1.5 MT 88 hp is the first restyling petrol with a full mpg set (7.5 mixed) and is 1.1 s slower than 1.8 MT with rear Drum.

Daily hatch, Automatic: 1.8 AT if you accept 12.2 s / 175 km/h / 9.0 mixed; 1.6 AT if you want the lightest restyling kerb (1070 kg) at 14.2 s / 170 km/h / 8.6 mixed. 1.5 AT is the same 14.5 s window as 1.6 AT with 7 hp less and Drum rear. 2.0 AT is 11.7 s / 183 km/h / 9.2 mixed — 0.5 s faster than 1.8 AT, 0.2 L/100 km worse mixed; kerb not measured.

Fastest listed petrol: restyling 2.0 MT 131 hp (9.7 s, 203 km/h, 8.82 kg/hp). Consumption not measured. 5 generation and 6 generation 1.8 MT 9.8 s are 0.1 s behind with 115 hp.

Diesel / range: restyling 2.0 MT 90 hp Turbo (5.1 mixed, 12.2 s, 220 Nm). 2.0 MT 101 hp adds 11 km/h and 10 Nm at the same 12.2 s but no mpg. NA 2.0 MT 71 hp is 16.9 s in the hatch — only if you need Diesel and No boost. 5 generation 1.7 MT 82 hp: 6.3 mixed, 14.2 s, 168 Nm — better mixed than NA 2.0 (6.5 in restyling) with a smaller 1686 cm³ Turbo.

AWD: only 4 generation 1.6 AT 90 hp AWD, 1.6 MT 90 hp AWD, 1.8 MT 128 hp AWD, 1.8 AT 128 hp AWD. FWD twins exist for 1.6 AT 90 hp (13.1 s measured), 1.6 MT 90 hp (10.4 s), and 1.8 AT 128 hp (times not measured). AWD 0–100 is not measured, so you cannot count a time penalty from the file — only the drive label.

Light / cheap-to-run petrol with mpg: 2 generation 1.1 MT (6.5 mixed, 936 kg) or 1.3 MT 60 hp (6.5 mixed). No tank figure, so range is not measured. 5 generation 1.3 MT 73 hp mixed 7.3 or 7.4 with 55 L ≈ 753–743 km.

Estate / RWD: 1 generation only. Prefer 1.3 MT Manual 5 over Manual 4 if you want the extra ratio; the 4-speed is the only 1 generation row with 16.0 s / 144 km/h. 1.0 MT 45 hp is the floor. 1.5 MT 70 hp is the strongest 1 generation engine with a listed 116 Nm.

Turbo petrol curiosity: 3 generation 1.5 MT 115 hp (same hp as later 1840 cm³ 1.8 MT, on 1500 cm³). 0–100 not measured; you are buying density (76.7 hp/L), not a timed sprint.

What not to assume: reliability, problems, CO2, eco class, wheel sizes, and prices are not measured. Several generations list 12 versions of a larger `modifikaciy` count (27 / 19 / 22 / 53 / 32) — the comparison above uses only the rows in the data.