Underneath this humble economy hatch's skin, a racer and an engineer once shoehorned a 220 hp Taurus SHO V6 into the middle of the car — Ford liked it at a car show, then decided it was "too raucous" to put its name on.
Lead trim: 121 1.1 B1 four-speed (Europe; 55 PS)
Mazda 121 DA1987–1991
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FactUnderneath this humble economy hatch's skin, a racer and an engineer once shoehorned a 220 hp Taurus SHO V6 into the middle of the car — Ford liked it at a car show, then decided it was "too raucous" to put its name on.
Mazda began selling the 121 as a single three-door hatchback body variant in 1987 to sit below the larger 323 — the Mazda-badged Festiva for Australia (from March 1987) and Europe, never retailed in Japan under the Mazda brand. Australian-specification cars had the 1.3-litre B3 with a five-speed manual, European markets also received the 55 PS (40 kW) 1.1-litre B1 with a four-speed manual (added in July 1989; L and LX trims with an SR in the UK, European premiere at the Geneva Salon in March 1988). It had a sliding rear bench seat that added up to 180 mm of cargo space, Australian trim levels of deluxe, super deluxe and "fun top" (with a large electric sliding canvas sunroof; the super deluxe was replaced by "shades" from October 1988), and an update in October 1989 with a new grille insert, body-hued exterior trim and redesigned instruments and seats. It was discontinued in 1991, replaced by a new 121 based on the Japanese-market Autozam Revue.
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Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 1.1 B1 four-speed (Europe; 55 PS) | 1989–1991 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 54 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| 121 1.3 B3 five-speed (Australia) | 1987–1991 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | FWD | — | — |
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