Mazda Millenia

Mazda Millenia
Mazda Millenia
	1998–2000 Mazda Millenia
Overview
Manufacturer	Mazda
Also called	Eunos 800; Mazda Xedos 9; Mazda Eunos 800 (Australia);
Production	1993–2002
Assembly	Japan: Hiroshima (Hiroshima Plant)
Designer	Yujiro Daikoku (1990)
Body and chassis
Class	Executive car
Body style	4-door sedan
Layout	Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Platform	Mazda TA platform
Powertrain
Engine	2.0L KF-DE V6; 2.3L KJ-ZEM Miller cycle V6; 2.5L KL-DE V6;
Power output	140 hp (104 kW) (2.0L); 210 hp (157 kW) (2.3L); 170 hp (127 kW) (2.5L);
Transmission	5-speed manual (European 2-liter and 2.5 liter only); 4-speed GF4A-EL automatic; 4-speed LJ4A-EL (Jatco RE4F04A) automatic;
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,751 mm (108.3 in)
Length	4,821 mm (189.8 in) (1995-2000); 4,867 mm (191.6 in) (2001-02);
Width	1,770 mm (69.7 in)
Height	1,394 mm (54.9 in)

The Mazda Millenia (officially written as millenia) was an automobile manufactured by Mazda in Japan from 1993 to 2002. The Millenia was originally planned as one of the first models for Mazda's proposed luxury brand Amati.

As it was targeted at a more upscale market from typical Mazda customers, the Millenia was engineered to far greater levels of perceived quality than the more mainstream Mazda cars, such as improved interior plastic quality, smaller panel gaps and a thicker, more even paint coating, thanks to a novel process of painting the body while it rotated on a massive spindle. Mazda claimed this attention to detail was intended to set "standards for at least ten years".

At the time of its release, it was the first and only production car in the world to employ a Miller cycle engine, a design which Mazda would not use again until the second generation Mazda2 in 2008, and in modern Mazdas using the SKYACTIV engine.