Anyone ever remember that mazda once planned to introduce new luxury line called Amati ? I recall that the plan was dropped. This was the time when Honda introduced Acura, Toyota with Lexus, and Nissan with Infiniti lines. Was this correct or am I imagining things?... It was Amati or something that sounds like that. I wonder if Mazda is still planning with the luxury line now.
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The Millenia was the Amati car. Mazda decided it was more feasible just to introduce it as a Mazda. Mazda's luxury aspirations went away when Ford completely took over.
Yeah. The car that was to be the first Amati model ended up being sold as the Mazda Millenia. It had a "Miller Cycle" engine, whatever that was. I seem to recall that it had something to do with overlapping spark timing or something like that, nothing very radical.
Geoff
Did Ford actually take over Mazda 100% ? If I recall, Ford only owns about 25% (or was it 40%) of Mazda. However, I noticed recently that they put Mazda under Ford flagship (just like Volvo, Jaguar, etc). When did Ford actually acquire 100% of Mazda ?
Actually I read their luxury aspirations went away because Mazda wasn't doing so hot back then and they believed the new Amati line was more than they could handle. That and stiff competition from Acura, Lexus, Infiniti.
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