Mazda 626 (1978–2003) — every.autos

Mazda 626 — Wikimedia Commons

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Background

The Mazda Capella, also known as the Mazda 626 in Europe, North America and Southeast Asia, is a mid-size car that was manufactured by Mazda from 1970 until 2002. Ford, Mazda's partner at the time, also used the Capella platform to create the Ford Telstar and Ford Probe. 4,345,279 of the 626 and Telstar models were sold worldwide.

Text adapted from “Mazda Capella” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Specification

Fuel: diesel · gasoline
Displacement: 2–2.5 L · 4/6 cyl
Fuel economy: 19–33 mpg combined — EPA 1984–2002

Still on UK roads

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Production years

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Sources

Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗NHTSA vPIC ↗ WIKIDATA · NHTSA · DVLA · EPA

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