1994 Mazda Lantis Type R from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

I have a 1996 2 Litre V6 manual. It has only done 124000 k and have just had to replace engine seals, coil, water pump, distributor cap, electric window motor in drivers door and inner CV boot. I love my car when its running so the repairs were totally worth it.

Hey guys, have had my Lantis for 3 years now. I found that the best thing that didn't cost me much was changing all the spark plugs to performance ones. Really makes a difference to the V6 2L engine.

Hi, I purchased my 1996 Type R Lantis in 2003. What a great little car it has been to me. Done a few lil mods to it like 17 inch 5spoke mags, racing plugs and leads, lukey exhaust system, K&N kit. Would love to turbo her (black betty) eventually, got it dyno tested last year and was putting out 139hp, meremere quarter mile in 15.4. By 2011 I hope to have her at 200hp!! Had to fix the sump, timing belt, both CV joints and motor for electric windows. Not bad for a car I've owned 6 years.

I'm in the US and I have "part" of a Lantis Type-R. Long story but we bought a 1993 MX-3 (is this a Eunos 30x for you guys?) with a dead 1.8L V6 and swapped in a KLZE 2.5L from a Japan spec Eunos 800 and a manual LSD 5-speed (probably) from a Lantis Type-R. This transmission and the CV joints are obviously not available here in the US so I had to get a Lantis Type-R Left side CV joint to make everything all work. What a pain that was. But now what a dream of a car to have!!!

GG - Michigan, USA.

Bought my 2L V6 pocket rocket 4 years ago at 90k. Now at 210k in that time, all belts done at 100 & 200, a set of performance plugs, lowered (new struts and springs) suspension -1.5", custom exhaust (awesome sound and better performance/fuel with doing those two alone). Apart from reg oil filter change, nothing else has been done to it, just a great car and still grunty, I do the Rimituka hill (69 bends one side and 35 the other) 10 times a week - just loves it.

Grant Wairarapa.