Mazda Laputa

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The Mazda Laputa was a clone of the aptly-named Suzuki Kei. It was a keicar from Mazda in Japan. The Laputa was introduced in 1999 as a sort of SUV/keicar mix. The Laputa was restyled slightly for 2001 and was retired in 2006. The Laputa was available with front- or all wheel drive and as a 3-door hatchback or 5-door station wagon. Both SOHC and DOHC engines were used.

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The car's name derivates from the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift [1]. Similarly to the Nissan Moco and the Mitsubishi Pajero, the name is fortuituously unfit for Spanish-speaking countries, since "la puta" in Spanish means literally "the whore" ("moco means "snot" or "booger" and "pajero" may be understood as "wanker").

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Type	1990s										2000s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Kei car	Carol					Carol				Carol					Carol
					AZ-Wagon
									AZ-Offroad
													Spiano
	Scrum										Scrum/Scrum Wagon				Scrum/Scrum Wagon
Subcompact	Revue/121						Demio/121						Demio/2						Demio/2
															Verisa
Compact	Familia/323/Protegé					Familia/323/Protegé					Familia/323/Protegé				Axela/3
Mid-size	Capella/626			Capella					Capella/626				Atenza/6						Atenza/6
				Cronos/626/Xedos 6/Eunos 500
				Eunos 800/Xedos 9/Millenia
Full-size	Sentia/929/Efini MS-8					Sentia
Sports car	MX-6/Mystère			MX-6/Mystère/Efini MS-6
	MX-5/Miata									MX-5/Miata							MX-5
		MX-3 Precidia
	RX-7			Efini RX-7/RX-7										RX-8
	Cosmo
			AZ-1
Pickup	B-Series				B-Series				B-Series
Minivan										Premacy							Premacy/5
	Efini MPV/MPV									MPV								MPV/8
Crossover																		CX-7
																			CX-9
SUV		Navajo										Tribute							Tribute