Mazda used the Cronos name in Japan from 1991 until 1995 on a redesign of the Mazda Capella. This vehicle platform (GE) was sold in the United States as the Mazda 626 in the same years. In Japan, the older-generation GD Capella remained in production. All three models were replaced with the GF in 1997, and the Cronos name was retired.