Here's some oldies from Mazda(everyone goes "awww nah not again"
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This I believe is the first production motor vehicle from what would become Mazda(Toyo Kogyo at the time(up till ohh 1976? Toyo Kogyo was the sort of company backing, with Mazda as thier front name), Mazda was thier automotive branch, they also made, and started as, cork), the 1931 3 wheel Type DA utility truck:
Then came an innovative truck, the 1935 TCS. It featured a unified engine and transmission, and could haul 400Kg(quick math leads me to 880lbs). Note that the Mitsubishi mark was on the Mazda trucks from the '30s because at the time Mitsubishi sold them for Mazda.
4 wheel production began in 1950 with the CA truck. It was used for fire engines and ambulances, and other things ofcourse. Featured an OHC V2, 32.5hp.
Mazda soon went to bigger trucks, in 1957 they came out with the T2000 3 wheel truck. It came in both short and long bed versions(the pic is of the long bed). Could haul 1100-1500kg(that's 3300lbs). Had a 81hp 2L I4 I believe. I have a sort of unfinished 1/32 scale model of it that I got from a local hobby place, it's pretty cool.
Mazda's car production began in 1960 with the R360, a "Kei" class car. 16hp, could reach around 60mph. Mazda sold some 23,000+ units in its first year, and had 2/3 of the Kei class market. What modern Mazda dealer doesn't have one of these and other classic Mazdas out front?
Here's the longest running Mazda vehicle, the B-series. Here's the 1961 B-1500(1500=1500cc, had a 1484cc 4 cylinder) pickup truck. 60hp, could tow 2,200lbs.
In the '60s Mazda made a lot of passenger cars such as the P600 and Carol. '67 not only brought the Cosmo Sport, it brought Mazda to North America(Canada), followed in '70 with Mazda in the US. All Mazdas pre-1979 are considered rare now in the US, and you really don't see any Mazdas driving around from the early '80s except RX-7s and the occasional B-series, GLC, or 626(though 1st gen 626s just aren't out there, and many GLCs have rusted into oblivion.). Eventually, I would like to find a 1st gen 626 Coupe or B-series just to restore and drive. Eventually, that is.
Then came the Rotary cars which most people consider classics. The Cosmo Sport, R100, Luce Rotary, etc. Out of those my favorite would have to be the RX-3, followed by the R100. They just have that classic look to them. One of my bro's friends who lives in south east MO is restoring a RX-4. Haven't seen it yet, but he's gonna drive it up here when he's got it running.
So for any of those people who can't understand Japanese classic cars, you're just not educated. All of the Japanese companies have classic cars. It just so happens that US companies produced more units of cars than the Japanese companies could, and Japanese cars came to the US starting in the mid '60s.
Classic??
OMG! Is it that the clone of the 1990 Hyundai Excel? Which it is?
