There is a sense of luxury and the design is also stylish! 3 classic Showa specialty cars

In 1967, Mazda launched the Cosmo Sport, the world's first mass-produced vehicle equipped with a rotary engine. It was developed as a genuine sports car with a fairly avant-garde design at that time.

After that, in 1972, Cosmo Sports ended production, and in 1975, after a three-year hiatus, the "Cosmo AP", a substantial successor car, appeared.

By the way, the car name "AP" comes from "anti-pollution" because it passed the 1976 exhaust gas regulations.

Cosmo AP changed from a pure sports car, Cosmo Sport, to a luxury specialty car, debuting with only a 2-door fastback coupe body. In 1977, the 2-door notchback "Cosmo L" was added.

The front face of the early model Cosmo AP combines a vertical lattice radiator grill with round 4-lamp headlights to create a solid feeling. On the other hand, the overall form has a relaxed and elegant styling, and the center window on the rear side accentuates the exterior.

The engine is equipped with a 654cc x 2 rotor rotary "13B type" in the top grade, and there are also 573cc x 2 "12A type" rotary, 2 liter and 1.8 liter inline 4 cylinder reciprocating engines. .

Although the Cosmo AP was a luxury specialty car, it became a hit product with cumulative sales exceeding 20,000 units in less than half a year after its release. It has become a more luxurious appearance.

In 1981, the model was changed to the 3rd generation, which adopted a unique 4-light retractable headlight, and in 1990, the legendary Eunos " The genealogy was passed down to Cosmo.

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The three cars introduced this time were luxury route specialty cars, but in the past there were many popular models such as Nissan "Silvia", Honda "Prelude", and Isuzu "Piazza".

All of them were very popular models, but they could not resist changing needs and disappeared.

There are other genres that are threatened with selection or extinction.