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1967 Mazda RX 87 Concept
However, in the practice of the global auto industry, there were also exceptions to the unspoken rules. Often, versions of cars with a...
1970 Mazda RX-500 Concept
The Mazda RX 500 was the star attraction at the 17th Tokyo Motor Show in 1970. It was developed by the research and design staff at the...
1970 Mazda EX-005 Concept
The Mazda EX-005 debuted at the 1970 Tokyo Motor Show and was a bubble approximately the size of an office chair. Actually, it was a...
1971 Mazda RX510 Concept
The Mazda RX-510 was a concept car created to promote the soon-to-be-released RX-3 / Savanna. It was first exhibited at the 1971 Tokyo...
1974 Mazda CVS Concept
The 1974 Mazda CVS Personal Car Concept showed how Mazda looked ahead to transportation possibilities outside the realm of...
1981 Mazda MX-81 Aria by Bertone
A futuristic 4-seat coupe based on the 323. To be seen is the steering wheel replaced by a rectangular belt. Bertone designed it with...
1983 Mazda RX-7 Turbo Prototype
Little is known about this rare 1983 Mazda Prototype. Context to the RX-7 development is here: Chief Project Engineer Akio Uchiyama had...
1983 Mazda MX-02 Concept
The 1983 Mazda MX-02 was a study for an experimental sedan featuring a 4-wheel steering system. At speed below 40 km/h (25 mph), MX-02's...
1983 Mazda Le Mans Prototype by Colani
In 1982 Luigi Colani had moved to Tokyo and accepted a position as a professor there. This resulted in collaboration with Mazda, for whom...
1985 Mazda MX-03 Concept
Mazda’s MX-03 sport coupe concept was built on a 106.7-inch wheelbase, and at 177.5 inches long, was about the size of a Ford Taurus. The...
1987 Mazda Pair
The 1987 Mazda Pair Concept was a micro-van and trailer prototype that could be adapted for various purposes and was designed to be used...
1987 Mazda MX-04 Concept
The Mazda MX-04 of 1987 was both a realistic and unrealistic Concept. It used a conventional rotary powertrain, perhaps from an RX-7,...
1989 Mercury Concept One
Ford and Mazda combined talents and developed the fiberglass Mercury One compact car concept. Outstanding aerodynamics was achieved by...
1989 Mazda TD-R
At the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda unveiled the TD-R concept. The off-road vehicle with height-adjustable suspension and four-wheel...
1989 Mazda AZ 550 / AZ 550 Sport / AZ 550 Race
The theme was building three mini-cars with different personalities departing from the same chassis and engine. Type A: Styling...
1991 Mazda HR-X
The Mazda HR-X was the first hydrogen-powered concept car produced by Mazda. The car was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1991. The...
1991 Mazda Gissya
The 1991 Mazda Gissya Concept was a proposal from Mazda’s European design studio for an MPV powered by a mid-mounted twin-rotor Wankel...
1993 Mazda London Taxi
Mazda collaborated with the London Royal College of Art in 1993 to sponsor a design project to create a futuristic taxi concept where...
1993 Mazda HR-X 2
In the Mazda HR-X 2, the designers sought a new (somewhat alarming) way of expressing Japanese culture in the automobile. The HR-X 2 is...
1995 Mazda SU-V Concept
The 1995 Mazda SU-V was Mazda’s proposal for the growing trend of compact SUVs. The SU-V concept was only 4.15 meters long. Source: Mazda...
1995 Mazda RX-01 Concept
The 1995 Mazda RX-01f was the first concept using the new-generation rotary engine, the first draft for a possible future RX-7. The Mazda...
1995 Mazda BU-X Concept
The 1995 Mazda BU-X was a concept based on the Demio and the first B-MAV (Multi-Activity Vehicle) to arrive in the market. Source: Mazda...
1997 Mazda SW-X
This 1997 Mazda concept is another study for a compact van (C-MAV), realized by the European Design Studio with more aggressive styling....
1997 Mazda MV-X
The 1997 Mazda MV-X concept was very close to what a future large MPV could look like for Mazda. This is a design study model for a...
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