Mazda · AZ-3
Mazda AZ-3 1st generation (EC5SA/ECPSA)
- Years
- 1991–1998
- Chassis
- EC5SA/ECPSA
- Drivetrain
- FF
Image: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima / CC0
Story
A coupé distinguished by a look like a scaled-down RX-7 and a rear window of three-dimensional curvature. Its design was strongly influenced by Giugiaro's Alfa Romeo Canguro. Production ended because of a slump in the specialty-car market and a rationalization of the model range.
Chassis
Production plants
Hofu, Yamaguchi
US import eligibility
- Earliest cars
- Eligible since June 201625 years after sales began in June 1991
- Last cars
- Eligible since 202325 years after sales ended in 1998 (month not recorded)
Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).
Engineers
A Japanese car designer. After working at Mitsubishi Motors, he moved to Mazda as chief designer (design manager) and was put in charge of two new Eunos models at the same time. The production cars he worked on include the Eunos Presso and the Eunos 500.