Mazda · Cosmo
Mazda Cosmo 2nd generation (CD22)
- Years
- 1975–1981
- Chassis
- CD22
- Drivetrain
- FR
Image: Aos.1905 / CC BY 4.0
Story
"AP" stands for anti-pollution, and it was the first model Mazda announced after the oil crisis. It became a specialty car on a different path from the Cosmo Sport, and a big hit.
Chassis
Front
Strut
Rear
Rigid axle
- Curb weight
- 1,220kg
Production plants
Fuchu, Aki, Hiroshima
US import eligibility
- Earliest cars
- Eligible since October 200025 years after sales began in October 1975
- Last cars
- Eligible since 200625 years after sales ended in 1981 (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 Mazda designer. He was in charge of the design of the second-generation Cosmo (Cosmo AP) and the first-generation Savanna RX-7. At the time the fifth-generation Familia was being developed, he served as general manager of Mazda's design department. He is the father of Ikuo Maeda.