{"id":82782,"date":"2021-10-21T12:37:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T12:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=82782"},"modified":"2021-11-02T07:39:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T07:39:28","slug":"autozam-az-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/autozam-az-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Autozam AZ-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Autozam, that sounds like a strange foreign language artificial word. But it seems to have something to do with automobiles. In fact, it was a Japanese car brand that existed between 1989 and 1998. It was a subsidiary brand of Mazda, founded together with Eunos and \u025b\u0303fini (read like the French word Infini). In this way, Mazda wanted to offer a suitable, family-oriented dealer network for each model series within Japan. Autozam was intended to appeal specifically to young female customers. However, this marketing strategy quickly proved to be unsuccessful. With a few exceptions, none of the new brand’s models was a commercial success. In most cases, the Mazda model series were only minimally modified in terms of appearance. One of the exceptions appeared in 1992 as the Autozam AZ-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joint development with Suzuki<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This was a small sports car according to the Kei-Car regulations, which had been developed jointly with Suzuki. In order to make the best possible use of its compact dimensions, the AZ-1 was fitted with a mid-engine in front of the rear wheels and gullwing doors attached to the center of the roof. The engine, which came from Suzuki, had a displacement of just 657 cc and produced 47 kW\/64 hp and 85 Nm of torque. Initial ideas for this mini sports car date back to the mid-1980s. In 1985, Suzuki presented the RS\/1 concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show, which at that time still featured the 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine from the Cultus GTi (known as the Swift GTi in Europe). Two years later, the further developed RS\/3 was on the same spot, but Suzuki finally dropped the project in favor of the small roadster Cappuccino with a classic front-mounted engine. Instead, Mazda took over the design and brought it to production maturity.<\/p>\n\n\n

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