Top 10 Best Mazdas of All Time - AutoGuide.com
These are the various slogans Mazda has used over the years to convey that the manufacturer’s cars are fun to drive. Although not every vehicle to roll off a Mazda assembly line has been a joy to operate (I’m looking at you, first-generation Mazda MPV), the little automaker from Japan has had a disproportionate number of fun-to-drive vehicles in its lineup since... Here is our Top 10 list of the best Mazdas ever made, and no, they are not all rotary-powered. Mazda Carol (1962-1970) Although the Mazda R360 was the company’s first real production car, the four-seat P360 Carol is the one that really put Mazda on the map. If a bit more power was needed, there was also the P600 Carol offered for a few years in the early 1960s. 9. Mazda B-Series Rotary Pickup (REPU) In 1974, Mazda was rotary crazy and decided to install one of these engines into its B-Series pickup... Although the idea of a low-torque engine in a workhorse pickup truck may sound crazy, the REPU was intended to be more of a sport truck than a heavy lifter. The easiest way to tell this truck apart from regular B-Series pickups was the not-so-subtle “Rotary Power” badging painted across the truck’s tailgate. Source: www.autoguide.com
