It was with the next generation, the Cosmo HB (1981 to 1987), that Mazda really upped its design game. The new car looked fresh and modern, with top models getting a 2.0-liter rotary engine with ...
Mazda continued to develop the Wankel engine and the Cosmo in unison over the next several decades, with the CD and HB generations of the model coming out in 1975 and 1981 respectively.