The Mazda K360 is one of the Mazda entries the open record knows by name and by date — in 1959, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable. The shape is credited to Jiro Kosugi.
How it came about
The Mazda K360 (Japanese: マツダ・K360) is a three-wheeled light truck made by Mazda. It first went on sale in 1959 in Japan. Production ended in 1969. In total, 280,000 vehicles were produced. It was the replacement for the Mazda-Go.
The vehicle is 2.975 metres (9.76 ft) in length, 1.28 metres (4.2 ft) wide, 1.43 metres (4.7 ft) tall, weighs 485 kilograms (1,069 lb), and has a top speed of 65 km/h (40 mph).
Family and rivals
The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Nissan Patrol, the Mini Mini, the Dodge Challenger. Its Mazda stablemates include the Mazda BT-50 and the Mazda T2000.
Owning one today
EPA combined economy is 27 mpg, about $2,450 a year in fuel at the EPA's assumptions. Condition, mileage and specification move any single car a long way from a headline figure.
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