Eunos Cosmo 20B Type S: Spotted - Pistonheads.com
Now another historic, little-known Mazda Cosmo has popped up. It's a 1990 Eunos Cosmo 20B - the world's first and only car with a three-rotor Wankel engine. If you fancy a car that LJK Setright once said could be the best in the world, it can be yours. [Actually you can't because between us being tipped off about the car and writing the story it sold. This was Mazda's absolute range-topper in the early 1990s, a sports/luxury grand tourer that showcased all of Mazda's advanced tech at the time. Only ever sold in Japan, it was badged as a Eunos, the same Mazda sub-brand that brought you the Roadster (MX-5) and Presso (MX-3). It's rare: just 8,853 Cosmos were built, of which 3,937 were triple-rotor 20B models (the remainder had 13B... A touch of Le Mans glory, perhaps, and there's still no other road engine remotely like it. The power output is officially 280hp, but that was by the standards of Japan's 'gentleman's agreement' era - the real figure is more likely around 320hp.... This is a Type S version, the 'sporty' one with firmer suspension settings and fabric trim (there were plusher Type E and Type ECCS models, too, the 'Elegant Car Control System' packing leather trim, fancy hi-fi, on-board TV and - very advanced... Source: www.pistonheads.com
