First imports arriving in 1967, Mazda quickly became known for their rotary engined cars. While the original Cosmo was truly unique in almost every aspect the range soon settled into a wide selection of family cars with both combustion and rotary engine options. By the late 70’s the Rotary engines were only available in a series of rakish coupes. Mazda also established manufacturing links with Ford which become more evident with the post 90’s cars.