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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 02:55 AM
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My cosmic Girl - Stock Cosmo Pics (JC-ESE)

Hi all.

Here's a few pictures of my Cosmo. Stock, except for a REa ECU. 76000 km, 20B, VIN 100064. Anyone know of any older(-lower VIN) Cosmo with 20B still living?

I will keep it stock, and enjoy the smooth, effortless pull of the engine. I dig the Cosmo more and more !




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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 07:05 AM
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sweet car buddy. very sweet.
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 06:56 PM
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 06:58 PM
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Now I know why you complained about using a front clip.. in that B2600. (I was the one driving that 20b truck at sevenstock)

Awesome car.. I wish they had them here, I'd buy one in an instant.
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 08:36 AM
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Now I know why you complained about using a front clip.. in that B2600. (I was the one driving that 20b truck at sevenstock)

Awesome car.. I wish they had them here, I'd buy one in an instant.
You just might be able to soon. The first ones (1989 or 1990, I think) are now approaching fifteen years old. That means they can be purchased in Japan and then legally imported by induviduals to North America and registered here. As long as you're ok with right-hand drive.
BTW, weren't these cars only available with automatic transmissions?
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 10:10 AM
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That's a real beauty!
I wish I had one too
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 11:41 AM
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don't leave it stock!!
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 12:39 PM
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Oh man. I came in here on a whim (surfing the net beats doing dishes), and I'm glad I did. Thats the first pic of a Cosmo I've seen. My god I want one now.
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by d0 Luck
don't leave it stock!!

I don't know... 100064 is a very low number. I wonder what number cosmo this was.
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 09:06 PM
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This is the first full picture of a cosmo ive seen, put a video up!
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Aviator 902S
You just might be able to soon. The first ones (1989 or 1990, I think) are now approaching fifteen years old. That means they can be purchased in Japan and then legally imported by induviduals to North America and registered here. As long as you're ok with right-hand drive.
BTW, weren't these cars only available with automatic transmissions?

Just wondering how true is that, got any government sites I can look at to check more into it?

What kind of gas mileage does it get?

And finally thats a cool looking car, I thought they were all old box looking things. I want one.
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 07:53 AM
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in the first picture i kinda looks like a r32 skyline from the side. mazdafun your car is very nice i think that car looks best in black.
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 01:37 PM
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Awesome car. What year is it?
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 02:49 PM
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saw my 1st one at ss7
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by tjgosurf
Just wondering how true is that, got any government sites I can look at to check more into it?

What kind of gas mileage does it get?

And finally thats a cool looking car, I thought they were all old box looking things. I want one.
It's definitely true. There is a site you can go to but I'll be damned if I can recall it. It's been posted on this forum a few times if you want to do a search.

As for fuel economy, Not sure the exact figures. But using a specific fuel consumption of around 0.45 lbs per hp per hour and you should get a highway fuel economy of around 20 mpg. In city traffic you'll pay dearly at around 12 mpg. Typical for a car producing a peak hp of 345-ish. But if you can afford the car...
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 10:15 PM
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The north american market always seem to get the short end of the stick...

Nice ride.
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Aviator 902S
You just might be able to soon. The first ones (1989 or 1990, I think) are now approaching fifteen years old. That means they can be purchased in Japan and then legally imported by induviduals to North America and registered here. As long as you're ok with right-hand drive.
BTW, weren't these cars only available with automatic transmissions?
15 years is a Canadian law, not the United States.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 12:16 AM
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I've always thought those were so damn sexy. The only thing I would have to change is some nice mesh wheels.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 01:35 AM
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Talking More info..

Hi.

The car is a 1990 model. Sport type.

Gasmileage is terrible ! About 2 litre pr 10 km.

I love the car more and more. But now she's sleeping in a dry barn the whole winter.

I am thinking of getting some new wheels on it. I'll post some pics when I do. But it will not happen until spring 2005.

Have a nice day.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 03:42 AM
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There was a site called www.3rotor.com ....... but that hasn't been availeble for a while, there were very nice vids on it of the Cosmo...
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Old Oct 10, 2004 | 11:57 PM
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What was the price range on these brand new? I can't see why mazda didn't try to sell these over here.
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 12:26 AM
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The Cosmo is a sweet car........... It looks like a better version of a first gen Lexus SC400... I'm almost sure it was built to compete with the SC...........
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 03:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Mireck 12A
There was a site called www.3rotor.com ....... but that hasn't been availeble for a while, there were very nice vids on it of the Cosmo...

and some absolutely stunning project cars... don't know why it's no longer available. It was the best rotary website ever found.
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 11:47 PM
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That is one DAMN good looking car.
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Old Oct 16, 2004 | 12:19 AM
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Wow- I've never seen such good pics of a late model Cosmo before... sweet as hell. Stupid question- the body looks a lot like the 929 that we got in the states- did Mazda share the platform with the Cosmo? In addition to an FD my dad still has a mint 929... I can only imagine how incredible a 20B would be in there.
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