Back when the MX-5 was fresh in its first generation, Mazda experimented with the idea of a kei car with sporting attributes and the engine in the middle. Enter the Autozam AZ-1, equipped with ...

Japan is home to many weird cars and many of them are belong to the kei car segment. But weird isn’t always bad, as the Autozam AZ-1 mid-engine rear-wheel drive kei car proves. Built between 1992 and ...

Today on Regular Car Reviews, we have the Mazda Autozam AZ-1. One of the least regular cars ever made. This is a Japanese domestic market legend, arguably the peak car of the Bubble Era, a product ...

Everyone loves the Autozam AZ-1. One of the shining examples of Mazda's bubble-era audacity, the Ferrari-aping, gullwing-doored, mid-engined AZ-1 is exactly the kind of vehicle we're conditioned to ...

We won't even list the reasons for which the C8 Corvette is already famous, while face swap renderings like the one we have here can be considered pretty popular, at least among aficionados that spend ...

• The Autozam A-1 is the rarest of the sporting kei cars (a low road tax category with restrictions on displacement and size), and one is currently listed for sale on the auction site Bring a Trailer, ...

Mid-engine layout, manual transmission, gull-wing doors, right-hand drive, and the dimensions of a Japanese Kei car—this 1992 Autozam AZ-1 listed onBring a Trailer ticks all of these boxes. The quirky ...

Back in the late 1980s, Mazda decided to build a mid-engine performance car that would abide by Japan's "Kei" small car regulations and still be fun to drive. The car could displace no more than 660cc ...

The kei car is a staple of the Japanese automotive industry and the Autozam AZ-1 from the early 1990s remains one of the most intriguing kei cars to this day. The 1992 AZ-1 that you’re looking at was ...

No, you don’t need to adjust your computer screen or phone -- this isn’t a Ford RS200 or Toyota MR2. It's the Autozam AZ-1-- a scaled-down midengine sports car that didn’t make its way to the U.S.

Something completely different dropped by for the latest episode of "Jay Leno's Garage." It was a 1992 Mazda Autozam AZ-1. Never heard of it? Most Americans haven't. The AZ-1 was one of many Japanese ...