Following the initial Mazda Cosmo, Mazda released a second, slightly different version the Cosmo, coined the Cosmo AP, or Cosmo Anti-Pollution in 1975. The Cosmo AP was marketed as less of a sports car and more of a specialty car, one that helped the environment. The Cosmo AP was a flop internationally as Mazda tried too hard to “Americanize” the car. It was however an enormous success in Japan where over 55,000 where sold in the first year alone.
