Mazda Water Painting Post Cards

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Mazda is introducing it's "Mazda vehicle postcard" which was presented by Mikio Nakajima, who used to be a Mazda designer. Nakajima-san designed the great car RX-7 and other Mazda models for 40 years since 1971 and led the Mazda's car design. He has been water painting some Mazda models that he had strong feeling for. You will enter a gentle and nostalgic world when you see them.
We plan to start showing you his postcards, and we are happy to present the card of "Mazda 2nd ROADSTER of 1998." Nakajima-san says he has lots of memories on the model as he was one of the team members who worked on the pre-production design to decide the design theme. If you are looking for more please check out the Mazda Facebook page!
Everyone, have a good weekend!


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Here you can see Luce 4 Door Hard Top, Cosmo AP, and Savanna. Nakajima-san, who joined Mazda in 1971, has an emotional attachment to Cosmo as he participated in that project in his third year. The front grill design was adopted as a functional design to improve cooling performance of the rotary engine.
Back in those days, clay modeler was not yet an independent job and designers were drawing on the board and also creating clay models.

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Here is the "1976 Grand Familia" as the third card we show to you. Nakajima san says this model is a memorable one for him, since it was the first facelift model he had worked for in his career.

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Here is the 4th card, we are showing you the card of "1978 Mazda SAVANNA RX-7," for which Nakajima san himself participated in the design project. The first generation RX-7 was designed based on a sketch by a young designer. Nakajima san has nice memories of this model, as it was developed with an aim to give young people a chance to experience the joy of driving a sports car, hence Mazda adopted ideas to achieve a reasonable price throughout the development of this model.

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This painting is of the 2002 Mazda Atenza. Nakajima-san tells us he created it as a nostalgic reminder for a close friend who was involved in the development of the first generation Atenza. You can find all of these on the Mazda Facebook page.

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Here is another watercolor painting by former Mazda designer Mikio Nakajima.
This painting is of Nakajima-san’s friend’s favorite car; the 1965 Familia Coupe 1000

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Here is the 1957 Mazda HBR. It was drawn by former Mazda designer Mikio Nakajima in response to a request from a friend from Nagoya, and the building in the background is the former Nagoya municipal office.

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A new watercolor painting is shown ever week on the Mazda Facebook page!
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Here is the 1989 1st generation Mazda Roadster (Mazda MX-5). Nakajima-san was involved in the interior design of this car. He says his aim was a modern design, fitting for the new lightweight sports car.

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This postcard features the 1970 Mazda 1300 Coupe (Mazda Familia Presto 1300GF in Japan) fondly remembered by Nakajima-san’s friend as the first car he ever bought. Nakajima-san painted him this picture as a nostalgic reminder.

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Here is the 1992 Mazda EUNOS 500 that Nakajima-san painted.

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Here is the Mazda Savanna Coupe which was released in 1971, the same year Nakajima-san joined Mazda.
A colleague who also joined that year requested this picture.
In the background you can see France's Arc de Triomphe, which Nakajima-san's colleague visited with his wife.

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This postcard features the Mazda Premacy, released in 1999. Nakajima-san painted it for the Premacy program manager.

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This postcard by Mikio Nakajima features the Mazda Cosmo Sport (aka 110S) which recently enjoyed its 45th anniversary! When released, it featured beautiful, futuristic proportions and exceptional driving performance. Many who got behind the wheel of the Mazda Cosmo Sport were heard to comment, "More like flying than driving."

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This postcard features the 1971 Mazda Grand Familia (aka Mazda 808/818) 1300 coupe GS.
Nakajima-san painted it for his friend who loved driving this car.

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Here is the 1986 Luce (aka Mazda929). Nakajima-san participated in the design of its exterior and apparently it was difficult meet the class criteria because he wanted to create a spacious cabin and luggage compartment. He says he aimed to design the epitome of a sedan.

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This postcard features the 1992 Mazda EUNOS 500. Nakajima-san painted it for his friend who joined this car's engine development project.

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This postcard features the 1970 Mazda RX500 which was exhibited as a concept car at 1970 Tokyo Motor Show.

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It is our pleasure to present the “Mazda Car Postcard” series featuring watercolor paintings by former Mazda designer Mikio Nakajima.
Today's postcard features the 1971 Mazda SAVANNA Coupe GS.

Nakajima-san painted this one for his friend who was involved in the SAVANNA's production 40 years ago.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

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Here is another of the “Mazda Car Postcard” series featuring watercolor paintings by former Mazda designer Mikio Nakajima.
Today's postcard features the Luce 1500. The Luce was based on a Bertone original design from Italy, modified by Mazda designers to suit the company's tastes and the car left a lasting impression on Nakajima-san.

Have a great weekend guys!

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