Mazda MX-81

The Mazda MX-81 is a concept car designed by Bertone for Mazda and presented at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1981, with the design credited to Marc Deschamps. It is based on the Mazda 323 and took design cues, including its colour scheme, from Bertone's earlier Volvo Tundra concept. According to the factory it was the first Mazda to use the prefix MX, which stands for Mazda Experimental, and the Astina and 323F that came out in 1989 used many of its concepts. It has a 1.5-litre turbocharged engine of 130 horsepower, a hatchback body with pop-up headlights and an all-glass hatch, and an interior with a non-rotating steering assembly carrying buttons and a CRT screen in place of gauges. Around 2020 it was sent from Hiroshima to Turin to be restored.