Mazda B360

B360

1961 presented Toyo Kogyo today Mazda Mazda B360 for the first time in the Japanese market. It was a small van which was created based on the first Mazda cars Mazda R360. In 1966, the vehicle a facelift and was eventually replaced by the Mazda Porter in 1968.

Mazda B360 1961-1968

Compared to the Mazda R360 he possessed as a combined 4 seats, but also had only 2 doors. In addition to the van there was a pickup truck out in Japan with or without bodywork. With the R360, the B360 was also shared by the 356 cc air-cooled two-cylinder OHV 4-stroke petrol engine in this model, 13 hp (9.5 kW). This operation using a 4 - speed manual gearbox or optionally a two -stage automatic transmission with torque converter to the rear wheels. In September 1963, there was a small revision with essentially the engine DA was prominent. This had grown over its predecessor to 358 cc with water cooling and now he reached 20 hp (15 kW).

Mazda B600 1962-1968

When B600 it was the export model had a 577 cc air-cooled OHV engine version. 1964 this engine was switched to water cooling, grew to 596 cc and 35 hp leistere (26 kW). The B600 was not sold in Japan.

Production Burma since 1973

Even the Mazda T Series and Their predecessors were exported to Burma, among other countries. Also, this happened even when B600. After the end of production of the T- series Mazda sold 1973, the production of these and the Mazda B360/600 at the state enterprise Myanmar Automobile and Diesel engines Industries Ltd.. abbreviated MADI. There, these models have since been produced locally.

Facelift model