Mazda produced the first production car with a GPS navigation system: the 1990 Eunos Cosmo.
The Eunos Cosmo, a Japan-only luxury coupe, introduced Mazda’s Car Communication System, or CCS. Its equipment included GPS capability and an in-car navigation function, making it an early milestone in satellite-guided automotive navigation.
Mazda launched the third-generation Cosmo in 1990 under its Eunos luxury marque. The car was technologically ambitious: it offered a three-rotor 20B rotary engine, sequential twin turbochargers, a touchscreen-style display, and advanced communications equipment.
The wording matters because earlier cars had navigation aids that were not GPS-based. Honda’s 1981 Electro Gyrocator, for example, was an important early electronic navigation system but relied on gyroscopic sensing and map displays rather than satellite positioning. Mazda’s achievement was integrating GPS navigation into a production automobile.