▁of ▁Le ▁Mans . ▁Fe aturing ▁a ▁bigger ▁air ▁int ake ▁than ▁the ▁former ▁two , ▁vent ing ▁to ▁the ▁forward - position ed ▁radi ator ▁and ▁ex its ▁it ▁along ▁the ▁front ▁rim ▁of ▁the ▁cow l . ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁design ▁c ues ▁typical ▁to ▁an ▁end urance ▁rac er ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁wing ▁mirror ▁and ▁B BS ▁style ▁bra ke - co ol ing ▁wheel ▁disc s . ▁Comp ared ▁to ▁the ▁Type ▁B , ▁this ▁version ▁was ▁far ▁more ▁sp art an ▁in ▁comparison . ▁ ▁Pre - production ▁As ▁the ▁cars ▁were ▁well ▁received ▁by ▁the ▁visit ing ▁public ▁and ▁the ▁mot oring ▁press , ▁Maz da ▁execut ives ▁decided ▁on ▁production ▁of ▁the ▁car . ▁Although ▁Type ▁C ▁was ▁the ▁better ▁received ▁of ▁the ▁three , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁Type ▁A ▁which ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁green light ▁by ▁execut ives ▁as ▁they ▁believed ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁one ▁most ▁commer cially ▁accepted ▁by ▁the ▁bu ying ▁public . ▁The ▁Type ▁A ▁would ▁only ▁receive ▁a ▁minor ▁design ▁alter ation ▁prior ▁to ▁production , ▁as ▁the ▁pop - up ▁head light s ▁were ▁dropped ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁fixed ▁units , ▁purely ▁for ▁struct ural ▁rig id ity ▁reasons . ▁The ▁front ▁air ▁vent ▁was ▁the ▁other ▁design ▁alter ation ▁made ▁to ▁the ▁car ▁prior ▁to ▁production . ▁ ▁Non eth eless , ▁the ▁car ▁took ▁three ▁years ▁to ▁get ▁into ▁production ▁as ▁the ▁engineering ▁team ▁changed ▁the ▁car ' s ▁internal ▁ske leton ▁frame ▁to ▁steel ▁to