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Mazda Motor Corporation known as simply Mazda, is usually a Japanese multinational automaker located in Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, virtually all which (nearly one million) were created in the company's Japanese plants, with all the remainder from a variety of other plants worldwide. In 2015, Mazda was the fifteenth biggest automaker by production worldwide.Mazda began as being the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd, founded in Hiroshima, Japan, 30 January 1920. Toyo Cork Kogyo renamed itself to Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. in 1927. In the late 1920s the organization had to be saved from bankruptcy by Hiroshima Saving Bank along with business leaders in Hiroshima.In 1931 Toyo Kogyo moved from manufacturing machine tools to vehicles while using introduction in the Mazda-Go autorickshaw. Toyo Kogyo produced weapons with the Japanese military through the entire Second World War, especially the series 30 through 35 Type 99 rifle. The company formally adopted the Mazda name twenty six years ago, though every automobile sold right away bore that name. The Mazda R360 has been available since 1960, then the Mazda Carol in 1962.Mazda Cosmo SportBeginning within the 1960s, Mazda was inspired from the NSU Ro 80 and chose to put a significant engineering effort into development in the Wankel rotary engine as a means of differentiating itself using Japanese auto companies. The company formed a small business relationship with German company NSU and began using the limited-production Cosmo Sport of 1967, and continuing to the day using the Pro Mazda Championship, Mazda is the sole manufacturer of Wankel-type engines with the automotive market, usually by way of attrition (NSU and Citroën both quit on the design over the 1970s, and prototype Corvette efforts by General Motors never made it to production.This effort to get attention to itself apparently helped, as Mazda rapidly did start to export its vehicles. Both piston-powered and rotary-powered models made their way around the globe. The rotary models quickly came into common use for their mix of good power and lightweight weight when comparing piston-engined competitors that required heavier V6 or V8 engines to provide the same power. The R100 along with the RX series (RX-2, RX-3, and RX-4) led the business's export efforts.During 1968, Mazda started formal operations in Canada (MazdaCanada) although Mazdas were noticed in Canada since 1959. In 1970, Mazda formally entered the American market (Mazda North American Operations) and was very successful there, going as long as to create the Mazda Rotary Pickup (based about the conventional piston-powered B-Series model) solely for North American buyers. To this day, Mazda continues to be the only automaker to obtain produced a Wankel-powered truck. Additionally, it's also the only marque to obtain ever offered a rotary-powered bus (the Mazda Parkway, offered only in Japan) or station wagon (in the RX-3 and RX-4 lines for several markets). After nine numerous development, Mazda finally launched its new model from the U.S. in 1970.Mazda's rotary success continued till the onset with the 1973 oil crisis. As American buyers (along with those in other nations) quickly ventured into vehicles with better fuel efficiency, the relatively thirsty rotary-powered models did start to fall out of favor. Combined with being the least-efficient automaker in Japan (regarding productivity), inability to accommodate excess inventory and over-reliance around the U.S. market, the business suffered a huge decrease in 1975. An already heavily indebted Toyo Kogyo was about the verge of bankruptcy and was just saved over the intervention of Sumitomo keiretsu group, namely Sumitomo Bank, and also the companies subcontractors and distributors. However, the organization had not totally turned its back on piston engines, mainly because it continued to generate a selection of four-cylinder models through the entire 1970s. The smaller Familia line particularly became crucial to Mazda's worldwide sales after 1973, as did the somewhat larger Capella series.Mazda RX-7 (first generation)Mazda refocused its efforts generating the rotary engine a choice for your sporting motorist rather than mainstream powerplant. Starting together with the lightweight RX-7 in 1978 and continuing while using modern RX-8, Mazda has continued its dedication to the unique powerplant. This switch in focus also resulted from the development of another lightweight performance car, the piston-powered Mazda MX-5 Miata (sold as being the Eunos and later on Mazda Roadster in Japan), inspired with the concept 'jinba ittai'. Introduced in 1989 to worldwide acclaim, the Roadster may be widely credited with reviving the concept in the small performance car after its decline inside the late 1970s.

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