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Mazda Motor Corporation typically called simply Mazda, is really a Japanese multinational automaker operating out of Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, many which (nearly a million) were stated in the company's Japanese plants, while using remainder originating 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 this company had to be saved from bankruptcy by Hiroshima Saving Bank along with other business leaders in Hiroshima.In 1931 Toyo Kogyo moved from manufacturing machine tools to vehicles with all the introduction in the Mazda-Go autorickshaw. Toyo Kogyo produced weapons with the Japanese military over the Second World War, that include the series 30 through 35 Type 99 rifle. The company formally adopted the Mazda name 26 years ago, though every automobile sold in the first place 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 through the NSU Ro 80 and chose to put an important engineering effort into development on the Wankel rotary engine in order of differentiating itself off their Japanese auto companies. The company formed a company relationship with German company NSU and began with all the limited-production Cosmo Sport of 1967, and continuing to the day with all the Pro Mazda Championship, Mazda is just about the sole manufacturer of Wankel-type engines with the automotive market, usually by way of attrition (NSU and Citroën both lost the fight on the design throughout 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 started to export its vehicles. Both piston-powered and rotary-powered models made their way around the globe. The rotary models quickly shot to popularity for their combined good power and light-weight weight in comparison to piston-engined competitors that required heavier V6 or V8 engines to create the same power. The R100 as well as the RX series (RX-2, RX-3, and RX-4) led their export efforts.During 1968, Mazda started formal operations in Canada (MazdaCanada) although Mazdas were found in Canada as soon as 1959. In 1970, Mazda formally entered the American market (Mazda North American Operations) and was very successful there, going in terms of to create the Mazda Rotary Pickup (based for the conventional piston-powered B-Series model) solely for North American buyers. To this day, Mazda continues to be only automaker to get produced a Wankel-powered pick up truck. Additionally, it is additionally the only marque to possess ever offered a rotary-powered bus (the Mazda Parkway, offered only in Japan) or station wagon (inside RX-3 and RX-4 lines for sure markets). After nine numerous years of development, Mazda finally launched its new model from the U.S. in 1970.Mazda's rotary success continued before the onset in the 1973 oil crisis. As American buyers (in addition to those in other nations) quickly taken on vehicles with better fuel efficiency, the relatively thirsty rotary-powered models started fall out of favor. Combined with being the least-efficient automaker in Japan (with regards to productivity), inability to alter to excess inventory and over-reliance around the U.S. market, the organization suffered a huge decrease in 1975. An already heavily indebted Toyo Kogyo was for the verge of bankruptcy and was just saved over the intervention of Sumitomo keiretsu group, namely Sumitomo Bank, plus the companies subcontractors and distributors. However, this company had not totally turned its back on piston engines, the way it continued to provide a various four-cylinder models during the entire 1970s. The smaller Familia line especially became vital 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 as opposed to a mainstream powerplant. Starting using the lightweight RX-7 in 1978 and continuing together with the modern RX-8, Mazda has continued its dedication to the present unique powerplant. This switch in focus also resulted from the development of another lightweight fancy 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 is widely credited with reviving the concept on the small racecar after its decline inside late 1970s.