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Mazda Motor Corporation known as simply Mazda, is often a Japanese multinational automaker headquartered in Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, many which (nearly one million) were created in the company's Japanese plants, while using remainder from a variety of other plants worldwide. In 2015, Mazda was the fifteenth biggest automaker by production worldwide.Mazda began because 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 corporation had to be saved from bankruptcy by Hiroshima Saving Bank and also other business leaders in Hiroshima.In 1931 Toyo Kogyo moved from manufacturing machine tools to vehicles while using introduction with the Mazda-Go autorickshaw. Toyo Kogyo produced weapons to the Japanese military through the entire Second World War, such as 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, accompanied by the Mazda Carol in 1962.Mazda Cosmo SportBeginning inside 1960s, Mazda was inspired through the NSU Ro 80 and chosen to put a significant engineering effort into development in the Wankel rotary engine in order of differentiating itself business Japanese auto companies. The company formed an organization relationship with German company NSU and began with all the limited-production Cosmo Sport of 1967, and continuing to this particular day with all the Pro Mazda Championship, Mazda is just about the sole manufacturer of Wankel-type engines to the automotive market, largely by way of attrition (NSU and Citroën both threw in the towel 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 begun to export its vehicles. Both piston-powered and rotary-powered models made their way worldwide. The rotary models quickly came into common use for their mixture of good power and lightweight weight in comparison with 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 send out export efforts.During 1968, Mazda started formal operations in Canada (MazdaCanada) although Mazdas were noticed in Canada who are only 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 the only automaker to possess produced a Wankel-powered truck. Additionally, it is additionally the only marque to own 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 sure markets). After nine numerous years of development, Mazda finally launched its new model inside the U.S. in 1970.Mazda's rotary success continued before onset on the 1973 oil crisis. As American buyers (together with those in other nations) quickly considered 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 (when it comes to productivity), inability to conform to excess inventory and over-reliance within the U.S. market, the organization suffered a huge reduction in 1975. An already heavily indebted Toyo Kogyo was for the verge of bankruptcy and was just saved with the intervention of Sumitomo keiretsu group, namely Sumitomo Bank, along with the companies subcontractors and distributors. However, the organization had not totally turned its back on piston engines, the way it continued to create a assortment of four-cylinder models over the 1970s. The smaller Familia line specifically 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 making the rotary engine a choice with the sporting motorist rather than mainstream powerplant. Starting with all the lightweight RX-7 in 1978 and continuing with all the modern RX-8, Mazda has continued its dedication for this unique powerplant. This switch in focus also resulted from the development of another lightweight racecar, the piston-powered Mazda MX-5 Miata (sold because the Eunos and then Mazda Roadster in Japan), inspired from the concept 'jinba ittai'. Introduced in 1989 to worldwide acclaim, the Roadster may be widely credited with reviving the concept in the small racecar after its decline inside the late 1970s.