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Mazda Motor Corporation typically called simply Mazda, is often a Japanese multinational automaker situated in Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, nearly all which (nearly one million) were manufactured in the company's Japanese plants, using the remainder from the variety of other plants worldwide. In 2015, Mazda was the fifteenth biggest automaker by production worldwide.Mazda began since 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 corporation 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 with all the introduction in the Mazda-Go autorickshaw. Toyo Kogyo produced weapons for that Japanese military during the entire Second World War, especially the series 30 through 35 Type 99 rifle. The company formally adopted the Mazda name 26 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 because of the NSU Ro 80 and chose to put a significant engineering effort into development in the Wankel rotary engine as an easy way of differentiating itself using Japanese auto companies. The company formed a company relationship with German company NSU and began together with 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 lost the battle on the design through the 1970s, and prototype Corvette efforts by General Motors never made it to production.This effort to take attention to itself apparently helped, as Mazda rapidly started to export its vehicles. Both piston-powered and rotary-powered models made their way world wide. The rotary models quickly removed for their mix of good power and lightweight weight in comparison to piston-engined competitors that required heavier V6 or V8 engines to create the same power. The R100 and also 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 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 as far 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 remains to be the only automaker to own produced a Wankel-powered pick up truck. Additionally, additionally it is the only marque to obtain ever offered a rotary-powered bus (the Mazda Parkway, offered only in Japan) or station wagon (inside the RX-3 and RX-4 lines for several markets). After nine numerous years of development, Mazda finally launched its new model from the U.S. in 1970.Mazda's rotary success continued prior to the onset on the 1973 oil crisis. As American buyers (along 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 (with regards to productivity), inability to alter to excess inventory and over-reliance for the U.S. market, the organization suffered a huge decrease of 1975. An already heavily indebted Toyo Kogyo was within the verge of bankruptcy and only agreed to be saved throughout the intervention of Sumitomo keiretsu group, namely Sumitomo Bank, along with the companies subcontractors and distributors. However, this company had not totally turned its back on piston engines, mainly because it continued to create a assortment of four-cylinder models during the entire 1970s. The smaller Familia line for example 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 making the rotary engine a choice for your sporting motorist as opposed to a mainstream powerplant. Starting while using 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 within the development of another lightweight racecar, the piston-powered Mazda MX-5 Miata (sold because Eunos and later on Mazda Roadster in Japan), inspired with the concept 'jinba ittai'. Introduced in 1989 to worldwide acclaim, the Roadster continues to be widely credited with reviving the concept from the small fancy car after its decline from the late 1970s.