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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, the vast majority of which (nearly one million) were stated 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 because 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 and also other business leaders in Hiroshima.In 1931 Toyo Kogyo moved from manufacturing machine tools to vehicles using the introduction in the Mazda-Go autorickshaw. Toyo Kogyo produced weapons for that Japanese military during the entire Second World War, particularly the series 30 through 35 Type 99 rifle. The company formally adopted the Mazda name twenty six years ago, though every automobile sold in the first place bore that name. The Mazda R360 has been around since 1960, accompanied by the Mazda Carol in 1962.Mazda Cosmo SportBeginning inside 1960s, Mazda was inspired because of the NSU Ro 80 and chosen to put a serious engineering effort into development on the Wankel rotary engine as an easy way of differentiating itself off their Japanese auto companies. The company formed a small business relationship with German company NSU and began together with the limited-production Cosmo Sport of 1967, and continuing to the day together with the Pro Mazda Championship, Mazda is one of the sole manufacturer of Wankel-type engines for that automotive market, usually by way of attrition (NSU and Citroën both lost the fight on the design through the 1970s, and prototype Corvette efforts by General Motors never made it to production.This effort to make attention to itself apparently helped, as Mazda rapidly started export its vehicles. Both piston-powered and rotary-powered models made their way world wide. 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 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 affecting Canada who are only 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 for the conventional piston-powered B-Series model) solely for North American buyers. To this day, Mazda continues to be the only automaker to own produced a Wankel-powered pickup. 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 (from the RX-3 and RX-4 lines for many markets). After nine numerous development, Mazda finally launched its new model inside the U.S. in 1970.Mazda's rotary success continued prior to the onset on the 1973 oil crisis. As American buyers (together with 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 adapt to excess inventory and over-reliance around the U.S. market, this company suffered a huge decrease in 1975. An already heavily indebted Toyo Kogyo was for the verge of bankruptcy and was just saved throughout 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 make a number of four-cylinder models through the entire 1970s. The smaller Familia line particularly became essential to Mazda's worldwide sales after 1973, as did the somewhat larger Capella series.Mazda RX-7 (first generation)Mazda refocused its efforts and created the rotary engine a choice to the sporting motorist as opposed to a mainstream powerplant. Starting using the lightweight RX-7 in 1978 and continuing using the modern RX-8, Mazda has continued its dedication to the unique powerplant. This switch in focus also resulted from the development of another lightweight racecar, the piston-powered Mazda MX-5 Miata (sold since the Eunos and later on Mazda Roadster in Japan), inspired because of the concept 'jinba ittai'. Introduced in 1989 to worldwide acclaim, the Roadster is widely credited with reviving the concept from the small fancy car after its decline inside late 1970s.