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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, nearly all which (nearly 2million) were stated 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 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 with the Mazda-Go autorickshaw. Toyo Kogyo produced weapons to 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 back in 1984, though every automobile sold right from the start bore that name. The Mazda R360 has been around since 1960, then the Mazda Carol in 1962.Mazda Cosmo SportBeginning from the 1960s, Mazda was inspired with the NSU Ro 80 and chosen to put a serious engineering effort into development from the Wankel rotary engine in order of differentiating itself off their Japanese auto companies. The company formed an enterprise relationship with German company NSU and began with all the limited-production Cosmo Sport of 1967, and continuing for this day while using 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 in 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 to export its vehicles. Both piston-powered and rotary-powered models made their way worldwide. The rotary models quickly removed for their blend of good power and lightweight weight in comparison with 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 send out export efforts.During 1968, Mazda started formal operations in Canada (MazdaCanada) although Mazdas were affecting Canada as soon as 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 for the conventional piston-powered B-Series model) solely for North American buyers. To this day, Mazda remains to be the only automaker to get produced a Wankel-powered pickup. Additionally, it is usually the only marque to own ever offered a rotary-powered bus (the Mazda Parkway, offered only in Japan) or station wagon (inside RX-3 and RX-4 lines for many markets). After nine a lot of development, Mazda finally launched its new model inside U.S. in 1970.Mazda's rotary success continued before the onset in 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 begun to fall out of favor. Combined with being the least-efficient automaker in Japan (with regard to productivity), inability to adapt to excess inventory and over-reliance about the U.S. market, the organization suffered a huge decrease of 1975. An already heavily indebted Toyo Kogyo was for the verge of bankruptcy and only agreed to be saved with the intervention of Sumitomo keiretsu group, namely Sumitomo Bank, and also the companies subcontractors and distributors. However, the corporation had not totally turned its back on piston engines, mainly because it continued to create a number of four-cylinder models over the 1970s. The smaller Familia line for example became extremely important 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 for your sporting motorist rather than mainstream powerplant. Starting with all the lightweight RX-7 in 1978 and continuing using 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 sports vehicle, 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 has become widely credited with reviving the concept with the small sports vehicle after its decline inside late 1970s.