Mazda Kai Concept Previews NextGeneration Mazda3 in Tokyo Motor Trend

Mazda Motor Corporation typically called 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, with all 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 this company had to be saved from bankruptcy by Hiroshima Saving Bank as well as other business leaders in Hiroshima.In 1931 Toyo Kogyo moved from manufacturing machine tools to vehicles together with the introduction with the Mazda-Go autorickshaw. Toyo Kogyo produced weapons with the Japanese military during the entire 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 right away bore that name. The Mazda R360 has been around since 1960, then the Mazda Carol in 1962.Mazda Cosmo SportBeginning within the 1960s, Mazda was inspired with the NSU Ro 80 and made a decision to put a significant engineering effort into development on the Wankel rotary engine as a means of differentiating itself using Japanese auto companies. The company formed a small business relationship with German company NSU and began using 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 for your automotive market, usually by way of attrition (NSU and Citroën both threw in the towel on the design through the 1970s, and prototype Corvette efforts by General Motors never made it to production.This effort to create attention to itself apparently helped, as Mazda rapidly did start 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 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 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 found in Canada since 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 around the conventional piston-powered B-Series model) solely for North American buyers. To this day, Mazda continues to be the only automaker to obtain produced a Wankel-powered vehicle. Additionally, it is additionally 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 many markets). After nine many years of development, Mazda finally launched its new model inside the U.S. in 1970.Mazda's rotary success continued before onset in the 1973 oil crisis. As American buyers (and also those in other nations) quickly taken on 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 adapt to excess inventory and over-reliance for 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 only agreed to be saved with the intervention of Sumitomo keiretsu group, namely Sumitomo Bank, as well as the companies subcontractors and distributors. However, this company had not totally turned its back on piston engines, since it continued to provide a assortment of four-cylinder models over the 1970s. The smaller Familia line specifically 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 making it the rotary engine a choice for that sporting motorist as opposed to a mainstream powerplant. Starting using the lightweight RX-7 in 1978 and continuing while using modern RX-8, Mazda has continued its dedication to the present unique powerplant. This switch in focus also resulted inside 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 through the concept 'jinba ittai'. Introduced in 1989 to worldwide acclaim, the Roadster continues to be widely credited with reviving the concept from the small sports vehicle after its decline inside the late 1970s.