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Mazda Motor Corporation typically called simply Mazda, is often a Japanese multinational automaker located 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 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 as well as 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 for that Japanese military over the Second World War, especially the series 30 through 35 Type 99 rifle. The company formally adopted the Mazda name twenty six years ago, 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 inside the 1960s, Mazda was inspired with the NSU Ro 80 and chosen to put a serious engineering effort into development with the Wankel rotary engine as a method of differentiating itself using Japanese auto companies. The company formed a company relationship with German company NSU and began using the limited-production Cosmo Sport of 1967, and continuing to the current day using the Pro Mazda Championship, Mazda is just about the sole manufacturer of Wankel-type engines for that automotive market, largely by way of attrition (NSU and Citroën both lost the fight on the design in 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 did start to export its vehicles. Both piston-powered and rotary-powered models made their way all over the world. The rotary models quickly came into common use for their combined good power and lightweight weight when compared with 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 the business's export efforts.During 1968, Mazda started formal operations in Canada (MazdaCanada) although Mazdas were noticed in Canada since 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 continues to be the only automaker to obtain produced a Wankel-powered vehicle. Additionally, it's also the only marque to get 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 from the U.S. in 1970.Mazda's rotary success continued till the onset from the 1973 oil crisis. As American buyers (in addition to those in other nations) quickly considered vehicles with better fuel efficiency, the relatively thirsty rotary-powered models started to fall out of favor. Combined with being the least-efficient automaker in Japan (with regards to productivity), inability to accommodate excess inventory and over-reliance within the U.S. market, this company suffered a huge decrease of 1975. An already heavily indebted Toyo Kogyo was about the verge of bankruptcy and was just saved over 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, the way it continued to generate a selection of four-cylinder models through the entire 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 that sporting motorist as opposed to a mainstream powerplant. Starting with all the lightweight RX-7 in 1978 and continuing with all the modern RX-8, Mazda has continued its dedication to the unique powerplant. This switch in focus also resulted inside the development of another lightweight performance car, the piston-powered Mazda MX-5 Miata (sold because the Eunos and then 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 with the small racecar after its decline within the late 1970s.