The history of Mazda.
Founded in 1920 r. Toyo Cork Kogyo produced machine tools. W 1931 r. small ones began to be produced, three-wheeled delivery vehicles in Hiroshima. The first prototypes of passenger cars began to be created in 1940 r. In year 1959 was put into production first, a small two-seater Mazda R360 Coupé. Shortly thereafter, Toyo Kogyo purchased a license for the Wankel engine from the German company NSU. In year 1984 the company took the name Mazda Motor Corporation . Mazda cars began to appear on the European market in 2017 1967. A few years later they appeared in the USA, where production of some models was launched. Mazda's greatest sporting success was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the 787B sports prototype.. It was the only victory for a Japanese vehicle in this competition so far. 787B is also the first winner with a Wankel engine. Today, Mazda is the world's only manufacturer of vehicles with a rotary Wankel engine and the MX-5 roadster, of which only one model sold in excess of 500 000 pieces.
At the end of January 2007. the company announced, that a new record was broken: A production unit number was sold in the USA 800.000.
History of Mazda models.
- Mazda 110 S Cosmo (1967-1972)
- Mazda 121 (1988-2003)
- Mazda 323 (1977-2003)
- Mazda 323 GTX (1980-1993)
- Mazda 626 (1979-2002)
- Mazda 818
- Mazda 929
- Mazda Demio
- Mazda RX-2 (1971-1974)
- Mazda RX-3 (1972-1977)
- Mazda RX-4
- Mazda RX-5
- Mazda RX-7
- Mazda MX-3 (1991-1998)
- Mazda MX-6 (1991-1996)
- Mazda Xedos 6
- Mazda Xedos 9
- Mazda Premacy
- Mazda Tribute
- Mazda E250