Mazda Motor Corporation (яп. マツダ株式会社), briefly: Mazda) — Japanese car company that manufactures cars "Mazda". Headquarters - in Hiroshima. Included in the Sumitomo keiretsu.

In 1920, together with a group of investors bankrupt construction company acquired Abemaki son of a simple fisherman, Dzyudziro Matsuda (ja.松田 重次郎 Matsuda Ju: Jiro, 1875—1952). The main products of the company have become articles of cork tree company called Toyo Cork Kogyo Ltd., and in 1921, Matsuda became its president. In 1920 the company produced several trial lots of motorcycles, not very popular in the market, and the main product was the machine-building equipment.


Tricycle Mazda, 1931

In 1930, one of the motorcycles from Toyo Kogyo (the word «Cork» & nbsp; - "Plug" - removed from the title in 1927) to win the race that raised interest to vehicle manufacturer. In 1930 the company launched tricycles, largely copy foreign models. In 1931 the name the company was changed to «Mazda» - the name of the supreme Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda, consonant with the name of the founder of the group. In 1932, the export of commercial tricycle in China. Similar cars in World War II were delivered to the Japanese army.

In 1948, rebuilt after the US bombing of the factory Mazda returned to release three-wheeled trucks, one year later chairman of the board of directors of the group was the son of the founder Tenudzhi Matsuda.


Mazda R360, 1960

In 1960 there was the first car manufacturer - subcompact four-coupe Mazda R360. A year later, there was a pickup Proceed B-series 1500 and in 1962 - the two- and four-door sedans and 360 Carol Carol 600. master release of the latest models have helped business ties with the German NSU, has exclusive rights to the production and development of the RAP work of Felix Wankel. 1963 marked the advent of the first rotary engine Mazda. Auto exports abroad was started with the sales wagon Mazda Familia in New Zealand, the same machine in two body versions debuted in 1967 on the European market. Then went into production first production car company with RAP, Mazda Cosmo Sport. By 1970, Mazda has released 100,000 cars with engines of this type.


Mazda 787B, 1991

In 1967 he debuted sports coupe Mazda Savanna RX-7, the same 25 & nbsp;% of shares were acquired Japanese automaker Concern Ford Motor (actually 25% of the shares were bought by Ford in 1979 only). The first large-scale joint project concerns became family Mazda Bongo 1983 model year. In 1984 the official name of the group changed at Mazda Motor Corporation. In 1989 he was presented first generation of the popular worldwide roadster Mazda MX-5, and in 1991, the only time in the history of "24 Hours of Le Mans" won a car with a rotary-piston engine, Mazda 787B. In 1995 debuted the first generation hatchback Mazda Demio, while Ford also increased its stake in the Japanese group to 33.4 percent.

According to the 2007 assembly plants operating in the concern 21 countries, the export of cars carried out in more than 120 countries.

August 30, 2010 in Milan, was presented a concept car Mazda Shinari, which became the forerunner of a design direction, new faces mark. The new corporate identity is called Kodo, which loosely means "the spirit of the movement," which replaced the Nagare, former profile last few years.