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Mazda Motor Corporation (マツダ株式会社, Matsuda Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan. [5] The company was founded on January 30, 1920, as Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd., a cork-making factory, by Jujiro Matsuda. [6] [7] The company then acquired Abemaki Tree Cork ...
Model Current generation Vehicle description Image Name(s) Introduction (cal. year) Introduction (cal. year) Facelift; Hatchback: Mazda2: 2002 2014 2023 Subcompact hatchback. Also marketed as the Demio in Japan until 2019. Mazda2 Hybrid: 2021 2021 2024 Rebadged Toyota Yaris Hybrid (XP210) for the European market. Mazda3: 2003 2019 – Compact ...
This is a chronological index for the start year for motor vehicle brands (up to 1969). For manufacturers that went on to produce many models, it represents the start date of the whole brand; for the others, it usually represents the date of appearance of the main (perhaps only) model that was produced.
For example, the Mazda N family used by the Mazda Miata started at NA and was updated in 1998 to NB and in 2006 to NC. The 2016 and newer MX-5s are designated ND. Mazda generally starts car model codes at the letter "A", but van and truck variants often get different names, usually starting at "V".
For the 2006 model year, Mazda added variable valve timing and variable-length intake runners to the 2.0-litre engine resulting in a power increase to 150 bhp (112 kW; 152 PS). The automatic transmission used in the S trim Mazda3 with the 2.3-litre engine was changed from a four-speed to a five-speed design.
The second-generation Mazda2 earned the 2008 World Car of the Year title, [1] while the third-generation model was awarded the 2014–2015 Japanese Car of the Year. [ 2 ] The third-generation model was sold in North America as the Scion iA and Toyota Yaris , Yaris iA and Yaris R.
The son of a fisherman, Matsuda was born in Hiroshima in 1875. He was apprenticed to a blacksmith in Osaka at the age of 14 and invented the "Matsuda-type pump" in 1906. He later took over management of the foundry at which he apprenticed and changed the name of the organization to "Matsuda Pump Partnership"; he was eventually forced out of the company, but launched an arms manufacturing ...
The Mazda CX-5 is a compact crossover SUV [1] produced by Mazda since 2012. [2] A successor to both the Tribute and the slightly larger CX-7, [3] [4] it is Mazda's first model to feature the "Kodo" design language and the first model to be fully developed with a range of technologies branded as Skyactiv, including a rigid, lightweight platform combined with a series of engines and ...