Mazda

Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Hiroshima, Japan.

As of 2006, the company is expected to produce 1.25 million vehicles per year, with sales evenly divided among Japan, Europe, Australia, and North America, followed by Latin America.

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Mazda road car timeline, 1990s—2000s
Type	1990s										2000s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Subcompact	Revue/121						Demio/121						Demio/2						Demio/2
															Verisa					Verisa
Compact	Familia/323/Protegé					Familia/323/Protegé					Familia/323/Protegé				Axela/3
Mid-size	626			Capella					626				Atenza/6						Atenza/6
				626
				Millenia
Full-size	929					Sentia
Sports car	MX-6/Mystère			MX-6/Mystère
	MX-5/Miata									MX-5/Miata							MX-5
		MX-3 Precidia										MicroSport								MX-4/Kabura
	RX-7			RX-7										RX-8
	Cosmo
			AZ-1
Pickup	B-Series				B-Series				B-Series
Minivan										Premacy							Premacy/5
	MPV									MPV								MPV/8
Crossover																		CX-7
																			CX-9
SUV		Navajo										Tribute							Tribute

Mazda began as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd, founded in Japan in 1920. Toyo Cork Koygo renamed itself to Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. in 1927. Toyo Kogyo moved from manufacturing machine tools to vehicles, with the introduction of the Mazda-Go in 1931. Toyo Kogyo produced weapons for the Japanese military throughout the Second World War, most notably the series 30 through 35 Type 99 rifle. The company formally adopted the Mazda name in 1984, though every automobile sold from the beginning bore that name. The first four-wheel car, the Mazda R360 was introduced in 1960, followed by the Mazda Carol in 1962.