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Mazda Motor CorporationMazda 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, and North America. The Ford Motor Company owns 33.4 percent of Mazda.
Mazda began as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd, founded in Japan in 1920. Toyo Kogyo produced weapons for the Japanese military.
Founder of Mazda Jujiro Matsuda.
The year 1960 was the birth of Mazda as an automaker.
The first four-wheel car, the Mazda R360 was introduced in 1960.
The company formally adopted the Mazda name in 1984.
In 1978 Introduction of the Mazda B2000 compact pickup truck (mini truck).
Mazda Japanese Used Mini Truck Models:
Mazda Scrum Minitruck Mazda B-3000 Minitruck
Mazda B-4000 Minitruck Mazda Porter Cab
Mazda B-2300 Pickup