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“Mazda” comes from Ahura Mazda, the god of harmony, intelligence and wisdom from the earliest civilization in West Asia and a symbol of the automotive civilization and culture.

Mazda Motor Corporation commonly referred to as simply Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automaker based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Mazda began as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd, founded in Hiroshima, Japan, 30 January 1920. Mazda started its life as a cork manufacturer back in 1920. The year 1931 was when Mazda, then called the Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd., launched the “Mazda-go”, a tricycle truck which is a first vehicle coming out of the company.

Headquarters Hiroshima, Japan

cosmo sport 1967-1972

The Mazda Cosmo is an automobile which was produced by Mazda from 1967 to 1995. Throughout its history, the Cosmo served as a "halo" vehicle for Mazda, with the first Cosmo successfully launching the Mazda Wankel engine. The final generation of Cosmo served as Mazda's flagship vehicle in Japan, being sold as the Eunos Cosmo through its luxury Eunos division in Japan.

The Series I/L10A Cosmo was powered by a 0810 two-rotor engine with 982 cc of displacement and produced about 110 hp (thus the 110 name). The Series II/L10B was introduced in July 1968. It had a more-powerful 128 hp engine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCS787JTu1o

rx 500 1971

The Mazda RX-500 is a mid-engine concept car first shown to the public at the 17th 1970 Tokyo Motor Show. It is a two-door coupé, accessed by forward-swinging butterfly-wing doors. The RX-500 was promoted as a mobile test bed for road safety.

The car weighs 850 kg due to the use of light weight plastic in its construction, and is powered by a 982 cc X 2 double-rotor (10A) Wankel engine that was mounted forward of the rear axle. The engine has a power output of 247 hp.

The car is capable of achieving a top speed of 241 km/h.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLSdpCqwaws

sa22c rx7 1978-1985

The Mazda RX-7 is a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, rotary engine-powered sports car that was manufactured and marketed by Mazda from 1978 until 2002 across three generations, all of which made use of a compact, lightweight Wankel rotary engine.

Series 1 (produced from 1978 until 1980) is commonly referred to as the "SA22C" from the first alphanumeric of the vehicle identification number. Mazda's internal project number for what was to become the RX-7 was X605. In Japan, it was introduced in March 1978, replacing the Savanna RX-3, and joined Mazda's only other remaining rotary engine-powered products, called the Cosmo which was a two-door luxury coupé, and the Luce luxury sedan.

This RX-7 has the factory numbering SA22C. The first generation had the 12A engine which is 105 hp, with 573cc per rotor. From 1981 the engine was revised and the power increased to 117 hp.

Sales of the first-generation RX-7 were strong, with a total of 474.565 cars produced; 377.878 (nearly eighty percent) were sold in the United States alone.

Mazda RX7 (youtube.com)