See also: Mazda (homonymy)

Mazda is manufacturer of Automobile S Japanese, whose consortium Ford holds 33,4% of the shares.

At the end of the Years 1960, Mazda is interested in the rotary engine Wankel and will propose it on its splendid Cosmo half-compartment of 1967. This technology adopted by contructeurs such as Citroen and NSU will be little by little abandoned except by Mazda which still proposes it in its powerful half-compartment RX8. Mazda gained the 24 hours of Mans in 1991 with a car been driven by a rotary engine, the Mazda 787B.

To Japan Mazda distributes its vehicles in three networks distinct:

• Autozam for the town ones.
• Mazda for the average range.
• Xedos for the prestigious models. (like the east Lexus for Toyota or Infiniti for Nissan)

Principal models of Mazda cars.

OLD MODELS:

• Mini-town (K-because in Japan):

AZ1; idem Suzuki Cara

• Small and trucks:

121
323 (Familia in Japan)
626 (Capella in Japan)
929

• Sporting:

MX5 Mk1, MX5 Mk 3, Cosmo Sport, RX4, RX5, RX6, RX7, Roadster cuts, Mazda 323 GTR.

• Monospaces :

Premacy
MPV

CURRENT MODELS:

• Mini-town (K-bus reserved in Japan):

Carol; idem Suzuki Viola, last renewal in 2004.
AZ-coach; idem Suzuki R.
Coach AZ-Offroad; idem Suzuki Jimny XG.
Mazda Spiano ; idem Suzuki Lapin.
Viola Mazda Scrum ; idem Suzuki Every.

• Small and trucks:

Mazda 2 small truck renewed in 2007 and whose first generation was imported under the name Demio; name preserved at Japon.
Mazda 3 (Axela in Japan).
Mazda 6 (Atenza in Japan).

• Sporting:

MX5 Mk3 small roadster propulsion in two places, renewed in 2005 and declined in " half-compartment-cabriolet" since the end 2006.
RX8, last representative at Mazda of the rotary piston engine. Launched in 2002, the RX-8 has backdoors with opening antagoniste.

• Monospaces :

compact Mazda 5 monospace launched in 2005. It preserves Premacy name at Japon.
MPV renewed in 2006, it from now on is reserved for the market japonais.

• 4x4 and utilities:

Tribute first experiment of Mazda in category SUV. Exit in 2000, common platform with Ford Escape.
CX-7 long SUV 4,68 m, launched at the end of 2006 in the United States and Japan, in 2007 in Europe.
CX-9 SUV larger (5,07 m), launched at the beginning of 2007 in Etats-Unis.
Series B record player very close to Ford To arrange; product like him in Thailande.

Slogan

French (Canada)

• Vroum-Vroum

English (Canada)

• Zoom-Zoom

French (France)

• Zoom-Zoom

Bonds

• Mazda Canada

• Driving rotatory illustrated - Animations of engine

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