Título: Marcas - Mazda
Mensagem de: Kaizen em 18 de Agosto de 2003, 04:47
Mensagem de: Kaizen em 18 de Agosto de 2003, 04:47
Mazda
Owned by
Ford - 33.4 %
Subsidiary
Eunos (Brand name)
Xedos (Brand name)
Location
Headquarters : Hiroshima
R&D centers : Hiroshima (Japan), Irvine (California, US), Ann Arbor (Michigan, US), Oberursel (Germany).
Plants in Japan : Hiroshima (Demio, 121, 323, 929, MPV, MX-5, RX-7), Hofu (323, 626, Millenia, Premacy).
Plants in US : AutoAlliance, Michigan (50/50 with Ford, produces 626 and Cougar).
Brief History
Mazda was founded in 1920 in the name of "Toyo Kogyo", producing machine tools. In 1931, it started producing 3-wheel truck, but cars came as late as 1960, when R360 Coupe was launched.
From the very beginning of its car operation, it started working on rotary engines (licensed by NSU and Dr. Wankel). Toyo Kogyo knew if they did not have a unique technology, they could have been absorbed by other car makers under the guidance of Japanese government. Therefore during the 60's and early 70's they worked hard to improve the rotary engine and eventually making it for mass production.
Their first saloon was launched in 1962, and the brand name "Mazda" had been chosen. 5 years later, the first rotary car, Cosmo coupe, was launched as a small scale production bounded in Japan. The coupe version of the Familia saloon, R100, gained the rotary engine next year. Attack to the US market started in 1970, and rotary engines found prosperity there - 8 years later, the one millionth rotary car was produced. That year also saw the introduction of RX-7.
Following several energy crisis, the hope of rotary-engined mass production cars broke, leaving only the niche RX-7 sports car carried on. Mazda's fortune in the US also left with the rotary. In 1979, Ford acquired 25% stake in Mazda, starting a joint venture in the US to produce cars for both firms. That venture, AutoAlliance, produced Probe and MX-6 and today still builds Cougar and 626.
In 1984, the company name was formally renamed to Mazda. The trio of saloons, 323, 626 and 929, worked well in the 80's to push Mazda's sales up. Before the breakage of bubble economy, Mazda decided to expand its models to premium car market, in other words, following the route of Acura, Lexus and Infiniti. That created Xedos in Europe and Eunos in Asia, both brands share the same cars - the smaller Eunos 500 (Xedos 6) and bigger Eunos 800 (Xedos 9, or Mazda Millenia). Now as you know, the breakage of bubble economy led to the failure of this ambitious project, causing heavy loss and eventually had to seek help from Ford. The latter increased stocks to a third and took the effective control of the Japanese car maker. The independence of Mazda has gone.
The most successful Mazda car is probably the '89 Miata (MX-5), which is now 10 years old and has past 500,000 units sales mark. It is going to beat MGA/B/C's all time record for sports car sales.
Another achievement is the Le Mans win in 1991. The Mazda 787B took the first ever win for rotary engine. Also the first win for any Japanese car maker, although with a little bit luck.
Famous models
RX-7 (mk 1 to mk 3) : the only successful rotary engine car in the world.
MX-5 : one of the greatest roadsters ever made.
www.mazda.com
www.mazda.co.jp
www.mazda.pt
Owned by
Ford - 33.4 %
Subsidiary
Eunos (Brand name)
Xedos (Brand name)
Location
Headquarters : Hiroshima
R&D centers : Hiroshima (Japan), Irvine (California, US), Ann Arbor (Michigan, US), Oberursel (Germany).
Plants in Japan : Hiroshima (Demio, 121, 323, 929, MPV, MX-5, RX-7), Hofu (323, 626, Millenia, Premacy).
Plants in US : AutoAlliance, Michigan (50/50 with Ford, produces 626 and Cougar).
Brief History
Mazda was founded in 1920 in the name of "Toyo Kogyo", producing machine tools. In 1931, it started producing 3-wheel truck, but cars came as late as 1960, when R360 Coupe was launched.
From the very beginning of its car operation, it started working on rotary engines (licensed by NSU and Dr. Wankel). Toyo Kogyo knew if they did not have a unique technology, they could have been absorbed by other car makers under the guidance of Japanese government. Therefore during the 60's and early 70's they worked hard to improve the rotary engine and eventually making it for mass production.
Their first saloon was launched in 1962, and the brand name "Mazda" had been chosen. 5 years later, the first rotary car, Cosmo coupe, was launched as a small scale production bounded in Japan. The coupe version of the Familia saloon, R100, gained the rotary engine next year. Attack to the US market started in 1970, and rotary engines found prosperity there - 8 years later, the one millionth rotary car was produced. That year also saw the introduction of RX-7.
Following several energy crisis, the hope of rotary-engined mass production cars broke, leaving only the niche RX-7 sports car carried on. Mazda's fortune in the US also left with the rotary. In 1979, Ford acquired 25% stake in Mazda, starting a joint venture in the US to produce cars for both firms. That venture, AutoAlliance, produced Probe and MX-6 and today still builds Cougar and 626.
In 1984, the company name was formally renamed to Mazda. The trio of saloons, 323, 626 and 929, worked well in the 80's to push Mazda's sales up. Before the breakage of bubble economy, Mazda decided to expand its models to premium car market, in other words, following the route of Acura, Lexus and Infiniti. That created Xedos in Europe and Eunos in Asia, both brands share the same cars - the smaller Eunos 500 (Xedos 6) and bigger Eunos 800 (Xedos 9, or Mazda Millenia). Now as you know, the breakage of bubble economy led to the failure of this ambitious project, causing heavy loss and eventually had to seek help from Ford. The latter increased stocks to a third and took the effective control of the Japanese car maker. The independence of Mazda has gone.
The most successful Mazda car is probably the '89 Miata (MX-5), which is now 10 years old and has past 500,000 units sales mark. It is going to beat MGA/B/C's all time record for sports car sales.
Another achievement is the Le Mans win in 1991. The Mazda 787B took the first ever win for rotary engine. Also the first win for any Japanese car maker, although with a little bit luck.
Famous models
RX-7 (mk 1 to mk 3) : the only successful rotary engine car in the world.
MX-5 : one of the greatest roadsters ever made.
www.mazda.com
www.mazda.co.jp
www.mazda.pt
Título: Números/Fabricação
Mensagem de: CelicaGTI em 07 de Outubro de 2003, 18:22
Mensagem de: CelicaGTI em 07 de Outubro de 2003, 18:22
Mazda 1200 1968-1970 131.572
Mazda 1500 1966-1971 121.804
Mazda 1800 1968-1972 39.041
Mazda 929L 1979-1988 103.426
Mazda 323 1977-1980 904.573
Mazda 818 1971-1978 625.439
Mazda Capella 616 1970-1978 254.919
Mazda Cosmo 110S 1966-1972 1.176
Mazda 626 1978-1982 723.709
Mazda R100 1968-1973 95.706
Mazda RX2 1970-1978 225.004
Mazda RX3 1971-1978 286.685
Mazda RX7 1978-1985 570.500
Título: Modelos
Mensagem de: kombota em 03 de Maio de 2004, 22:24
Mensagem de: kombota em 03 de Maio de 2004, 22:24
Neste site podem tomar conhecimento de alguns modelos produzidos pela mazda até aos fins dos anos 70:
Indice de Modelos Mazda
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Indice de Modelos Mazda
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Título: Re: Modelos
Mensagem de: kombota em 01 de Junho de 2004, 22:53
Mensagem de: kombota em 01 de Junho de 2004, 22:53
Jujiro Matsuda (1875 - 1952)
Matsuda was born August 6, 1875, 12th son of a fisherman in the Hiroshima Prefecture. His father died when he was three years old. At the age of 13 he got a job in a blacksmith shop in Osaka. At the age of 20, in 1894 he started his own shop and employed 50 workers, but a recession drove him out of business. He tried again eleven years later in a converted cow shed. His eldest son, Tsuneji (1897?-1971), pumped air for the furnace.
Jujiro Matsuda invented and patented a pump. It sold well, so he formed the Matsuda Pump Partnership. He was edged out a few years later when the company was taken over.
In 1912 Jujiro formed Matsuda Works. In one year it employed 4000 workers to produce four million artillery fuses for the Russian Czar's government. Then it became Japan Armament Manufacturing Company. Later he left to create a new Matsuda Works in Hiroshima. Nihon Steel Manufacuring Co. took this over.
Toyo Kogyo 1920, 1927
A group of investors including Matsuda took over a failing Abemaki tree cork company in January 1920, naming it Toyo Cork Kogyo Company Limited. Toyo means Orient and Kogyo means industry. Jujiro became president the next year.
In September 1927, Matsuda reformed the company as Toyo Kogyo Kaisha (Company) Limited to grow out of cork and into industrial production. A test run of 30 motorcycles were manufactured in 1930 or earlier, since one of them won a race that year.
Mazda Type DA Motorized Tricycle Truck 1931
Ahura Mazda is the Zoroastran lord of light, creator of the universe (cf. Mazdaznan faith). The name is also very close to Matsuda. (You may see light bulbs with the same brand name, but they have nothing to do with the auto maker.) Toyo Kogyo successfully produced these 500cc three wheelers with differential transmissions beginning in 1931. They were exported to China, beginning in 1932. A small passenger sedan protoype was made in 1940, but this had to be abandoned due to the Second World War.
Recovery after Atom Bomb
The atom bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, but the company was fortunate that less than half of the plant was destroyed. In 1950 Toyo Kogyo produced the Type CT three-wheeler with 1157 cc V twin (32 bhp). This was very successful. Additionally there were the CA four wheel trucks, and the CF compact four wheel fire engines. In May 1960 the R360 air cooled coupe was introduced with a 356 cc two cylinder rear mounted engine. In 1962 there was the 358 cc four cylinder Carol sedan. 1963 saw the model 800 and Familia four with front engines and rear drive.
Jujiro's son Tenuji became President of the Company in 1951. Jujiro passed away in March 1952. Tsuneji succumbed to a lung inflammation in 1971. His son Kohei succeeded him until he stepped down in 1977.
In 1984 the company name was changed to Mazda Motor Corporation. Mazda has assembly plants in 21 countries and exports to 120 countries.
RCE Events at Mazda
May 1960 Dr. Haas, German ambassador visits Mazda.
Jun 1960 NSU ready to negotiate agreement.
Sep 1960 Pres. Tsuneji Matsuda visits Germany. Tentative agreement.
Jul 1961 Japanese gov't approves agreement.
Aug 1962 Kenichi Yamamoto visits NSU.
Apr 1963 Rotary Engine Research Division formed.
1963 Rotary engine tested, shown at Tokyo show.
1967 Cosmo 110S goes on sale.
1968 Mazda R100 Familia Rotary Coupe produced.
1969 R100 Rotary SS Sedan.
1969 RCE wins Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry Prize
1970 100,000th rotary vehicle produced.
1978 Millionth Mazda Rotary Engine produced.
1984 RCE with Electronic Injection wins Japan SPMI Prize.
1990 Cumulative production of 1 million RX-7s was achieved.
In 1973, Mazda sold 104,960 cars in the US, twice the previous year's total. More than 92 percent had rotary engines. The next year, after the gas crisis had made its impact felt, Mazda sold only 61,192 cars in the US.
Mazda History
Cumps
Matsuda was born August 6, 1875, 12th son of a fisherman in the Hiroshima Prefecture. His father died when he was three years old. At the age of 13 he got a job in a blacksmith shop in Osaka. At the age of 20, in 1894 he started his own shop and employed 50 workers, but a recession drove him out of business. He tried again eleven years later in a converted cow shed. His eldest son, Tsuneji (1897?-1971), pumped air for the furnace.
Jujiro Matsuda invented and patented a pump. It sold well, so he formed the Matsuda Pump Partnership. He was edged out a few years later when the company was taken over.
In 1912 Jujiro formed Matsuda Works. In one year it employed 4000 workers to produce four million artillery fuses for the Russian Czar's government. Then it became Japan Armament Manufacturing Company. Later he left to create a new Matsuda Works in Hiroshima. Nihon Steel Manufacuring Co. took this over.
Toyo Kogyo 1920, 1927
A group of investors including Matsuda took over a failing Abemaki tree cork company in January 1920, naming it Toyo Cork Kogyo Company Limited. Toyo means Orient and Kogyo means industry. Jujiro became president the next year.
In September 1927, Matsuda reformed the company as Toyo Kogyo Kaisha (Company) Limited to grow out of cork and into industrial production. A test run of 30 motorcycles were manufactured in 1930 or earlier, since one of them won a race that year.
Mazda Type DA Motorized Tricycle Truck 1931
Ahura Mazda is the Zoroastran lord of light, creator of the universe (cf. Mazdaznan faith). The name is also very close to Matsuda. (You may see light bulbs with the same brand name, but they have nothing to do with the auto maker.) Toyo Kogyo successfully produced these 500cc three wheelers with differential transmissions beginning in 1931. They were exported to China, beginning in 1932. A small passenger sedan protoype was made in 1940, but this had to be abandoned due to the Second World War.
Recovery after Atom Bomb
The atom bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, but the company was fortunate that less than half of the plant was destroyed. In 1950 Toyo Kogyo produced the Type CT three-wheeler with 1157 cc V twin (32 bhp). This was very successful. Additionally there were the CA four wheel trucks, and the CF compact four wheel fire engines. In May 1960 the R360 air cooled coupe was introduced with a 356 cc two cylinder rear mounted engine. In 1962 there was the 358 cc four cylinder Carol sedan. 1963 saw the model 800 and Familia four with front engines and rear drive.
Jujiro's son Tenuji became President of the Company in 1951. Jujiro passed away in March 1952. Tsuneji succumbed to a lung inflammation in 1971. His son Kohei succeeded him until he stepped down in 1977.
In 1984 the company name was changed to Mazda Motor Corporation. Mazda has assembly plants in 21 countries and exports to 120 countries.
RCE Events at Mazda
May 1960 Dr. Haas, German ambassador visits Mazda.
Jun 1960 NSU ready to negotiate agreement.
Sep 1960 Pres. Tsuneji Matsuda visits Germany. Tentative agreement.
Jul 1961 Japanese gov't approves agreement.
Aug 1962 Kenichi Yamamoto visits NSU.
Apr 1963 Rotary Engine Research Division formed.
1963 Rotary engine tested, shown at Tokyo show.
1967 Cosmo 110S goes on sale.
1968 Mazda R100 Familia Rotary Coupe produced.
1969 R100 Rotary SS Sedan.
1969 RCE wins Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry Prize
1970 100,000th rotary vehicle produced.
1978 Millionth Mazda Rotary Engine produced.
1984 RCE with Electronic Injection wins Japan SPMI Prize.
1990 Cumulative production of 1 million RX-7s was achieved.
In 1973, Mazda sold 104,960 cars in the US, twice the previous year's total. More than 92 percent had rotary engines. The next year, after the gas crisis had made its impact felt, Mazda sold only 61,192 cars in the US.
Mazda History
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Título: Re: Modelos
Mensagem de: kombota em 03 de Julho de 2004, 18:15
Mensagem de: kombota em 03 de Julho de 2004, 18:15
Título: Re: Modelos
Mensagem de: Cortina Team em 22 de Novembro de 2005, 20:12
Mensagem de: Cortina Team em 22 de Novembro de 2005, 20:12
Título: Re: Modelos
Mensagem de: kombota em 08 de Dezembro de 2005, 00:40
Mensagem de: kombota em 08 de Dezembro de 2005, 00:40
Aqui fica um topico bastante interessante num forum francês sobre os modelos da mazda:
www.forum-auto.com/sqlforum/section1/sujet196694.htm
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www.forum-auto.com/sqlforum/section1/sujet196694.htm
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Título: Re: Marcas - Mazda
Mensagem de: PtkSfk em 27 de Fevereiro de 2006, 20:29
Mensagem de: PtkSfk em 27 de Fevereiro de 2006, 20:29
www.mazda.com/history/rotary/
Aqui fica um link com um pouco de história dos rotary models.
Bem interessante e com fotos apetitosas!![:[love]](http://www.deephousepage.com/smilies/1luvu.gif)
Aqui fica um link com um pouco de história dos rotary models.
Bem interessante e com fotos apetitosas!
Título: Re: Marcas - Mazda
Mensagem de: kombota em 19 de Março de 2006, 01:56
Mensagem de: kombota em 19 de Março de 2006, 01:56
Título: Re: Marcas - Mazda
Mensagem de: kombota em 08 de Julho de 2006, 20:03
Mensagem de: kombota em 08 de Julho de 2006, 20:03
www.forum-auto.com/sqlforum/section1/sujet196694.htm
Link para forum frances com muita informação sobre a historia e modelos da mazda.
Cumps
Link para forum frances com muita informação sobre a historia e modelos da mazda.
Cumps
Título: Re: Marcas - Mazda
Mensagem de: aguilar em 18 de Julho de 2008, 16:41
Mensagem de: aguilar em 18 de Julho de 2008, 16:41
Não consigo ver a fotos :(
Principalmente as do R100...Foi um modelo que me marcou muito quando os vi correr e acompanhar os Lola T, em plena recta, num autódromo muito longe daqui....
Uma loucura de andamento, pra um carro tao pequeno, em tamanho e cilindrada, 1000cc Rotary.
Vindos do Japão pra Af. do Sul, disputar um campeonato e dar a conhecer as potencialidades do bicho!
Tinha uma foto a preto e branco, dum dos carros nas boxes. Deve andar numa caixa de recordações...
Principalmente as do R100...Foi um modelo que me marcou muito quando os vi correr e acompanhar os Lola T, em plena recta, num autódromo muito longe daqui....
Uma loucura de andamento, pra um carro tao pequeno, em tamanho e cilindrada, 1000cc Rotary.
Vindos do Japão pra Af. do Sul, disputar um campeonato e dar a conhecer as potencialidades do bicho!
Tinha uma foto a preto e branco, dum dos carros nas boxes. Deve andar numa caixa de recordações...
Título: Re: Marcas - Mazda
Mensagem de: kombota em 18 de Março de 2009, 10:23
Mensagem de: kombota em 18 de Março de 2009, 10:23
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/2949454316_3e3b3b265f_b.jpg)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michielverburgh/sets/72157607147356403/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michielverburgh/sets/72157607147356403/)
Nelson (kombota)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michielverburgh/sets/72157607147356403/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michielverburgh/sets/72157607147356403/)
Nelson (kombota)
Título: Re: Marcas - Mazda
Mensagem de: kombota em 09 de Fevereiro de 2010, 16:45
Mensagem de: kombota em 09 de Fevereiro de 2010, 16:45
(http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/182/1941/25453470015_large.jpg)
http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/gallery/pdf/Mazda_121.pdf (http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/gallery/pdf/Mazda_121.pdf)
Nelson (kombota)
http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/gallery/pdf/Mazda_121.pdf (http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/gallery/pdf/Mazda_121.pdf)
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