1920.1 T

oyo Cork

Kogyo C

o., Ltd

., is f

ounded

1927.9 C

ompany becomes T

oyo Kogyo C

o., Ltd

.

1930.9 N

ew plant is c

onstruct

ed in H

irosh

ima (A

ki-gun, F

uchu-ch

o)

1961.7

Mazd

a enters

into

tech

nical c

ooperatio

n with

NSU /

Wankel o

n rota

ry engines

1963.3 C

umulative domesti

c pro

duction re

aches 1

milli

on vehicles

1966.11

Start

of opera

tions a

t new pass

enger car p

lant (Ujin

a) in H

irosh

ima

1967.3 Full-s

cale exp

orts to

the Euro

pean mark

et begin

1970.4

Exports

to th

e U.S. b

egin

1979.6 C

umulative domesti

c pro

duction re

aches 1

0 milli

on vehicles

1979.11

Ford M

otor C

ompany and Mazd

a enter i

nto a ca

pital t

ie-up

1981.1

2 Start

of opera

tions a

t Hofu

Transm

ission P

lant (Naka

noseki

distric

t)

1982.9 Sta

rt of o

peratio

ns at H

ofu P

lant (Nish

inoura dist

rict)

1984.5 C

ompany is re

named Mazd

a Moto

r Corp

oratio

n

1985.1 E

stablis

hment of M

azda M

otor M

anufact

uring (U

SA) Corp

oratio

n (MMUC),

la

ter c

alled A

utoAllia

nce In

tern

ational (A

AI)

1987.4

Cumulativ

e domestic p

roduct

ion reach

es 20 m

illion vehicl

es

1995.4

Cumulativ

e domestic p

roduct

ion reach

es 30 m

illion vehicl

es

1995.11

Mazd

a and Ford jo

intly esta

blish A

utoAllia

nce (T

hailand) C

ompany Limite

d (AAT),

a

joint v

enture

product

ion company

1996.5 The ra

tio of F

ord’s

ownership of M

azda st

ock is

incr

eased fr

om 25% to

33.4%

2000.11 M

id-term

plan “Mille

nnium Plan” i

s announce

d

2003.1 Pro

duction of M

azda6 co

mmences a

t FAW C

ar Company in

China

2004.11 M

id-term

plan “Mazd

a Momentu

m” is a

nnounced

2005.9 Joint ventu

re engine pro

duction co

mpany in C

hina is esta

blished

2006.2 Pro

duction of M

azda3 at C

hangan Ford A

utomobile

plant in C

hongqing begins

2007.3 Mid-te

rm plan “M

azda A

dvancement P

lan” is a

nnounced

2007.3 Long-term

vision fo

r tech

nology development: ”S

ustainable Z

oom-Zoom” i

s announce

d

2007.7 Cumulativ

e domestic p

roduct

ion reach

es 40 m

illion vehicl

es

200 7.9 Changan Fo

rd M

azda A

utomobile

Co. L

td. (C

FMA) launch

es opera

tions

at i

ts new m

anufacturin

g plant in N

anjing, C

hina

2008.11 The ra

tio of F

ord’s

ownership of M

azda st

ock is

reduce

d from 33.4%

to 13

.8%

2010.4

“Fra

mework fo

r Medium- a

nd Long-term

Initi

atives”

is announce

d

2012.2 “S

truct

ural R

eform

Plan” i

s announce

d

2012.9 M

azda and Solle

rs esta

blish M

azda Solle

rs, a

joint v

enture

product

ion company in

Russ

ia

201 2.11

Agre

ement is r

eached w

ith Toyota

on Toyota vehicl

e product

ion

at Mazd

a’s new plant i

n Mexic

o

201 3.1 B

usiness

agreement i

s conclu

ded for t

he product

ion of sports

cars

for

F

iat Chry

sler A

utomobile

s

20 14.1 O

peratio

ns at t

he new Mexic

o plant (MMVO) a

re st

arted

2015.1 P

roduct

ion at new tr

ansmiss

ion plant (MPMT) in

Thailand is

starte

d.

2015.4

“Stru

ctura

l Refo

rm Sta

ge 2” is a

nnounced

2015 .5 To

yota

and Mazd

a enter i

nto an agre

ement geare

d

t

oward th

e establis

hment of a

business

partnersh

ip

CORPORATE

PRODUCT*

1931.10 Production of 3-wheel truck “Mazda-go DA model,” Mazda’s first automobile, begins

1960.5 Introduction of “R360 Coupe,” Mazda’s first passenger car

1963.10 Introduction of the first “Familia”

1967.5 Introduction of the “Cosmo Sports (110s),” Mazda’s first rotary engine vehicle

1980.6 “Familia (GLC/323)” is fully redesigned

1996.8 Introduction of the first “Mazda2”

2003.10 Introduction of the first “Mazda3”

2012.2 Introduction of “CX-5”

2014.9“Mazda2” is fully redesigned

2015.2Introduction of “CX-3”

2015.5“MX-5” is fully redesigned

2013.11“Mazda3” is fully redesigned

* Launching date is based on the Japanese market

1991.6 ”Mazda 787B“ wins the 59th Le Mans 24-Hour Endurance Race, claiming the first-ever victory for a Japanese automobile

2002.5 Introduction of the first “Mazda6”

2010.1 Next-generation SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY announced

2012.11 “Mazda6” is fully redesigned

1920 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

1989.9 Introduction of the first “MX-5”

History of Mazda

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