Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automaker based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly 1 million) were produced in the company's Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of other plants in China, Mexico, Thailand, and the United States.
1. Mazda is the only automaker to offer cylinder deactivation across its entire engine lineup. The technology can improve fuel economy by up to 10 percent. 2. All Mazda models come standard with advanced safety features like Blind Spot Monitoring with Rear Cross Traffic Alert and Smart City Brake Support.
3. Mazda is committed to sustainable manufacturing practices. The company’s Hiroshima plant is the first automotive assembly plant in the world to achieve carbon neutrality.
Mazda was founded in 1920 as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd. It started out as a cork-manufacturing company but soon began producing machine tools and vehicles. The first car Mazda produced was the three-wheeled Mazda-Go in 1931.