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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
Mazda Annual Report 201563 CONTENTS
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