In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales. The majority of these (nearly 1 million) were produced in the company's Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of other plants worldwide.
Contents
* 1 Name
* 2 Leadership
* 3 History
o 3.1 Partnership with Ford Motor Company
* 4 Marques
* 5 Emblems
* 6 Alternative propulsion and Bio-Car
o 6.1 Bio-Car
* 7 Auto racing
o 7.1 International competition
o 7.2 Spec series
* 8 Sponsorships
* 9 Marketing
* 10 See also
* 11 References
* 12 External links
Name
The company website states that name "derives from Ahura Mazda, a god of the earliest civilizations in West Asia...the god of wisdom, intelligence and harmony..." Ahura Mazda is the Persian – Zoroastrian God. The company website also notes that the name "also derives from the name of our founder, Jujiro Matsuda."
Leadership
* Jujiro Matsuda (1921–1951)
* Tsuneji Matsuda (1951–1970)
* Kouhei Matsuda (1970–1977)
* Yoshiki Yamasaki (1977–1984)
* Kenichi Yamamoto (1984–1987)
* Masanori Furuta (1987–1991)
* Yoshihiro Wada (1991–1995)
* Henry Wallace (1995–1997, appointed by Ford Motor Company, first non-Japanese CEO of a Japanese automaker)
* James E. Miller (1997–1999)
* Mark Fields (1999–2002)
* Lewis Booth (2002–2003)
* Hisakazu Imaki (2003–2008)
* Takashi Yamanouchi (2008–)
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