1920, Jujiro Matsuda took over Toyo Cork Industrial Company located in Hiroshima, Japan, which started from cork production in the early days and was renamed Toyo Industrial Company in 1927. 1984, the company was named "Song Tian" after the surname of its founder Jujiro Matsuda, transliterated as "Mazda".
Mazda's involvement in the automobile industry can be traced back to 193 1 year. Under the background of Japanese rapid industrialization, founder Jujiro Matsuda realized that the output of cork was not enough for the company to gain a foothold, so in 193 1 year, he launched a three-wheeled truck named Type-DA, and formally entered the automobile manufacturing industry.
In 1960s, Mazda decided to enter the passenger car market and introduced R360? Coupe、Carol？ 360, Familia waits for the bus fare. 196 1 year, Mazda obtained the technology of Wankel engine from Germany's NSU Automobile Factory (the predecessor of Audi). Wankel engine is a famous rotary engine.
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In the fierce market competition at that time, Mazda was faced with the situation that Toyota, GM and other major manufacturers were not competitive enough, and Mazda had no choice but to buy and develop rotary engines. However, it turns out that Mazda is correct in gambling, and the rotary engine has become one of Mazda's brand totems. 1967, the world's first Mazda CosmoSport with a rotary engine? 1 10S was born, and the modern people of Mazda rotor engine came here.
199 1 year, Mazda left a great stroke in the world racing history. In the 24 Hours of Le Mans in that year, Mazda 787B with 700 horsepower rotary engine won the championship, with a total of 362 laps, equivalent to 4,923 kilometers, with an average speed of 205.3 km/h, which was the first time that Japanese automobile manufacturers won the Le Mans Endurance, breaking the monopoly of European and American cars on Le Mans Endurance.
However, the good times did not last long. Because the rotor engine is too powerful, after Mazda won the championship, the Organizing Committee of Le Mans Endurance Tournament prohibited the use of rotor engines for participating vehicles, which became the famous "Mazda Clause" later. Mazda, which switched to piston engine in the second year, did not perform well. Due to lack of funds, Mazda withdrew from Le Mans Endurance Race.
Friends who have seen the cartoon "Initial D" must remember the Gao Qiao brothers driving the white Mazda FC, the Takahashi Ryousuke brothers driving the yellow Mazda FD and the Takahashi Keisuke brothers. FC and FD belong to Mazda RX-7 rotary engine sports car series, but the difference is that FD is the replacement product of FC. In August 2002, RX-7 was officially discontinued and replaced by RX-8. 20 12 On June 22nd, the last rotary-wing engine rolled off the production line in Hiroshima Mazda Factory, marking the official stop of the once mighty rotary-wing engine. It is inevitable that the rotary engine will stop production. Although it has many advantages, such as simple structure, small size, light weight and high power, its shortcomings, such as low durability, high fuel consumption and emission level, and large fuel consumption, make the rotary engine conflict with the concept of energy saving and emission reduction of modern cars, and finally forced to stop production.
Unfortunately, Mazda stopped producing rotary engines, and countless fans expected Mazda to "resurrect" rotary engines. At the 46th Tokyo Auto Show, Mazda executives Guang Lai Ichiro and Duan Liyang Maeda said in an interview with Wheel magazine that repairing the rotor engine is still our dream. However, when asked about the timetable, Maeda added that they were racing against time.
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1992, Hainan automobile stamping parts factory in transition hit it off with Mazda, which came to China to seek cooperation, and established Hainan Mazda to produce classic models such as 323. In 200 1 year, Mazda moved northward and established a joint venture with FAW Group to produce classic models such as mazda 6. Later, Mazda and Changan Automobile jointly established Changan Mazda. Since then, Mazda has gained a firm foothold in the China market.
Throughout the development history of Mazda, many people are deeply impressed by its technical paranoia. After the rotary engine, Mazda introduced the technology of "Chuangchi Blue Sky", which improved the power and reduced the fuel consumption by optimizing the vehicle power plant and chassis. In 20 19, Mazda released the "SKYACTIV-X" compression-ignition engine, and the compression ratio reached 16.3: 1. Compression ignition technology is usually used in diesel engines, which is the first time that gasoline engines use compression ignition technology.
Mazda's paranoia about technology not only made Mazda, but also limited Mazda. Through unique engine technology, Mazda has gained a firm foothold in the automobile world. However, due to a lot of technical investment, Mazda has no time to do too much marketing, and can only maintain the scale of small factories, but this is also one of Mazda's charms. If you cover everything like Toyota, you will lose your personality. Song Tian has never forgotten his initial intention to build a car for a hundred years, and his pursuit of technology has never changed.
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