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Starting in 1920, a little company called Toyo Cork Kogyo, Ltd. was founded in Hiroshima, Japan. A humble beginning, started by a man named Mr. Jujiro Matsuda. He was born back in August 6 of 1875.

Mr. Matsuda, along with a small group of investors took over a company named Abemaki Tree Cork Company, renaming it Toyo Cork Kogyo, Ltd. to grow out of cork production and into industrial production.

In 1927, Mr. Matsuda reformed the company naming it Toyo Kogyo Kaisha. Come 1929, the company made machine tools, and their first motor vehicle. A test run of 30 tri-cycle trucks were made. By 1931 these same tri-cycle trucks were being exported to China. It was called the “Mazda-Go-a.” The first “Mazda’s”, if you will, were out and about in the world.

In 1965 Mazda began technical cooperation with Perkins Services N.V. (U.K.) on diesel motors. Mazda also finished construction of the Miyoshi Proving Ground.
Mazda completed construction of their new plant in Hiroshima in 1966.

Mazda made huge advancements in ’67 and ’68, with full-scale exports to the European market; the Cosmos (110S), which was the first rotary vehicle, was introduced along with the Mazda 1000 and 1200. Mazda also reached a technical collaboration agreement with Kia Motors Corp. The Familia Rotary Coupe, or R100 was also released.
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Rotory Engine
Young Wankel's Dream The rotary engine was invented by a German named Felix Wankel in 1957. About 40 years before its invention, 17-year-old Wankel had an improbable dream in the summer of 1919 which led to the idea of the rotary engine. In the dream, he went to a concert in his own handmade car. He even remembers boasting to his friends in the dream; "my car has a new type of engine: a half-turbine half-reciprocated engine. I invented it!" When he woke up in the morning, he was convinced that the dream was a premonition of the birth of a new type of gasoline engine. At the time, he had no fundamental knowledge about internal combustion engines, but he intuitively believed that an engine could achieve four strokes--intake, compression, combustion, and exhaust--while rotating. This intuition actually triggered the birth of the rotary engine, which had been attempted countless times by people all over the world since the 16th century. The rotary engine, which converts rotary motion directly into driving force, has an almost perfectly smooth operation; it also meets the most stringent technical standards. This dream and intuition went on to steer his entire life.

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