Mazda Mazda AutoAlliance International (AAI) is the name of a joint venture automobile assembly firm co-owned by Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Corporation. Located in Flat Rock, Michigan, Mazda purchased Ford's unused Michigan Casting Center for production of 626 sedans. AAI produced every Mazda 626, Mazda MX-6 and Ford Probe (all related) sold in America since 1987. Ford bought 50% of the plant back and built the Ford Contour-derived Mercury Cougar from 1999-2002. It now produces the Mazda6 and the new version of the Ford Mustang introduced in the fall of 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "AutoAlliance International"
AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT) is the name of a joint venture automobile assembly firm co-owned by Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Corporation in Rayong province, Thailand. Modeled after the Ford-Mazda AutoAlliance International joint venture in the United States, AAT builds compact pickup trucks and SUVs primarily for the South-East Asian market, with exports to other developing markets, and Europe as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "AutoAlliance Thailand"
In the late 1980s, Mazda diversified in the Japan market with the launch of three new marques. The company created Autozam, Eunos, and Efini, in addition to the Mazda and Ford brands already marketed there. This experiment was ended in the mid- 1990s. The Autozam marque specialized in small cars and keicars with many models being rebadged Suzukis. This is the only Mazda marque to survive the 1990s - many of the vehicles are still sold with the "AZ" prefix. ...more on Wikipedia about "Autozam"
In the late 1980s, Mazda diversified in the Japan market with the launch of three new marques. The company created Autozam, Eunos, and Ẽfini, in addition to the Mazda and Ford brands already marketed there. This experiment was ended in the mid- 1990s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ẽfini"
The Eunos marque, which was the luxury, upscale brand compared to Autozam and Efini, was names for the ancient greek "eu" meaning "good" and "nos", an abbreviation of "numbers" in English. The Marque was launched in Japan with the Eunos 500 in January, 1992 and many of the vehicles created are exported to other markets with other names. Eunos sold the following vehicles: ...more on Wikipedia about "Eunos cars"
Franz von Holzhausen is an automobile designer, currently in charge of design at Mazda North American Operations under Moray Callum. He studied design at Syracuse University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franz von Holzhausen"
Kenbuchi Proving Ground and Nakasatsunai Proving Ground are automobile testing facilities in Hokkaido, Japan owned by Mazda Motor Corporation. Both are used for cold-weather testing. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kenbuchi Proving Ground"
Mazda Motor Corporation has many production and administrative facilities worldwide. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Mazda facilities"
* DA/DL/DB/DW/DG/DY - subcompact FWD (ex: Mazda Demio) ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Mazda platforms"
This is a list of Mazda automobile models. Most Mazda vehicles have a different name for the Japan home market than is used in the rest of the world. Both names are included below, though the (often more consistent) Japanese names are often primary. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Mazda vehicles"
Mazda Motor Corporation (マツダ Matsuda) is a Japanese automobile maker based in Hiroshima, Japan. As of 2005, the company produces roughly 800,000 automobiles per year with sales evenly divided among Japan, Europe, and North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mazda"
Mazda North American Operations (commonly known as MNAO) is Mazda Motor Corporation's North American arm, and constitutes the largest component of that company outside Japan. The company has two main facilities, in Irvine, California and Flat Rock, Michigan, and is headed by James J. O'Sullivan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mazda North American Operations"
Mazdaspeed is Mazda's in-house race and street car tuning arm and is highly involved in both amateur and professional motorsports. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mazdaspeed"
Miyoshi Proving Ground is an automobile testing facility in Miyoshi, Hiroshima, Japan owned by Mazda Motor Corporation. The facility covers 1.667 million square meters of land and opened in June, 1965. ...more on Wikipedia about "Miyoshi Proving Ground"
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Moray Callum ( 1958–) is an automobile designer from Scotland, currently in charge of Mazda design. Callum graduated from Napier University in Edinburgh, majoring in industrial design and has a masters degree in transportation design from the Royal College of Art in London. ...more on Wikipedia about "Moray Callum"
In 1992, Mazda launched a luxury car marque in Europe called Xedos. It was a companion for the Japan-market Eunos marque and the (never launched) North American Amati. This diversification plan fizzled, and Xedos lasted until 2000 with just two vehicles. These were sold at existing Mazda dealerships. ...more on Wikipedia about "Xedos"
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