| The Mazda Motor Corporation is an associate | | | | generation was from 1999-2005 and the third |
| company of the Ford Motor Company and is | | | | generation began in 2006 and is presently still |
| headquartered in Fuchu, Aki, Hiroshima, Japan. A | | | | developing vehicles. The Mazda Miata is available as a |
| handful of Mazda vehicles have been rebadged and | | | | Roadster and as a Hardtop and the most recent |
| sold under the Ford name in the United States. The | | | | models are available with 5-speed manual transmission, |
| founder of the company is Jujiro Matsuda who | | | | 6-speed automatic transmission and a 6-speed manual |
| founded Mazda in 1920. In 2007, Mazda manufactured | | | | transmission. |
| close to 1.3 million vehicles for worldwide distribution. | | | | Aside from their production of sports cars and |
| They employ close to 40,000 people and their revenue | | | | compact cars, the Mazda Motor Corporation has also |
| has reached almost $4 billion. Mazda has produced | | | | been trying to develop their own hybrid car for the |
| millions of vehicles since its founding in 1920 and has | | | | past couple of decades. Towards the end of the 2008 |
| become a world power in vehicle manufacturing over | | | | calendar year Mazda is scheduled to release its very |
| the past two decades. | | | | first hybrid vehicle. It is named the Premacy Hydrogen |
| As with many businesses and car manufacturing | | | | RE and it is a compact minivan. The first few |
| companies, Mazda has changed its logo as the years | | | | prototypes of the vehicles have shown developers |
| have progressed. The very first logo for Mazda was | | | | that it can travel up to 120 miles on hybrid energy. |
| designed and used from 1962-1975. | | | | Mazda, as with the majority of other vehicle |
| The company's second logo was used from 1991-1992: | | | | manufacturing companies, has thrown its hand into the |
| From 1992-1997 the company's logo looked like this: | | | | racing world as much as possible over the past few |
| The company's current logo, which debuted in 1997, is | | | | decades. Mazda first debuted in the racing world in |
| this: | | | | 1968 when they competed in the Marathon de la |
| Mazda has produced more than 50 different models | | | | Route. They entered two of the same vehicles, the |
| of cars since its inception in 1920 and one of its most | | | | Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S. The race lasted 84 |
| popular models has been the Mazda Miata. The Miata | | | | consecutive hours and one of the vehicles finished in |
| was first developed in 1989 and is still being | | | | fourth place and the other lost an axle after the 81st |
| manufactured today. The Miata is in the Roadster | | | | hour of the competition. The Mazda Motor Corporation |
| class and is assembled in Hiroshima, Japan. | | | | still races their sport vehicles today and have been |
| There are three generations of the Mazda Miata. The | | | | racing continuously since their racing debut in 1968. |
| first generation was from 1989-1997, the second | | | | |