Mazda Motor Corporation, commonly referred to as simply Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automaker based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly 1 million) were produced in the company’s Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of other plants worldwide. In 2015, Mazda was the fifteenth biggest automaker by production worldwide.

The organization site states that its name is determined from Ahura Mazda, a divine force of shrewdness, insights and concordance of the soonest civic establishments in West Asia (Persia). Ahura Mazda , is the name of God to Zoroastrians. The organization site additionally notes that the name likewise infers from the name of the organization’s organizer, Jujiro Matsuda.

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