Mazda Turns 100

From Hiroshima cork producer to global car manufacturer, 2020 sees Mazda celebrate a century of  engineering success. One hundred years of business that has also seen a fair share of records achieved by Mazda over the course of its vibrant history.

Even Mazda’s first passenger car created a record-breaking sales impression when it was launched in 1960. Arriving just as the Sixties economic boom saw the Japanese public embracing car ownership, the Mazda R360’s arrival on the Japanese ‘Kei Car’ micro car marketplace was a huge success with charming 2+2 coupe capturing 65 per cent share of Japan’s flourishing microcar segment in 1960, which accounted for 15 per cent of the entire Japanese car market.