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The Mazda R100 was the export name for the Mazda Familia Rotary Coupe, an automobile produced by Mazda in Japan from 1968 to 1973.
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Mazda and R100
Mazda introduced rotary engine vehicles in the US in 1971, beginning with the R100, RX-2, RX-3, RX-4, RX-5, and finally three generations of the RX-7 sports car.
The R100 was one of the first cars imported into the United States for the new Mazda Motors of America, sold in model years 1971 and 1972.
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It originally used a 10A rotary engine like the Mazda R100, but American cars shared the larger 12A engine from the RX-2.
The Mazda brand entered the United States market in 1970 with just the small R100, but expanded to a full line in 1971.
The C10 raced against many cars including the Toyota 1600 GT ( RT55 ), Isuzu Bellett GTR, Mazda Familia ( R100 ) & Capella ( RX-2 ) – even Porsche.
* 1968 – 1973 Mazda R100 / Familia Rotary
* 1970 – 1972 Mazda R100
Mazda and was
In the original conception of Zoroastrianism, for example, Ahura Mazda was the spirit of ultimate good, while Ahriman ( Angra Mainyu ) was the spirit of ultimate evil.
All physical creation ( geti ) was thus determined to run according to a master plan — inherent to Ahura Mazda — and violations of the order ( druj ) were violations against creation, and thus violations against Ahura Mazda.
Thus, in Zoroaster's revelation, Ahura Mazda was perceived to be the creator of only the good ( Yasna 31. 4 ), the " supreme benevolent providence " ( Yasna 43. 11 ), that will ultimately triumph ( Yasna 48. 1 ).
As a result of GM's toying with the Wankel rotary engine, as used by Mazda of Japan, an export agreement was initiated in 1975.
This type of engine was most notably used in the Mazda RX-8, the earlier RX-7, and other models.
The Mazda R360 was introduced in 1960, followed by the Mazda engines in 1962.
In 1970, Mazda formally entered the American market ( Mazda North American Operations ) and was very successful there, going so far as to create the Mazda Rotary Pickup ( based on the conventional piston-powered B-Series model ) solely for North American buyers.
The Probe was built in a new Mazda assembly plant in Flat Rock, Michigan along with the mainstream 626 sedan ( the North American version of the Capella ) and a companion Mazda MX-6 sports coupe.
) Ford has also lent Mazda some of its capacity when needed: the Mazda 121 sold in Europe and South Africa was, for a time, a variant of the Ford Fiesta built in plants in Europe and South Africa.
In June 1996, Henry Wallace was appointed President, and he set about restructuring Mazda and setting it on a new strategic direction.
Amidst the world financial crisis in the fall of 2008, reports emerged that Ford was contemplating a sale of its stake in Mazda as a way of streamlining its asset base.
The following day, Mazda announced that, as part of the deal, it was buying back 6. 8 % of its shares from Ford.
Similarly, the Manichaean primal figure " The Original Man " was rendered " Ohrmazd Bay ", after the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda.
Since the launch of the third generation MX-5, Mazda consolidated worldwide marketing using the MX-5 name, though enthusiasts in the US still refer to it as Miata, a name that means " reward " in Old High German, and the vehicle in 2012 was still marketed by Mazda in the US as the MX-5 Miata.
In 1976, Bob Hall, a journalist at Motor Trend magazine who was an expert in Japanese cars and fluent in the language, met Kenichi Yamamoto and Gai Arai, head of Research and Development at Mazda.
In 1983, the idea turned concept was approved under the " Offline 55 " program, an internal Mazda initiative that sought to change the way new models were developed.
Thus, under head of project Masakatsu, the concept development was turned into a competition between the Mazda design teams in Tokyo and California.
Mazda and export
This effort to bring attention to itself apparently helped, as Mazda rapidly began to export its vehicles.
Sold between 1993 and 2002, the Xedos 9 was the export version of Mazda's upscale Eunos 800 on the Mazda T platform.
The Mazda 626 is an automobile that was produced by Mazda for the export market.
Marketed over three decades, the 929 was originally the export name for the Mazda Luce.
When equipped with a rotary engine, it was called the Mazda RX-4 in export markets.
The first Mazda 929 was introduced in 1973, as an export name for the piston-engined second generation Mazda Luce, ( itself introduced in autumn 1972 ).
The first generation Luce had been called the " Mazda 1500 " or " Mazda 1800 " in export markets, but as engines of different displacement were beginning to be used across lines, such a naming philosophy would have soon become confusing.
The rebodied Mazda Luce Legato was introduced late in 1977 and became the second generation 929 for export markets, often called the 929L.
The first Mazda to bear the Cosmo name ( called the 110S on models intended for export ) was the first 2-rotor rotary engine powered series car.
This generation was sold in export markets as the Mazda 616 in sedan and, for some markets, coupe configurations.
It was known on export markets as the Mazda 626, with the exception of the United Kingdom, where it was called the Mazda Montrose, the name was changed to honour the local Mazda dealership in Montrose.
It was based on the compact Mazda Grand Familia ( 808 / 818 / Mizer in export markets ) and was sold in Japan as the Mazda Savanna.
Marketed over three decades, the 929 was originally the export name for the Mazda Luce.
When equipped with a rotary engine, it was called the Mazda RX-4 in export markets.
The 1972 rotary Luce was also known as the Mazda RX-4 in export markets.
Mazda and name
Mazda is in 2012 releasing new petrol engines under the brand name SkyActiv with 14: 1 compression ratio, to be used in all Mazda vehicles by 2015.
The company website states that name " derives from Ahura Mazda, a god of the earliest civilizations in West Asia ... the god of wisdom, intelligence and harmony ..." Ahura Mazda is the Iranian – Zoroastrian God.
The company formally adopted the Mazda name in 1984, though every automobile sold from the beginning bore that name.
By 1989, with a definitive model name now chosen, the MX-5 ( as in " Mazda Experiment ", project number 5 ) was ready to be introduced to the world as a true lightweight sports car, weighing just.
* The Mazda Laputa, whose name derives from Gulliver's Travels.
Ahura Mazda ( Persian: اهورا مزدا ; Ahura Mazdā ), ( also known as Athura Mazda, Athuramazda, Aramazd, Ohrmazd, Ahuramazda, Hourmazd, Hormazd, Hurmuz, and Azzandara ) is the Avestan name for a divinity of the Old Iranian religion who was proclaimed the uncreated God by Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism.
In Manichaeism, the name Ohrmazd Bay (" god Ahura Mazda ") was used for the primal figure, the " original man " and emanation of the Father of Greatness ( in Manicheism called Zurvan ) through whom after he sacrificed himself to defend the world of light was consumed by the forces of darkness.
In Sogdian Buddhism, ( Sogdian was written without a consistent representation of vowels ) was the name used in place of Ahura Mazda.
* One of the inspirations for the name of the Mazda Motor Corporation is Ahura Mazda.
* Savanna, the Japanese market name for the Mazda RX-7 car
The name of the port, the island, and the kingdom is Iranian and ultimately derives from that of the Zoroastrian deity, Ahura Mazda, which becomes Ohrmazd in Pahlavi, Hirmiz in Manichaean Middle Persian, and Hormoz in New-Persian.
The name " Spirit R " was based on the final limited edition Mazda RX-7.
In terms of Mercury's smaller cars, the Tracer name was retained, but in 1991, Ford ( and Mazda ) compact cars were designed onto a common platform and the Tracer became a twin of the Ford Escort.
Introduced in 1981, Ford Meteor was the name given to the sedan version of the Ford Laser, based on the Mazda Familia ( 323 ) in markets including Australia and South Africa.
The Los Angeles-based New Wave band Wall of Voodoo offered their own quirky, ominous interpretation of the " Wall of Sound " ( the band's name is itself a take-off on the phrase ) with their 1982 album Call of the West ( produced by Richard Mazda ), and its hit single " Mexican Radio ".
* Mazda Cosmo, any of several cars of this name
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