| 1920 | Toyo Kogyo established, refinement of cork |
| 1928 | Production of machine parts |
| 1930 | Motorcycle |
| 1931 | Tricycle |
| 1935 | Tricycle in series, even for heavy transport |
| 1941 - 1945 | Second World War in Japan |
| 1950 | Resumption vehicle production |
| 1960 | Mazda R 360, a total of 240,000 vehicles produced |
| 1961 | Rotary piston engine licence (NSU) |
| 1963 | Mazda 800, Mazda 1000, Mazda 1300 |
| 1965 | Diesel engines, Licence Perkins |
| 1966 | Miyoshi proving ground, Mazda produced a total of 2 million |
| 1967 | R 100, Cosmo Sport (Wankel) |
| 1969 | R 130, a total of 3 million Mazda produced |
| 1970 | Mazda 616 |
| 1971 | RX-2 |
| 1972 | RX-3, RX 4, Mazda Motors Germany |
| 1973 | Mazda 929, a total of 600,000 rotary engines produced |
| 1974 | 440.000, a total of 6 million Mazda produced, Oil-price crisis |
| 1975 | RX-5, less production than 1972 |
| 1977 | Mazda 323, 800.000 units produced |
| 1978 | RX 7 |
| 1979 | Mazda 626, Germany and later European headquarters in Leverkusen (G) |
| 1980 | Mazda 323 front drive |
| 1981 | Mazda 626, RX-7, research and development center in California |
| 1982 | Mazda 626 Frontantrieb, super modern production in Hofu, 1.2 million vehicles |
| 1984 | Toyo Kogyo' -> 'Mazda Motor Copp.' |
| 1987 | Mazda MX-6 |
| 1988 | Mazda 121, development center in Hessen (G) |
| 1989 | Mazda MX-5, Mazda MPV |
| 1990 | Approx. 28.000 employees, 1,3 mio. vehicles |
| 1991 | Mazda MX-3, Le Mans-winning with a Wankel race car (picture above) |
| 1999 | Mazda Premacy |
| 2003 | Mazda R-X 8 |
| 2004 | About 1 million cars, 135.000 commercial vehicles, approx. 36.000 employees |
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Mazda - Short Story