What is Mazda?
{{Infobox company | name = Mazda | logo = Mazda logo.svg | native_name_lang = ja | hq_location_city = [[Fuchu]] | hq_location_country = Japan }} [[Image:Mazda-rx7-2nd-generation01.JPG|thumb|right|250px|A Mazda Rx-7 on display in the Mazda [[museum]]]] '''Mazda Motor Corporation''' is a [[car]] manufacturer based in [[Hiroshima]], [[Japan]]. Mazda is the 15th largest car maker in the world,<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Car Sales 2016 Q1|url=http://www.jato.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/JATO-Global-Car-Sales-2016-Q1.pdf|publisher=JATO|accessdate=27 October 2016|archive-date=3 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803120041/http://www.jato.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/JATO-Global-Car-Sales-2016-Q1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 12th largest in U.S. sales.<ref>{{cite web|title=Auto Sales - Markets Data|url=http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3022-autosales.html#autosalesE|publisher=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=27 October 2016}}</ref> The company was started in 1920. Today it has about 44,000 employees.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Mazda|url=http://www.mazda.com/en/about/profile/outline/|publisher=Mazda|accessdate=27 October 2016|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012024006/http://www.mazda.com/en/about/profile/outline|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sales are 2,057,614,000,000 [[yen]]. ==History== In 1920, Toyo Koruku Kogyo was established. In 1984, it changed its name to Mazda. The company is unique in using [[Wankel engine|rotary engine]]s in some of its cars. In 1991, the Mazda 787B (which had a rotary engine) won the 24 Heures du LeMans. From 1979 to 2010, Mazda had a partnership with [[Ford Motor Company]]. At one point, Ford owned 1/3 of Mazda's stock. Since 2000, Mazda has grown, especially in Europe and North America, and it is now completely separate from Ford. In 2015, Mazda and Toyota agreed to work together.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mazda and Toyota form partnership|url=http://www.autonews.com/article/20150513/OEM01/150519954/toyota-mazda-form-partn