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Today Is Mazda s 101st Birthday
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Today should be an international holiday. We should gather round (virtually), toast champagne, and celebrate, because today is the Mazda car company’s birthday.
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The history of Mazda as a company is a fascinating one, because when the company was founded on January 30, 1920, it had no intention of selling cars. In fact, it was named the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co. and its purpose was just that: making cork. That didn’t turn out to be a profitable endeavor, and the company had to be bailed out of bankruptcy in 1927. It changed its name to Toyo Kogyo Co. and started making machine tools instead.