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1989 Mazda B-Series

$12,895 112,000 miles

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1983 Mazda RX7

$18,995 118,589 miles

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1985 Mazda RX-7

$15,995 155,000 miles

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1990 Mazda RX-7

$12,495 109,000 miles

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1988 Mazda RX-7

$16,995 $23,995 95,000 miles

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Frequently Asked Questions about Classic Mazda

Mazda traces its history to January 1920, when Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd. was founded in Hiroshima, Japan, as a cork producer. Jujiro Matsuda became its second president in 1921. The firm was renamed Toyo Kogyo in 1927. Mazda's own history says local business leaders founded the company, though some accounts credit Matsuda himself. It became Mazda Motor Corporation in 1984.

The name Mazda comes from Ahura Mazda, described by the company as the god of harmony, intelligence and wisdom, a deity of the Zoroastrian religion. It also echoes the surname of Jujiro Matsuda, the company's second president. The name first appeared in 1931 on the Mazda-Go three-wheel truck and was registered as a trademark in March 1934.

The first Mazda vehicle was the Mazda-Go, a three-wheel truck that Toyo Kogyo began producing in October 1931. The company's first passenger car did not arrive until May 1960, when the R360 Coupe went on sale in Japan. The R360 was a two-door kei car with a rear-mounted, air-cooled 356 cc V-twin engine.

Mazda's first rotary-engine car was the Cosmo Sport, exported as the 110S, which went on sale in Japan in May 1967. Toyo Kogyo had licensed the Wankel rotary design from the German firm NSU, a deal the Japanese government approved in 1961, and first showed the Cosmo publicly at the Tokyo Motor Show in September 1964. It was the first production car with a two-rotor engine and was never officially sold in the United States.

Mazda entered the United States market in 1970. Its maker, then named Toyo Kogyo, set up a distributor called Mazda Motors of America in the Pacific Northwest that year and started with a handful of dealers in Oregon and Washington. The rotary-powered R100 coupe was among the first Mazdas imported. Mazda began building cars in America in 1987 at a plant in Flat Rock, Michigan.

Ford never owned Mazda outright, but it became Mazda's largest shareholder in 1979. Ford entered a capital tie-up that year with a stake that Mazda's own history gives as 25 percent, although some accounts cite 24.5 percent. Ford raised its holding to 33.4 percent in 1996, began selling shares in November 2008 during the financial crisis, and disposed of its last Mazda shares in 2015.

Mazda won the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 23, 1991, with the 787B driven by Johnny Herbert, Bertrand Gachot and Volker Weidler. It was the first overall victory at Le Mans for a Japanese manufacturer. The 787B used a four-rotor engine and remains the only rotary-engined car to have won the race.

Mazda built the RX-7 from 1978 to 2002 across three generations, all with rotary engines. The second generation followed in 1985 and the third in 1991 in Japan, though some sources date them by later model years. The third generation was sold in the United States only for the 1993 through 1995 model years. A total of 811,634 RX-7s were made.

The 11 Mazda listings on Classic Cars Arena right now are priced from $7,150 to $35,995, with a median asking price of $15,495. These are the prices sellers are asking today, not sale prices, and the figures change as cars are listed and sold.

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