Mazda was founded by Jujiro Matsuda in Horishima Japan in 1920.  The name Mazda is derived from Ahura Mazda - the God of light, intelligence and wisdom.  Mazda are best known as the makers of the world's best selling 2 seater sports car the MX-5.  In 1997 Mazda's lgo was redesigned and is now a winged 'M' to show Mazda's wish to stretch it's wings for the future.  Mazda are currently committed to making the world's most efficient engines and create a number of technologies to achieve this using the umbrella term SKYACTIV to describe these.

Mazda's offer 6 vehicles within their range from the Mazda 2 hatchback to the largest in the range CX-5 SUV alongside their best known Mazda MX-5.