Mazda brought back the cool factor to small cars with its RX-8 and the beloved Mazda Miata (MX-5). With a well-tuned Mazda, you will enjoy years of reliving your top-down driving through the countryside days. Below is a brief history of Mazda followed by some general maintenance tips that you should adhere to to keep your Mazda car repair costs down.

History

Mazda Motor Corporation, founded in 1920, is a Japanese automotive manufacturer mainly known for its small cars and is the fifteenth biggest automaker by production worldwide. In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly 1 million) were produced in the company’s Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of other plants worldwide. It has also changed its logo seven times since 1936.

The Mazda Miata or MX-5 was introduced in 1989 to worldwide acclaim, the Roadster has been widely credited with reviving the concept of the small sports car after its decline in the late 1970s.