MAZDASPEED

MAZDASPEED is Mazda's in-house performance division. They began as a grass-roots racing team in Japan. Now owned by Mazda Motor Corporation, they build production model vehicles, are involved in motorsports development, and offer performance parts and accessories.

History
Mazdaspeed began in 1967 as "Mazda Sports Corner", an independent racing team  and tuning operation run by Takayoshi Ohashi, who also ran Mazda's  Tokyo distributor.  They competed in numerous events at home and abroad, and they were also competitive at the  24 Hours of Le Mans races in the early 1980s with the  717, 727, and  737.  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">Mazda brought the racing team to Hiroshima in 1983 where the name became Mazdaspeed. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">In 1991, Mazdaspeed's <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> 787B<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">won at Le Mans, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">a feat no other Japanese team has managed. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">After the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> FIA<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">effectively outlawed the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> Wankel engine<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">the next year, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">the Mazdaspeed team raced one more year at <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> Le Mans<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">in a <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> Piston <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">powered car which came fourth, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">then turned away from professional racing and focused instead on enabling third-party competition of Mazda vehicles.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Mazda Motor Corporation assumed control of Mazdaspeed in 1999 as a tuning and performance parts operation within the company. It began offering performance based versions of its vehicles to consumers in 2003.

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Mazdaspeed MX-5

Mazdaspeed 3

Mazdaspeed 6