| 1920 | Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., founded in Hiroshima. |
| 1927 | The company renamed Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1931 | The head office and plant moved to present location. DA type three-wheel truck production begun. |
| 1932 | First export of DA type three-wheel truck begun. |
| 1950 | Production of CA type four-wheel trucks, CF type compact four-wheel fire engines and CT type three-wheel trucks begun. |
| 1958 | Small size four-wheel truck Mazda Romper on sale. |
| 1959 | Three-wheel light truck K360 on sale. |
| 1960 | First light passenger car R360 Coupe introduced. |
| 1961 | Light truck B360 on sale. License agreement concluded with NSU-Wankel of West Germany for the rotary engine. |
| 1962 | Light passenger car Carol 360 and compact passenger car Carol 600 on sale. |
| 1963 | Mazda 800 Estate on sale. Total production of Mazda vehicles passed 1,000,000th. |
| 1964 | Mazda E2000 and Mazda 800 Sedan on sale. |
| 1965 | Technical cooperation was established with Perkins of England for development of diesel engines. Miyoshi proving Ground completed. |
| 1966 | Passenger car Luce (Mazda 1500 Sedan) on sale. Ujina passenger car plant completed. Total production of Mazda vehicles passes 2,000,000th. |
| 1967 | Familia 1000 Sedan (Mazda 1000 Sedan), diesel engine truck Mazda E2500 and first rotary engine car Cosmo Sports (Mazda 110S) on sale. |
| 1968 | Familia Rotary Coupe (Mazda R100 Coupe), Luce 1800 (Mazda 1800 Sedan), and light truck Porter (Mazda E360) on sale. |
| 1969 | The first rotary engine sedan Familia Rotary SS (Mazda R100 Sedan), diesel engine truck Boxer (Mazda E3800) and Luce Rotary Coupe (Mazda R130 Coupe) on sale. Total production of Mazda vehicles reaches 3,000,000th. |
| 1970 | Capella Rotary (Mazda RX-2) and 1600 (Mazda 616) Coupe/Sedan introduced. Total Production of rotary engine cars passes 100,000th. |
| 1971 | Rotary engined Savanna (Mazda RX-3) and 1300 cc Grand Familia (Mazda 808) introduced. Total production of Mazda vehicles reaches 4,000,000th. |
| 1972 | Ujina No. 2 passenger car plant completed. Rotary engined, first low-pollution car Luce (Mazda RX-4) Series introduced. Total production of Mazda vehicles passes 5,000,000th. |
| 1973 | Luce 1800 (Mazda 929) introduced. Total production of rotary engined cars reaches 500,000th. Total number of vehicles exported reaches 1,000,000th. |
| 1974 | Design Centre completed. |
| 1975 | Mazda RE models first meet the 1976 Japanese emission standards. Full-sized rotary engined car Mazda Roadpacer introduced. Cosmo (Mazda RX-5 amd 121) on sale. It receives "'75 Car of the Year" award in Japan. |
| 1976 | Total export of Mazda vehicles reaches 2,000,000th. |
| 1977 | Mazda 323 (GLC) and 626 introduced. |
| 1978 | Production of rotary engine cars exceeded 1,000,000 units, Savanna RX-7 on sale. It receives the honor of "Car of the Year" award in Japan. Capella (Mazda 626) introduced. |
| 1979 | Total cumulative production reaches 10-million units. Annual output exceeds one-million units. |
| 1981 | New FWD Familia (Mazda 323/GLC) introduced. New Mazda T2000/T3000 introduced. Familia (Mazda 323/GLC) wins "Japanese Car of the Year" award. New Cosmo and Luce (Mazda 929) series introduced. |
| 1982 | Completion of Hofu Passenger Car Plant. Introduction of FWD Capella (Mazda 626). Capella wins "Japanese Car of the Year" award. |
| 1983 | Total cumulative production reaches 15 million vehicles. Introduction of New Bongo (E-series). |
| 1984 | Introduction of New Titan (T-series). Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. renamed Mazda Motor Corporation. |
| 1985 | Hiroshima Technical Research Centre opened. Establishment of Beijing Office in China. Mazda Motor Manufacturing (U.S.A.) Corp. started the construction of its Michigan plant. Introduction of Familia (Mazda 323) Full-time 4WD in Japan. |
| 1986 | Total cumulative export reaches 10 million units. Luce (Mazda 929) introduced in Japan. |
| 1987 | Total cumulative production reaches 20 million units. Mazda begins vehicle production in U.S. plant. |
| 1988 | Introduction of Capella Cargo (Mazda 626 Station Wagon). MPV, all-new multi-purpose vehicle, introduced in the U.S.A. Persona, all-new compact speciality car, introduced in Japan. |
| 1989 | Mazda formed two new subsidiaries to encompass machine tool and rock drill operations in Japan. All-new convertible two-seater sports cam Mazda MX-5 introduced. |
| 1990 | New Cosmo introduced in Japan. Europe R & D Representative Office opened in Germany. |
| 1991 | Mazda 626 and MX-5 voted "Best Car of the World" in each category by German magazine, Auto Motor und Sport. Mazda announced plans for a second sales channel in Austalia. |
| 1992 | Mazda began a pilot plastic recycling project in November 1991, in Germany and in January 1992, in Japan. Eunos 500 (Xedos 6), all new upscale sedan, introduced. |
| 1993 | In April, Mazda unvailed the World's first Miller-cycle engine designed for practical use in automobiles. Lantis introduced in Japan. Eunos 800 (Xedos 9) introduced. |
| 1994 | New Familia (Mazda 323) introduced. New Capella sedan and Capella Wagon introduced In Japan. New Familia lean-burn engine model introduced in Japan. |
Capital: 93,798 millio yen (as of Aug. 31, 1994)
Number of employees: 28,364 (as of Jan. 10, 1995)