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Latest archived mark · 2018

Mazda

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Latest archived mark · 2020

Toyota

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What we compare	Mazda	Toyota
Country in archive	Japan	Japan
Founded	January 30, 1920	August 28, 1937
Founder	Jujiro Matsuda	Kiichiro Toyoda
Headquarters	Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan	Toyota City, Aichi, Japan
Name origin	Mazda's own account says the name comes from Ahura Mazda, described as the god of harmony, intelligence and wisdom from the earliest civilization in West Asia. The company also notes that the name derives from the surname of its founder, Jujiro Matsuda. The name first appeared on the Mazda-Go three-wheeled truck in 1931.	The company began as a spin-off of the Toyoda family's loom business, and its early vehicles were sold as Toyoda. In 1936 the spelling changed to Toyota, reportedly because the new form took eight brush strokes to write in Japanese, a lucky number, and sounded clearer than the voiced original.
Selected models	Cosmo Sport, RX-7, MX-5 Miata, 787B, CX-5, Mazda3	Corolla, Land Cruiser, Prius, 2000GT, Hilux, Supra
Earliest archived brand logo	1920	1958
Latest archived logo	2018	2020
Archived logo assets	15	10

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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