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Mazdaspeed (often stylized in all-caps as MAZDASPEED) is Mazda's in-house performance division. The company is a grass-roots racing team in Japan. Now owned by Mazda Motor Corporation, they build production model vehicles, become involved in motorsports development, and offer performance parts and accessories. ==History== Mazdaspeed began in 1967 as "Mazda Sports Corner", an independent racing team〔 (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=mazdaSpeedHistory )〕 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. Mazda brought the racing team to Hiroshima in 1983 where the name became Mazdaspeed.〔 In 1991, Mazdaspeed's 787B won at Le Mans,〔 〕 a feat no other Japanese team has managed.〔 After the FIA effectively outlawed the Wankel engine the next year,〔 〕 the Mazdaspeed team raced one more year at Le Mans in a Piston powered car which came fourth, then turned away from professional racing and focused instead on enabling third-party competition of Mazda vehicles.〔 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.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=mazdaSpeedVehiclesProtege )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mazdaspeed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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