Comments on: Mazda

By: sisterluke2

sisterluke2 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:48:07 +0000

I can support donkapersen’s answer. In the the UK in the 1950s/60s, I recall an advert which claimed that ‘Mazda lamps glow brighter, longer – Always ask for Mazda’. This may be an oblique reference to its religious, light-shedding origins.

By: donkaspersen

donkaspersen — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:59:52 +0000

Actually, the reason for the use of Mazda may be far more venal. In the early part of the last century the Edison Electric Co – later GE, I believe – sold high quality table, floor and possibly swag lamps under the brand name Mazda. A car company in Japan could not name itself Rolls Royce or Pierce Arrow or Cadillac to give it an aura of quality, but the Mazda lamps were known worldwide. So why not take a quality brand from a company that was not making cars and use it, especially if it were vaguely like your own last name?

By: jeanG

jeanG — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:01:15 +0000

I’ve read an article that the Japanese worships Mazda, maker of high-quality Mazda Air Filter. Out of curiosity, I’ve done some research and found out about the origin of its name. I’ve found it through Wikipedia. But the information is not complete and I’ve found out a lot trough this blog.