Mazda's March Sales were up 50% (well 47.9) in US while Canada was up 16% and Mexico up 182.5 percent. This is Mazda's best ever March sales with over 47,000 vehicles sold versus the previous high in 1994 of 45,892.

Best ever month sales for Mazda3 Mazda6 and CX-9 with best sales of the MX-5 since 1997.

here's the link to the PRNewswire story http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...4558968&EDATE=

and the numbers

Month-To-Date Year-To-Date

March March % March March %
2007 2006 Change 2007 2006 Change

Mazda3 15,606 8,087 93.0% 31,926 21,732 46.9%
Mazda5 1,657 1,703 (2.7)% 4,550 5,061 (10.1)%
Mazda6 9,624 7,215 33.4% 20,172 19,215 5.0%
MX-5 Miata 2,281 2,000 14.1% 4,373 4,362 0.3%
RX-8 735 1,582 (53.5)% 1,732 2,917 (40.6)%
Protege -- -- N/A -- 1 N/A
CX-7 4,221 -- N/A 9,940 -- N/A
CX-9 2,443 -- N/A 3,693 -- N/A
Tribute 941 2,911 (67.7)% 1,702 8,478 (79.9)%
B-Series Truck 233 490 (52.4)% 866 1,282 (32.4)%
MPV 1 1,526 (99.9)% 120 4,223 (97.2)%

Total Vehicles

CARS 29,903 20,587 45.3% 62,753 53,288 17.8%
TRUCKS 7,839 4,927 59.1% 16,321 13,983 16.7%

TOTAL 37,742 25,514 47.9% 79,074 67,271 17.5%



Toyota, Mitsubishi and Honda also posted BIG gains while Ford , Chrysler and GM are down again. Ford and GM were up against big months last year and both are withdrawing from rental sales which affected their numbers this month. Other wise their sales would have been even or even up as well. Other numbers can be found here

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...04030439&imw=Y

 

They sold 50% more 8s????!!!!

Oh, wait. that's 50% less 8s. Guess all that money spent advertising the rx8 was a waste, huh?








my gawd, when did i become so cynical?

 

What advertising? Trust I am lazy and see my fair share of TV in STL, but not a one about the 8

 

Man, that is NOT good for the RX-8 and our resale values. Be happy though, its no secret that margins from selling Mazda3s are being used to further development of the rotary. Jesus they sell a lot of 3s.

Also, dugg. http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Mazda_A..._North_America

 

wait a second, theres something up there...it says they only sold 120 MPV in the year-to-day section, while last year they sold over 4,xxx...thats a huge inflation of their % when you add the total...or did i mess something up?

 

Zoom Zoom!!! wow i am amazed at the CX-7 sales!

And the aging Mazda6 sold more than last year?!

damn look at the mazda3s....
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Park beach condo pattaya

 

Very, very impressive. This is the best news I've seen in months. The 3 is taking it's rightful position and the US market is acknowledging that Mazdas are worth considering over Toyota and Honda increasingly.

Paul.

 

damn they sell those mazda3's man!!!!!!

whatev, more money towards my direct injected rx8!

 

Amen! Bring on the Kabura or whatever they have planned.

 

What adveertising. the Mazda dealers I go to hide them in the back lot.

If your lucky they only keep one up front and ten or more of their other modles.

How do you expect to sell it when you don't show it.

What a shame.

Or should I say Muligan?

 

This is great news!! lets see what mazda has for us in the future

 

yes it is, good job for mazda!

 

Mazda's new vehicles are very compelling, I hope the auto buying public continues to take notice.

 

The CX-9 i s about to get more compelling. they are adding two more safety options by about mid-summer.

The first is the Blind Spot monitoring which i think i posted on before. Its the new volvo system which uses radar for watching the blind spots and then alerts you to a vehicle in that area by blinking a warning in your side mirror if you turn on your turn indicator in that direction.

The second is a new version of the Rear View camera monitoring developed by a company called Gentex

http://sev.prnewswire.com/auto/20070...4042007-1.html

When you put the CX-9 in reverse you will get the RV camera view in your homelink mirror





in any other gear the LCD screen is unsen thanks to some proprietary to Gentex optical coatings.

 

The future of Mazda looks bright. The future of rotary powered cars in the US looks bleak.

 

I'll just have to move to japan... or move outside of NA!
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SashaGrey18again

 

Or just drived used Mazda RX cars.

 

Same with my closest dealer, nothing but CX7, 9 and Mazda 3's up front. You have to hunt to find the 4 RX8's in the back.

 

And yet Ford keeps saying that there's no way that they would be able to make the C1 chassis Focus a success here in the states while Mazda runs away with all the accolades.

A brilliant own-goal for FoMoCo.

 

Stopped by a dealer this week to pick up some parts and someone was taking a CX-9 out for a test drive. Saw some MS3s too--they were asking $3K above MSRP. Robbery!

 

Great for mazdaspeed, afther the slow sales of the ms6 mazdaspeed needed a hit

 

Looks like all cars that use lots of gas are on the NOSE!

GM to stop any further RWD large engine car development...the Camaro and G8 are safe though...maybe!

 

The MS6 was a bit of a bust unforunately.

 

at puente hills mazda, they got shitloads of rx-8 up front, and they sell loads of 8s, I see people buying em alot lately

 

my understanding is that the 8 is a bargaing right now