ANIBALRX8

So today as I was getting ready to open my store, I over hear the news from channel 13fox news say, Mazda has ended the going merger with ford and will stop making car with ford and it going to move production back home, 2013 will be the last year for Mazda car been build in the USA.

Has anybody else hear anything else?

http://wot.motortrend.com/mazda6-pro...ort-83867.html

shin

Such a great news

Easy_E1

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AutoAlliance International is located in Flat Rock, Michigan, and the factory serves as a joint-venture assembly plant for Ford and Mazda. The Blue Oval builds the Mustang, while its Japanese partner churns out the Mazda6. There seems to be a problem, though – at least on Mazda's end of the partnership.

Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), is reporting that Mazda is looking to get out of the venture. According to the report, the automaker will remove itself from the partnership by as early as 2013, sending Mazda6 production back to its Yamaguchi prefecture facilities in Japan. Mazda's profits are understood to be hurting due to the yen-dollar exchange rate, and the Mazda6's less-than-stellar sales volumes in the States can't be helping, either.

Both Ford and Mazda are dismissing the report as speculative, but Mazda admits it has been discussing "future plans" for the facility.

LCheung

You know that Ford gave up controlling stake in Mazda in '08. It looks like they're down to 13%. The AAI factory is pretty awesome though, I've actually been in there. It's one of the craziest things I've ever seen. They had some brand new old school MX-6 there in the hall along with some Ford Probes. I forget, but each car held some milestone significance.

I really don't care as long as RX and MX production never moves from Hiroshima.