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Frostee 09-28-2005 11:04 AM


Originally Posted by Aoshi Shinomori
I doubt it. What would cause a boost in sales of a sports car moving into the winter season? I think Frostee is right and it has something to do with the 06 model. Maybe they're anticipating advertising this one more, thus selling more vehicles, or maybe it just kicks the ass of the current model(better AC :p ), but I don't know for sure.

im thinking more along the lines of since it hasnt been officially announced yet, they may be preparing for that. i mean, its supposed to be announced at tokyo in october i think, so why not get a stockpile of them, and once its announced be able to deliver the next day?

pure speculation mind you. im not a sales person/guy/thingy ;)

RX-Hachi 09-28-2005 01:12 PM

It's simple supply and demand. Dealers don't want to be stuck with an over supply like what happened in '04. So they'll adjust their inventory to meet what they think demand will be until the '06 arrives.

There was plenty of advertising when the car was new: X-men 2 movie, lots of TV commercials etc., but now the hoopla has died down. Current sales aren't bad for a sports car, but Mazda really needs to inject something new (i.e. MS 8 hint hint) soon to keep interest levels up.

Aoshi Shinomori 09-28-2005 02:37 PM


Originally Posted by Frostee
im thinking more along the lines of since it hasnt been officially announced yet, they may be preparing for that. i mean, its supposed to be announced at tokyo in october i think, so why not get a stockpile of them, and once its announced be able to deliver the next day?

pure speculation mind you. im not a sales person/guy/thingy ;)

I was just adding a few thoughts of my own on the subject :p But your version sounds more well, sound.

ASH8 09-28-2005 08:01 PM


Originally Posted by DMRH
With the way Mazda Australia proffiteer an extra 60% over the same car in Japan. Would anyone really expect the RX-8 to sell well in Oz.....???

I agree with you we are being ripped off in Autralia with ALL jap import cars, the 8 should be $15,000 cheaper than it is, and the ratio is about the same with the MX-5, 3,6.

Mazda Australia priced the 8, 6 months before its release when the $$$ was 0.57 cents, now its 0.75 and has been for over a year!

Red@9 09-29-2005 12:16 AM

I was at my dealer yesterday for the recall and I noticed a TON of 8's on the lot. So I found my sales guy and asked him to show me an 06. He told me none were in sight! Everything on the lot is an 05. Out of curiosity I looked on the Mazda site and found 220 05 8's in DFW. 220!!!!!! It's way late in the year for that kind of inventory. Whats going on?

gettingan8 09-29-2005 07:15 AM

Aug production numbers
 
Mazda released the Aug RX-8 Production numbers...........3528

labutler 09-29-2005 09:54 AM

red at 9 ... over in the edmunds 8 forum, one of the mazda dealers posted that his 06's orders are expected to arrive in late dec or early jan and that 05's will be built and shipped thru the month of November!!

rodrigo67 09-29-2005 12:41 PM


Originally Posted by Red At 9
I was at my dealer yesterday for the recall and I noticed a TON of 8's on the lot. So I found my sales guy and asked him to show me an 06. He told me none were in sight! Everything on the lot is an 05. Out of curiosity I looked on the Mazda site and found 220 05 8's in DFW. 220!!!!!! It's way late in the year for that kind of inventory. Whats going on?

Red9, My local dealer has a new YELLOW 8 sitting on the lot...

Red@9 09-29-2005 08:20 PM

Yellow is back......Awesome! My 3 year old wants a yellow everything, she can't stop talking about the yellow 8's she saw at the Gulf States Rotary BBQ last weekend. With regard to current "saturation" of new 05 8's here in DFW, I just hope the resale value doesn't tank when the inevitable incentives show up.

Ike 09-30-2005 12:23 PM


Originally Posted by Red At 9
Yellow is back......Awesome! My 3 year old wants a yellow everything, she can't stop talking about the yellow 8's she saw at the Gulf States Rotary BBQ last weekend. With regard to current "saturation" of new 05 8's here in DFW, I just hope the resale value doesn't tank when the inevitable incentives show up.

They're not back, it's still left from '04... I know at least one dealer around here has a "new" 04 still on the lot.

rotary crazy 09-30-2005 03:47 PM

a dealer close to my house has a 04 mazda 6


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