cwerdna

Mazda sales report:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040105/lam084_1.html

Nissan sales report:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040105/55525_1.html

Wow! RX-8 sales are just a hair shy of 350Z sales. Quite impressive considering Nissan + Infiniti sells 3x the # of cars in a year compared to Mazda.

However, Mazda's sales for 03 are up only 0.3% vs. 02. Nissan + Infiniti are up 7.4%.

(Disclaimer: I own a 350Z.)

RobDickinson

Mazda have had a lot of new models come on stream recently (2,3,6,8). This could have affected their sales as old models will sell slowly as new models aproach.

Dont know about US but Mazda's outlook looks good - a lot of class topping cars and big changes complete on the coporate side giving em better profitability - ford were so impressed with the ceo they stole him for Ford Europe!

Elara

Not surprising, since Nissan also has a much bigger share of the overall automotive market- over 4%, compared to Mazda's 1.6%. Which is still up from last year's 1.2%. That's a pretty impressive gain, no matter what it looks like.

RX8-TX

Infiniti is coming up really strong with the G. And believe it or not, I am starting to see plenty of M45s (BIIIIIG monster..)

jimsabo21

What were the RX8 November sales?

zerobanger

Look for the rx-8 to gain momentum in the next 2 months or so. It will outsell the 350Z next year for sure.

scorp76

2087 sold in November.

OverLOAD

This is from MNAO, so this is just North America sales? or is it world-wide, if it is, they're missing a few vehicles..

cwerdna

It's the US only. It doesn't include Canada (they report in a separate PR) and doesn't look like it includes Mexico.

8_wannabe

That Mazda 3 is gonna take off. Cool car and great price. I love the hatchback. Mazda is on a roll.

TownDrunk

This is great news because if all works out... and they sell plenty of '8s... We'll all have a chance at driving a new '7 in a few years!!

CERAMICSEAL

AMEN!
The 3 should take off. It could possibly rule it's segment. If only Mazda would control the pricing of some of their product it would do even better. There is no reason why the long in the tooth Miata should start at 22k U.S. dollars ( MNAO that is).