Mazda Sales Figures October 2006
11-01-2006, 05:39 PM
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Mazda Sales Figures October 2006
MAZDA’S CX-7 CONTINUES STRONG SALES CLIMB IN OCTOBER
IRVINE, Calif.– Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced that it sold 4,272 CX-7 Crossover SUVs in October, nearly offsetting the sharp decline of its most popular model, the MAZDA 3 , due to lack of availability. MNAO’s overall sales fell 652 units to 18,843, a drop of 3.4 percent month over month. Year-to-date sales are 228,082, an increase of three percent over the first 10 months of 2005.
“Two factors negatively affected our overall sales picture this month, our lack of MAZDA3’s and our planned reduction in fleet sales,” said Jim O’Sullivan, MNAO president and CEO. “However, our overall retail sales are up year over year and we nearly beat last October’s sales, thanks to another dramatic monthly increase in CX-7 sales, which are being driven by strong media praise and consumer enthusiasm.”
MNAO’s Canadian and Mexican operations both showed strong sales in October. Mazda Canada, Inc. (MCI), had a record October, selling 5,978 units, an increase of eight percent. MCI is up four percent year to date on sales of 71,160 units. Mazda Motor de Mexico, which opened for business last October, sold 804 Mazda’s this October with just 10 dealerships.
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Mazda North American Operations oversees sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda sales in the United States, Canada and Mexico through nearly 900 dealers. MCI is located in Ontario, Canada, and Mazda Motor de Mexico is in Mexico City.
IRVINE, Calif.– Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced that it sold 4,272 CX-7 Crossover SUVs in October, nearly offsetting the sharp decline of its most popular model, the MAZDA 3 , due to lack of availability. MNAO’s overall sales fell 652 units to 18,843, a drop of 3.4 percent month over month. Year-to-date sales are 228,082, an increase of three percent over the first 10 months of 2005.
“Two factors negatively affected our overall sales picture this month, our lack of MAZDA3’s and our planned reduction in fleet sales,” said Jim O’Sullivan, MNAO president and CEO. “However, our overall retail sales are up year over year and we nearly beat last October’s sales, thanks to another dramatic monthly increase in CX-7 sales, which are being driven by strong media praise and consumer enthusiasm.”
MNAO’s Canadian and Mexican operations both showed strong sales in October. Mazda Canada, Inc. (MCI), had a record October, selling 5,978 units, an increase of eight percent. MCI is up four percent year to date on sales of 71,160 units. Mazda Motor de Mexico, which opened for business last October, sold 804 Mazda’s this October with just 10 dealerships.
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Mazda North American Operations oversees sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda sales in the United States, Canada and Mexico through nearly 900 dealers. MCI is located in Ontario, Canada, and Mazda Motor de Mexico is in Mexico City.
http://media.ford.com/mazda/article_...ticle_id=24725
Mazda sold 640 RX-8s for October in North America (US/Can/Mex). 776 in September. 8180 for the entire year thus far. Unless something amazing happens, the 8 will probably end up with around 9500 for the year.
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11-01-2006, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by shaunv74
Someone bought a protege again!! 
11-01-2006, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by RotrDoc
Looks like MNAO bought it back from October 05, then sold it again. Either that, or there's a typo in the table and this vehicle belongs in October 05.
11-02-2006, 01:23 PM
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Car is getting rarer every month.
I went to a Mazda only dealer and they had all the 8's in the back.
What's up with that? No 8's in the front lot for Mazda only dealership.
How do you expect to sell them?
I went to a Mazda only dealer and they had all the 8's in the back.
What's up with that? No 8's in the front lot for Mazda only dealership.
How do you expect to sell them?
11-02-2006, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Skiptomylue
lol you guys are silly... i wonder how many z06 corvettes.. or dodge vipers were sold this total year
11-02-2006, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Sapphonica
...one might think Vipers & Z06'es generate a wee bit more revenue & margin per unit, no?
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11-02-2006, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Sapphonica
Rx-8 Rip 2008
11-02-2006, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by zoom44
you know thats wrong, dont you? just as with every other time you've said it. this car will continue to be produced and exported to the US thru 2010. its not going anywhere.
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11-02-2006, 04:46 PM
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Do you guys think if I say something about the Protege not selling well that RG will show in this thread and flip out like he usually does? 
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11-02-2006, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
Well logic (not even very much of it!) would say that since they don't make that car anymore, it probably wouldn't sell well! I suppose I should "flip out" because Mazda hasn't sold any RX-7's this year too! Cry me a river, it's all over! Actually it's statements like this one below that bug me because every year someone keeps saying it because they have no clue what sales numbers mean to Mazda. How many years have we heard this same thing now? It should have had a 2 year life span according to sales number predictions by people on this forum. As I've stated many times before, year after year, eventually someone will be correct with this prediction but no one is going to come to this conclusion based on what some sales number told them.
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11-02-2006, 10:11 PM
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I guess we're only allowed to talk about falling sales numbers when it's about Ford or Mitsubishi and not precious Mazda.
I think it's a stretch to try and say the 8 won't be around after this year because of these numbers, but to completely ignore them isn't very smart. Perhaps they can be used as a bargaining chip during negotiations or to help someone figure out when the best time to buy is. If nothing else it's interesting to see how Mazda is doing overall.
Just because it doesn't affect your car in your driveway doesn't mean it's not useful or interesting to the rest of us.
I think it's a stretch to try and say the 8 won't be around after this year because of these numbers, but to completely ignore them isn't very smart. Perhaps they can be used as a bargaining chip during negotiations or to help someone figure out when the best time to buy is. If nothing else it's interesting to see how Mazda is doing overall.
Just because it doesn't affect your car in your driveway doesn't mean it's not useful or interesting to the rest of us.
11-03-2006, 12:17 AM
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RIP RX8 only if the car is no longer profitable. I have no idea if the car makes money for Mazda as a low volume car. If it does, then the car should be in production for a while longer because no Ford affiliated company can afford to drop a profitable car.
11-03-2006, 01:32 AM
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You know what is sad (but great for me)? I have been seeing a CX-7 almost every day on my work commute for the past two weeks (in different colors with different drivers). Days can go by where I won't encounter another RX-8 though.
The CX-7 has been out for mere months and it is quickly becoming more common on the road than the 8, at least down here.
The CX-7 has been out for mere months and it is quickly becoming more common on the road than the 8, at least down here.