Why don’t you buy Mazda?
Mazda
North American Operations (MNAO) reported the sales for December and full-year
2017. December 2017 had 26 selling days versus 27 in December 2016 and the
result is 26,893 vehicles sold. It’s a decrease of 6.5% in comparison with December
2016. On the Daily Selling Rate (DSR) basis, the company also posted a decrease
of 2.9%.
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| 2018 Mazda models line up. |
Why
don’t you buy Mazda? What did you bought in 2017?
MNAO
reported that they continued to significantly reduce fleet sales with 11,346
sales for 2017. It’s a decrease of 44.3% year-over-year. MNAO posted that
retail-only sales for 2017 are 278,124 units sold, 0.2% increase.
The
Mazda CX-5 has record sales in December, and mark its best-ever month since
first on sale in February 2012. For the CX-5 that’s tenth best-ever month in
2017 and marks an increase of 17.6% on year-over-year basis. In December 2017
Mazda CX-5 has 14,097 units sold. After the introduction of 2017 Mazda CX-5 in
March, 127,563 vehicles were sold for 2017. It marks an increase of 13.7%
year-over-year and sets a new-year record versus 2016.
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| The all-new Mazda CX-5. |
The
good news comes with the Mazda CX-9 which has 26.3% growth on year-over-year
basis. For December 2017, 3,276 CX-9 models were sold. For calendar year 2017,
the Mazda CX-9 has 25,828 units sold which an increase of 60.9%.
The
Mazda MX-5 Miata has 493 units sold for December 2017 and 32% down versus December
2016. The MX-5 has 11,294 units sold for 2017 and marks an increase of 19.3%.
Mazda
marks domination of the crossover vehicle sales on the U.S. market. Mazda CX-3,
Mazda CX-5 (The Tested 2015 Mazda CX-5) and Mazda CX-9 make an increase of 16.8% in December. The total
sales of Mazda’s CX-line for 2017 are 169,746 units sold which is plus 15.6%.
Here
is something which I didn’t see on others maker’ sales report. Mazda reports
that i-ACTIVE All-Wheel Drive system makes 59.9% growth. The -ACTIVE All-Wheel
Drive system is optional equipment which means that buyers choose this option
and pay extra for it. This year I still didn’t see another maker which post a
sales report for optional equipment. That’s cool.
Moreover,
MNAO reported that the sales of Certified Pre-Owned cars are 3,858 vehicles for
December 2017. These sales made an increase of 20.8%. MNAO reported that they sold
43,730 Certificated Pre-Owned vehicles for 2017 which is 17% growth.
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| The sales of Mazda for December and 2017 year. |
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| Mazda VISION COUPE |
The
New Year for Mazda comes with major announcements included:
Next-generation
engine technologies with SKYACTIV-X;
A
long-term vision for future technology development with Sustainable Zoom-Zoom
2030;
Next-generation
KODO—Soul of Motion design vision through VISION COUPE;
A
partnership for future collaboration to include a new production facility in
the United States, technologies for electric vehicles, development of
connected-car technologies and collaboration on safety technologies;
A
new era for Mazda Motorsports through Mazda Team Joest;
A
recommitment to the communities in which it does business through Mazda Drive
for Good;
If
you don’t buy Mazda because the most models are presented in red color… probably
they have and other colors. You could ask them.
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