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Posted: 1/24/2021 6:52:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: wat? tell me mor! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: As a fairly small company they are partnering with other companies on different development projects (GM with electric and Toyota with power plant and platforms). They are moving upmarket (better margins) with a new family of Skyactiv engines (straight 6 and a 4 cylinder) and platforms that will also be used in future Lexus products. wat? tell me mor! https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32109038/mazda-6-rwd-confirmed-2022/ |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 6:54:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol! Their sales have been sucking/declining for quite a long time now. They may as well be Mitsubishi. A 20% increase of 10 units is still just 2 units. I'm not knock knocking them, their sedans drive great. But nobody wants sedans. You need to go back and look at last year's numbers. Only Mazda, Volvo, and Alfa Romeo had positive sales compared to 19. Everyone else was down 15%-30% Go take a look at the top rated SUVs...the CX5 will be on the top 3. Mazda also beat Toyota and Lexus in reliability last year |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 6:55:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They divested in 2010, 2011 was first model years for entirely Mazda. Mazda makes great vehicles. Mine was flawless for 10 years. The ford parts are the ones that break on my Mazda. 
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Posted: 1/24/2021 6:58:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What do you mean? They’re all over the place. I see a lot of them also. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:02:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: As a fairly small company they are partnering with other companies on different development projects (GM with electric and Toyota with power plant and platforms). They are moving upmarket (better margins) with a new family of Skyactiv engines (straight 6 and a 4 cylinder) and platforms that will also be used in future Lexus products. wat? tell me mor! https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32109038/mazda-6-rwd-confirmed-2022/ I guess this is just a rendering, but that's a handsome car  There's even a chance that Mazda will mimic Lexus and put the inline-six into both four- and two-door bodies. Rewind two years prior to the Vision Coupe and you get the RX-Vision, a Mazda sports-car concept with a hood way longer than necessary for the Wankel rotary the company was imagining at the time. Few things cement an upmarket image better than a rear-drive sports coupe. oh shit! 
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:04:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I see a lot of them also. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What do you mean? They’re all over the place. I see a lot of them also. I haven’t seen one on the road in years. I honestly thought they stopped making cars. Like Nissan and mistubishi. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:09:54 PM EDT
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Been driving a 2011 Mazda 6. Very reliable with good gas mileage. Great daily driver. Does not have all the electronics that new cars have. Reluctant to part with it
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:16:55 PM EDT
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Best new car I ever owned was a 2003 Mazda 6, Mazda speed racing package automatic an manual shift. That car hugged the road, hauled ass an got decent mpg. The Bose stereo system was amazing.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:18:19 PM EDT
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I think OP is thinking of Nissan
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:26:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When’s the last time you saw a Mazda on the road? That will answer your question. I'm not sure where you live but they are a very popular . |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:27:46 PM EDT
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Wife has had 3 different ones that last 12 years. Mazda 3 and 2 CX5s.
Only had to have 1 warranty repair. The leather cover on the 15 cx5 started peeling within a year. Dealer replaced. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:31:54 PM EDT
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Markets are driven by infantile retards mostly. Just look at the “lifestyle advertising” car commercials.
My wife’s Mazdas have all had fewer recalls than my Toyotas and are a lot more fun to drive. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:32:29 PM EDT
[#13]
No, but Nissan is.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:40:38 PM EDT
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I still have my V-6 Probe GT. The KL V-6 is one of the best sounding and smoothest ever built. And purposely designed that way.
Pure joy. Yeah your EV is faster but it ain't got no soul.  KL V6 Mx5 Open road |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:43:56 PM EDT
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I don’t know anyone that’s ever considered buying a Mazda.
ETA: Actually I knew someone that knew a gay that drove a Miata. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:44:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I hope not. They seem to be the only Japanese manufacturer that still gives a damn about driving dynamics throughout their line. This is what worries me. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:46:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm not sure where you live but they are a very popular . Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: When’s the last time you saw a Mazda on the road? That will answer your question. I'm not sure where you live but they are a very popular . No. No they are not. Look at Units sold. Compare to Nissan. Some quick googling shows freaking BMW has 3 times their volume. Mazda is a dying brand. Mazda barely sold more than Mitsubishi. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:46:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I still have my V-6 Probe GT. The KL V-6 is one of the best sounding and smoothest ever built. And purposely designed that way. Pure joy. Yeah your EV is faster but it ain't got no soul.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aXn9L6MRysI had a blue one. I miss it sometimes. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:48:35 PM EDT
[#19]
@littlepony boy
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:50:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I haven’t seen one on the road in years. I honestly thought they stopped making cars. Like Nissan and mistubishi. Might be regional. We were considering a CX-9 to replace my wife's car but she decided to keep her current one a while longer. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:53:20 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Well I do like the new Miata. Kinda want one, and I do see Mazda crossovers often. We like them!  |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:55:01 PM EDT
[#22]
Just looked st their unit sales figures by year, they seem to float around 300k no matter what, only down 25k units during 2019, 2020.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:55:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No. No they are not. Look at Units sold. Compare to Nissan. Some quick googling shows freaking BMW has 3 times their volume. Mazda is a dying brand. Mazda barely sold more than Mitsubishi. Mazda doesn't want to be one of the high volume commodity brands like Toyota, Honda, Nissan. Their goal is 1-2% growth per year, while maintaining their quality |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:56:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mazda doesn't want to be one of the high volume commodity brands like Toyota, Honda, Nissan. Their goal is 1-2% growth per year, while maintaining their quality Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: No. No they are not. Look at Units sold. Compare to Nissan. Some quick googling shows freaking BMW has 3 times their volume. Mazda is a dying brand. Mazda barely sold more than Mitsubishi. Mazda doesn't want to be one of the high volume commodity brands like Toyota, Honda, Nissan. Their goal is 1-2% growth per year, while maintaining their quality So they’re goal is to not sell cars? Brilliant! Nissan is a high volume commodity brand? Lol! |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 7:59:11 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When’s the last time you saw a Mazda on the road? That will answer your question. I’ve seen quite a few, but they are mostly CX-5s. I think that’s the only current model that’s selling well. You don’t see many of their coupes and sedans on the road these days. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:07:46 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So they're goal is to not sell cars? Brilliant! Nissan is a high volume commodity brand? Lol! Yeah, Nissan is circling the drain. Still, when the corporate people are talking about "commodity brands", they still include Nissan |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:11:17 PM EDT
[#27]
Didnt mazda just get #1 in reliability ratings?
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:17:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, Nissan is circling the drain. Still, when the corporate people are talking about "commodity brands", they still include Nissan Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: So they're goal is to not sell cars? Brilliant! Nissan is a high volume commodity brand? Lol! Yeah, Nissan is circling the drain. Still, when the corporate people are talking about "commodity brands", they still include Nissan Shame really. As 10-15 years ago Nissan and Mazda has great performance oriented vehicles. But the market has changed. Folks don’t want performance. They want the SUV and the biggest movie watching display possible. I’ve seen it with honda/Acura. I loved my 2004 Acura TL. 6 speed manual, great motor, gave me 500k trouble free miles. Quality and performance for a great price. I bought a 2015 Acura TLX because I needed a car. The quality and performance are nowhere what they used to be. The market for a performance sedan is very very slim. You can get it, but you’re going to pay. And that’s where Nissan and Mazda shined back then. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:24:54 PM EDT
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Mazda is and has always been niche in North America, but if it works for them...
Pickups? Last one was 2011, the mini-sized B. Never made a mid or full size Performance/sport? "Arguably" the RX-8, to 2012 Minivans? MPV ended in 2006, mini-mini Mazda 5 until 2015 Full size sedan? 929, last seen in 1999 Performance mid- or full-size cars? Nope Luxury small-, mid- or full-size cars? Nope V-8? Nope, never Mazdaspeed versions? Last one was 2013 |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:26:09 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: At one point Ford owned 90% of Mazda. Kimiko Mazda was Henry Ford's 15-year-old Japanese cleaning lady at the mansion out in Dearborn. Henry was a racist bastard but he caught the yellow fever and knocked her up in 1931. The little bastard was named Jujiro Mazda and he went home to the rubble of freshly nuked Japan in 1946 with a bag of Henry's money and started up Mazda. They kept the Ford ownership as secret as possible so Emperor Tojo and Field Marshal MacArthur wouldn't raise a fuss. Most people don't know this. Hidden history. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:27:08 PM EDT
[#31]
i think they will survive.
but. i think Toyota is going to buy them. they already have been sharing factories and even platforms for over 8 years or so now. it might just end up being Toyota, Mazda, Lexus. the same way it is Chevy, Buick, Cadillac. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:27:11 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No. No they are not. Look at Units sold. Compare to Nissan. Some quick googling shows freaking BMW has 3 times their volume. Mazda is a dying brand. Mazda barely sold more than Mitsubishi. You are literally spouting bullshit: https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2020-us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-brand/ |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:28:57 PM EDT
[#33]
My wife has a Mazda 5 and its not a bad little car.
I drove a Mazda 3 years ago, and it was fun to drive. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:32:18 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When’s the last time you saw a Mazda on the road? That will answer your question. Increasingly frequently since I bought my CX-5 at the end of 2016. At that time, almost never. Now it seems the CX-5 is one of the most popular midsize CUVs. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:38:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You are literally spouting bullshit: https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2020-us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-brand/ Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: No. No they are not. Look at Units sold. Compare to Nissan. Some quick googling shows freaking BMW has 3 times their volume. Mazda is a dying brand. Mazda barely sold more than Mitsubishi. You are literally spouting bullshit: https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2020-us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-brand/ Lol fucking L! Mitsu. 121k units Mazda 278k units Fucking suburu 700k units Nissan 1,355 units Fucking Hyundai. 688k Volkswagen 363k Say it. Volkswagen. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:43:05 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When’s the last time you saw a Mazda on the road? That will answer your question. I see them all the time. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:44:34 PM EDT
[#37]
We're big Mazda fans, current MX-5 and CX-5 owners.
I see them everywhere in spite of them being the 22nd largest car Co. https://www.carlogos.org/reviews/largest-car-companies.html |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:47:34 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What do you mean? They’re all over the place. Where? |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 8:50:38 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Where? There are tons all around the Houston area |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:00:23 PM EDT
[#40]
Great cars but I want a new rotary
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:03:58 PM EDT
[#41]
Quoted: Quoted: When’s the last time you saw a Mazda on the road? That will answer your question. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:09:19 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Mazda is and has always been niche in North America, but if it works for them... Pickups? Last one was 2011, the mini-sized B. Never made a mid or full size Performance/sport? "Arguably" the RX-8, to 2012 Minivans? MPV ended in 2006, mini-mini Mazda 5 until 2015 Full size sedan? 929, last seen in 1999 Performance mid- or full-size cars? Nope Luxury small-, mid- or full-size cars? Nope V-8? Nope, never Mazdaspeed versions? Last one was 2013 You are forgetting one in the sport category...... |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:11:34 PM EDT
[#43]
It must be a regional thing.
They are common here. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:16:54 PM EDT
[#44]
My 2007 NC MX-5 says no OP.
A fine roadster that satisfies, every trip. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:19:15 PM EDT
[#45]
See them all over the place around here. Mostly CX5's with 3's and Miatas pretty much even in second most common. I drive a 2018 6 and it has been a great car, but mine is the Turbo Grand Touring model.
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:19:43 PM EDT
[#46]
Tons of Mazda's here. I see them everywhere.
If anything I would say Honda/Acura have fallen out of favor and at risk of dying. In the 90's and 00's you would see honda's everywhere, and acura's starting to be common in the 00's. I hardly see Civic's anymore. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:20:41 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When’s the last time you saw a Mazda on the road? That will answer your question. Today. And not just the one I'm driving. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:24:17 PM EDT
[#48]
I would drive this
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:24:45 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 30 years ago they made decent vehicles. Ever had the joy of working on the garbage they crank out now? Sure have. Not all that much different than the Impala I owned before it, save for having to do it less. |
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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:26:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You are literally spouting bullshit: https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2020-us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-brand/ Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: No. No they are not. Look at Units sold. Compare to Nissan. Some quick googling shows freaking BMW has 3 times their volume. Mazda is a dying brand. Mazda barely sold more than Mitsubishi. You are literally spouting bullshit: https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2020-us-vehicle-sales-figures-by-brand/ Sweet! You fell for the trap to look like an idiot. After your next stupid post we’ll talk SAAR. I was using more accurate numbers from 2019. Something happened in 2020, wonder what that was? |
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