Mazda at Detroit 2010?
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I was thinking the same thing.. Pretty sad. Another empty Mazda showing at a Motor show.
Le me guess, they will be showing the Mazda 2 or another wacky and worthless concept of something that you will never see.
Le me guess, they will be showing the Mazda 2 or another wacky and worthless concept of something that you will never see.
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Likely no more concepts. They're expensive and they **** Mazda diehards off that they're so stupid looking or they're not and then they don't do anything with them. Mazda's pettered out so after shooting its wad with the 2 intro all will be quiet... they've refreshed everything that sells except perhaps the Mazda 5 and no one cares about that anyway.
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Likely no more concepts. They're expensive and they **** Mazda diehards off that they're so stupid looking or they're not and then they don't do anything with them. Mazda's pettered out so after shooting its wad with the 2 intro all will be quiet... they've refreshed everything that sells except perhaps the Mazda 5 and no one cares about that anyway.
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no the mazda 3 is not small enough. how much does your speed 3 weight again? 3200lbs and you think that's small enough?. travel outside of north america and you'll realize what small cars can be.
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my bad.. didn't really mean to pick on the 5, and realistically, sales figures show it's the 8 that (not no one) but few care about, at least from a buying perspective lol. Googling I'm seeing the 5 outsell the 8 by like 500%-1000% or something like that? Not a bad uVan... just wish it had more power options and fewer seats giving more cargo space in the rear.
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Been there done that so fine sell it outside north america, I can't see it selling well in NA the 3 is their flagship econocar. (Not MS3)
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I actually really like the styling of the 2 a lot more than the 3. So saying "isn't the 3 small enough" is kind of pointless. That almost sounds like the stereotypical american auto motto of "it'll be better if we make it bigger". I dont know if I would ever choose a [regular model] 2 for my only car, but I would pick it any day over the 3 if I ever decided to have a daily driver and separate car for fun. My girlfriend actually feels the same. She's not huge into cars and really doesn't care about performance a whole lot. She mostly only wants something with reliability and good mileage. That said, she likes the mazdaspeed3 but not the regular 3. She really loves the way the mazda 2 looks and she's really hoping to get that as her next car. So there definitely is a market for the 2 in the US.
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if the gas mileage is good, and reliability is good, it will sell. Everyone swore the Fit would fail. Good Marketing, great price, no major issues (none I know of) and it works well.
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You got me there, I was one of those who thought it would fail. I guess I just don't see the appeal in a small non performance car. I've never really cared about gas mileage so maybe that's it.
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My wife is tired of her mazda5, and wants something smaller, lighter, and still a Mazda. She was basically pinning it on the 2010 3 until she saw the pictures of the 2. She says she hasn't made up her mind until she actually sees it and drives it (and I agree that's best), but I can tell, she has her heart already set on it.
Ima gonna see if I can get her to hold out for the MS2, and I think she would like an NA Miata more than she thinks she would (which I am working on getting as a auto-x / winter car), but either way, the 2 a good looking tiny car that fits what she needs.
Ima gonna see if I can get her to hold out for the MS2, and I think she would like an NA Miata more than she thinks she would (which I am working on getting as a auto-x / winter car), but either way, the 2 a good looking tiny car that fits what she needs.
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