DarkBrew

http://media.ford.com/mazda/article_...60&make_id=227

Razz1

that's sad, less than a thousand

ucleadguitar

iTrader: (1)

Keeps our car exotic!

presequel

the new cx-7 sold less than 300....wow lol.

velociti

iTrader: (1)

908 S2000's were sold in the same period of time...that's kind of sad. regardless of the exclusivity, i'm just worried that sales are low enough to dissuade Mazda from dumping money into developing the RX-7 successor...

mysql101

heh.

Look at the year to date info.

(based on YTD)

8000 of the new mx-5 this year.
last year we had 7000 rx-8's sold.

swap the years around, last year we had 3000 mx-5's sold, and this year we had 4300 rx-8's.

The numbers don't look that horrible to me. The RX-8 will never be a mazda3 or mazda6 in terms of number of units sold. It was never supposed to be. The miata has been around for a long time, and it's numbers are similar to the 8's.


Just like the miata, I think many are expecting a face lift on the RX-8 soon. 2008? So sales will be dipping.

therm8

And keeps parts prices high! Woohoo!!!...???

zoom44

they were only at dealerships for 1 week in may maybe even a little less and not all dealerships

rotarygod

When are these worthless threads going to stop being posted? I've never seen any other forum for any other car be so obsessed with trying to convince the rest of the community that their car sucks.

therm8

I've seen plenty of other forums talk about sales figures. It just turns out that ours suck .

saturn

The only thing more routine than threads about sales numbers are the obligatory posts from some insisting that they don't mean anything.

It should be added to the forum rules "no speculating about anything whatsoever that involves the future of anything rotary or Mazda related". So sayeth the forum elite!

r0tor

iTrader: (1)

well, it gives them an excuse to put a MS edition car out to try to liven things up

saturn

Which gives me an excuse to pwn n00bs -- my ultimate dream.

Cattywampus

I heard that Prius site was good.

Ike

You're so cute when you get upset

DARKMAZ8

I think Mazda would sell boatloads of 8's if the US government would make every road a twisty. So, if you want to blame someone for the poor sales figures. Blame the Fed!!!

Avalonstar

I think Mazda would sell boatloads of 8's if they actually TRIED to sell them.

murix

I doubt marketing has anything to do with it. I see ads in magazine print all the time. The Mazda 3 sells like a rockstar. It hit a bullseye. As much as I love my 8, I accept it is a bit different than what the mainstream American public wants. No matter. Mazda as a company is making money and that is what matters.

saturn

Numbers for June are out: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...4391099&EDATE=

Compared to June '05, Mazda sales up 8% -- RX-8 sales down 35%.

But remember everyone -- it doesn't mean anything.

Avalonstar

You're right... I think another contributing factor is the lack of any major changes to the model (besides the AT)... so it's like everybody that wants one already has one.

F22C1

Yeah I wonder that too... Everybody keep telling yourself that sales figures are pointless to the board and shareholders. Let's hope that these numbers trickle down to the hundreds! Toyota and Acura must be wrong for discontinuing their sport coupes in this time and age as with other manufacturers discontinuing their models.

Then we'll see if the "rotary is here to stay" as Mazda puts it ... as least as far as US domestic market is concerned.

I have a feeling if sales aren't healthy, the rotary will have a hard time getting approval for a new lease on life.

Why did the FD get pulled from our shores in the mid 90's anyway? If it was for emissions reason, surely that coulda been solved, nevermind what kind of sales #'s it would have brought in.

Avalonstar

Then you should be able to use the same reasoning for why Toyota pulled the Supra from our shores as well.

RoXanneBlack8

in 1995 mazda sold like 500 FD's. the cost to make it emission legal post 1996 is so high it wasnt worth selling another 500. we all kno it did just fine for another 6 years in japan. leading up to my ultimate dream car. the 2002 spirit R type A, in white of course

F22C1

If that's the case, why discontinue anything at all other than sales reasons? I'm sure a emission fix could be feasible, disregarding projected low sales numbers.... because after all, like people are saying around here, "numbers shouldn't mean anything".

From the general theme of this thread, are we really to believe that the RX-8 isn't in danger if sales diminish?? Oh boy... I guess the Renesis' biggest hurdle will be the next EPA regulations.

Hightshoe

anyone know why there was such a large increase in miata sales? 255% is quite the gain over last year.