Mazda Ujima #1 Plant Fire - UPDATE
03-28-2005 | 04:03 PM
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RX-8 plant did not start in Feb.
Madza media released its Feb production numbers and RX-8 was zero. It was also zero in Jan.
Here are the productin numbers for last six months:
Sept 4303
Oct 3827
Nov 4502
Dec 2232
Jan 0
Feb 0
Peak months had about 8500 cars built
Here are the productin numbers for last six months:
Sept 4303
Oct 3827
Nov 4502
Dec 2232
Jan 0
Feb 0
Peak months had about 8500 cars built
03-28-2005 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by epitrochoid
cars are about as good investments as homes are...terrible ones. cars are a certain expense, even once they're paid off (unless you ***** it out on the street or something)
the only way to really make a profit on a car is to buy it, trailer it to your garage, drain the fluids and put it on blocks for 25+ years. then take it to barrett jackson.
the only way to really make a profit on a car is to buy it, trailer it to your garage, drain the fluids and put it on blocks for 25+ years. then take it to barrett jackson.
Not sure where you live but where I come from Homes are great investments!
03-28-2005 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by kenbob
Well in anticipation of the re-start of production in mid-February, I ordered my RX-8 in early February.
Just checked with the dealer, NO rx-8's on his order list have had a VIN number assigned yet. I wonder if they ever did resume production in mid-Feb? They assign a VIN number to the vehicles when they get scheduled for production.
I doubt this is a result of any backlog, as these vehicles were in the queue before the fire happened.
Anyone else hear any status/update on whether production actually resumed last month? I've been keeping tabs on vehicle inventory, there still seem to be a lot of RX-8's in stock however specific option combinations seem to be dwindling fast, ie. NAV-equipped vehicles, and specifically the Black-exterior vehicles have virtually disappeared from my market area.
Just checked with the dealer, NO rx-8's on his order list have had a VIN number assigned yet. I wonder if they ever did resume production in mid-Feb? They assign a VIN number to the vehicles when they get scheduled for production.
I doubt this is a result of any backlog, as these vehicles were in the queue before the fire happened.
Anyone else hear any status/update on whether production actually resumed last month? I've been keeping tabs on vehicle inventory, there still seem to be a lot of RX-8's in stock however specific option combinations seem to be dwindling fast, ie. NAV-equipped vehicles, and specifically the Black-exterior vehicles have virtually disappeared from my market area.
Date Days of Supply
1/2004 135
2/2004 166
3/2004 147
4/2004 120
5/2004 115
6/2004 104
7/2004 113
8/2004 92
9/2004 83
10/2004 106
11/2004 103
12/2004 128
1/2005 142
2/2005 169
3/2005 119
03-29-2005 | 03:15 PM
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Given that it takes 1-2 months from the date of production for the vehicles to make it to the dealers, the above numbers make sense. The inventory hit would've started in March, and will likely continue for 2 months after they resume production.
Spring is also the high-buying season, where the dealers normally beef up their inventory to meet demand, so we should see a big hit on the inventory numbers in April/May, like we've already seen for March.
Good info, thanks for posting the Production/Inventory numbers. Where is your source for these numbers by the way? It'd be interesting to see if they even started production in March.
Spring is also the high-buying season, where the dealers normally beef up their inventory to meet demand, so we should see a big hit on the inventory numbers in April/May, like we've already seen for March.
Good info, thanks for posting the Production/Inventory numbers. Where is your source for these numbers by the way? It'd be interesting to see if they even started production in March.
03-29-2005 | 11:13 PM
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Update: My dealer rep just emailed, a batch of vehicles from his on-order list just came back with VIN numbers assigned, including mine. Looks like production has either resumed, or is about to resume, it's the first bit of action he's seen on any of his on-order vehicles since December.
03-30-2005 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by kenbob
Good info, thanks for posting the Production/Inventory numbers. Where is your source for these numbers by the way?
03-31-2005 | 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by rotten42
Not sure where you live but where I come from Homes are great investments!
04-27-2005 | 02:38 AM
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Update:
My car has been built and is now being ocean-shipped to the US. They must've used the Ujima-2 paint shop to complete it, since the Ujima-1 paint shop doesn't resume operation until tomorrow.
Looks like this is the first batch of RX8's to be shipped to the US since the plant fire. Estimated port-arrival is the 2nd week of May.
My car has been built and is now being ocean-shipped to the US. They must've used the Ujima-2 paint shop to complete it, since the Ujima-1 paint shop doesn't resume operation until tomorrow.
Looks like this is the first batch of RX8's to be shipped to the US since the plant fire. Estimated port-arrival is the 2nd week of May.
04-29-2005 | 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted by markd
Yeah, I'm not sure what epitrochoid's comment meant either--houses are nothing like cars--homes are an investment; cars are a liability. Period.
Obviously, ego got the better of me with the '8
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