Mazda Exceeds 130,000 Vehicle Sales in China in Calendar Year 2005; Posts a One-month Record 14,000 Unit Sales in December 2005.Hiroshima, Japan, Jan 19, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that it retailed 133,778 Mazda brand vehicles in China in calendar year 2005. This represents an increase of 51 percent over January-December 2004, well above the overall wholesale Chinese passenger vehicle market rise of 26 percent for that period, and amidst tough competition. This is also the first time that Mazda has surpassed the 130,000 unit sales unit sales Sales measured in terms of physical units rather than dollars. Unit sales data are often used by financial analysts when evaluating the health of a company. mark in China. The sales breakdown by model showed that FAW FAW Florida Administrative Weekly FAW Football Association of Wales FAW Forschungsinstitut für Anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung FAW First Auto Works (China) FAW First Aid at Work FAW Fleet Air Wing FAW Fire At Will Car Company-produced Mazda6 sales rose 101 percent to 55,186 units in CY2005 compared to the previous year. Additionally, the Mazda323 Familia This article is about the Polish political party. For other uses, see Familia (disambiguation). Familia ("The Family," from the Romain familia sedan Sedan (sədäN`), town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries. The town became part of French crown lands in 1642. , built by FAW Haima in Hainan Province, also showed a healthy sales jump of 32 percent to 63,398 units year-on-year. FAW Haima also makes the Premacy minivan, and sales of this model climbed 22 percent over the prior year to 15,019 units. Mazda's December 2005 China sales volume of 14,329 units also set a new record for sales in one month in that market. Mazda's product lineup in China was greatly enhanced by the July 2005 launch--as a fully assembled import model--of its brand icon RX-8 sports car. Additionally, the Mazda6 sedan, built by the FAW Car Co. in Changchun, Jilin Province, underwent an interior and exterior freshening and driveability upgrade. Production of this model started in September 2005. Both Mazda6 and RX-8 have been well received by Chinese consumers and have won several awards. The new Mazda6 won the "2005 China Hot Car" award for domestically produced vehicles from an Internet-based poll of its viewers in eastern China conducted by a Shanghai satellite TV station. The RX-8 has also won honors for imported cars. Aiming for a strengthened product lineup, Mazda has plans to introduce other new models including the new Mazda6 Hatchback and Mazda6 Wagon (both to be built in China) and so on. Kiyoshi Ozaki, senior managing executive officer in charge of Mazda's China business strategy, said, "I'm very pleased that we could set a new record of over 130,000 vehicles sold in 2005, and that Mazda's growth rate in China greatly exceeded the overall passenger vehicle market growth rate for four consecutive years. One of our mid-term goals is to sell 300,000 vehicles in 2010, and to do that we are working hard to beef up our product lineup and improve customer satisfaction." He continued, "In response to continuing consumer demand, I would like to see over 10 percent growth in our 2006 sales." In 2005, Mazda made progress in production and sales operations in the Chinese market as the Hiroshima-based company works towards attaining its medium term business goals. In January 2005, it received Chinese government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
FMSC Federal Maritime Security Coordinator FMSC Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service FMSC Financial Management Steering Committee FMSC Federal Manual for Supply Cataloging ) with its partner, China's First Auto Works (FAW), in Changchun, Jilin Province. In May, Mazda, Changan Automobile, and Ford received government approval to form the joint venture "Changan Ford Mazda Engine Company Ltd." Currently, the Nanjing plant construction is proceeding, with plans to commence production in 2007. Also, in June 2005, Mazda opened its Shanghai-based company, Mazda Motor (Shanghai) Business Management & Consulting Co. Ltd.--more commonly referred to as Mazda China Operations (MCO MCO Managed care organization, see there )--which was established to integrate its business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets in China. Also in Shanghai, the Mazda China Engineering Support Center was set up as a branch office in August 2005. With these infrastructure milestones achieved in 2005, Mazda has laid a firm foundation in the rapidly expanding Chinese automotive market. About Mazda Motor Corporation Mazda Motor Corporation (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 7261) started manufacturing tools in 1929 and soon branched out into production of trucks for commercial use. In the early 1960s, Mazda launched its first passenger car models and began developing rotary engines rotary engine, internal-combustion engine whose cycle is similar to that of a piston engine, but which produces rotary motion directly without any conversion from reciprocating motion. . Still headquartered in Hiroshima in western Japan, Mazda today ranks as one of Japan's leading automakers, and exports cars to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Europe for over 30 years. Overseas sales account for more than half of total turnover. Mazda has two main production sites in Japan and 19 overseas facilities. Overseas sites include joint ventures based in the United States, and in Thailand with Ford Motor Company, Mazda's largest shareholder. Source: Mazda Motor Corporation Contact: Mazda Motor Corporation Mr K. Yoshitake yoshitake.k@tky.mazda.co.jp +81-82-282-1111 Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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