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Mazda6 production to end in the US

By Brett Davis |

Production of the Mazda6 at the Ford/Mazda AutoAlliance International plant in Detroit will cease after the model’s current life cycle. The Mazda6 is produced at only three different plants around the world, AutoAlliance International in Detroit, US, the company’s Hofu plant in Japan, and a plant in China.

The AutoAlliance International plant is run by both Ford and Mazda, and the Mazda6 is the only Mazda currently built at the plant. Mazda has announced it is studying future plans for AutoAlliance International and is yet to confirm any future models to be built there.

As for the next generation Mazda6, Mazda has said it would be built at the company’s Hofu plant in Japan. The new model is scheduled to be in production during mid-2012, featuring Mazda’s new SkyActiv technologies. These technologies promise to improve fuel consumption with lighter components and more efficient powertrains.

Despite a large market share in Australian, the Mazda6 hasn’t been doing too well in the US over the past year. Sales dropped 53 percent from May 2010 to May 2011. The company also reported a $US102.6 million ($96 million) loss at AutoAlliance during the last financial year which ended in March.


 

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  • anthony

    It is interesting that it will only be built in Japan and China,as thats exactly where its arch rival Honda Accord Euro is produced.

  • James007

    The Mazda 6 that the Australian market and most other world markets get, is not the same as the North American Mazda 6.

    It shares similar styling to the Global Mazda 6, but sit’s on a stretched platform and is actually longer and wider then the Global Mazda 6 and it was desgined specially for the North American market.

    This will just mean when the next generation Mazda 6 rolls around, the North American market will get the same Mazda 6 as the rest of the world.

    • Stoney

      Doesn’t it also have a V6?

  • vti07

    Japan is RHD and China is LHD like the US. It is remotely possible the US could get China sourced 6′s in the future if it is no longer economically viable to make LHD cars in Japan?

  • http://baji192.wordpress.com Baji

    If north america gets the same 6 as the rest of the world next model, then that means we can quite possibly see the reintroduction of an MPS6.

    Bring it on i say. Except i hope the 6 doesn’t get any bigger to cater to the US market. The current 6 is already looking a bit big.

  • BT-50

    No wonder they closing production, have you seen the BT-50!!

    • matt

      have you seen you’re face?

      • BT-50

        Grow up.

  • Frink

    No surprise. Sales of the Mazda 6 have been going south for years in the USA…

    Mazda 6 US Sales (courtesy of Motortrend)

    2005: 71,447
    2006: 66,203
    2007: 57,575
    2008: 52,590
    2009: 34,866
    2010: 35,662

  • Steve

    It’s all about profitable production and nothing to do with the way the BT 50 looks