Comments on: Mazda, Mitsubishi post first-half loss

By: Sell your Car

Sell your Car — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:39:18 +0000

Mazda style is quite incredible.I like mazda couse it is affordable.

By: Raf

Raf — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:13:25 +0000

Mazda sales in Australia are still strong and they’ve lifted their end-of-year sales target. I would think that Mazda Australia is doing OK. They might have hoped to do even better from the launch of the new 3, especially with the amount of advertising they’re doing, but there’s limits to how many non-fleet buyers there are for a car in that segment and the 3 is already getting the biggest share of them. Seems like the strategy is to build a halo via the new 3 MPS and go after the buy-a-Lancer-want-an-Evo market.

By: Falcodore

Falcodore — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:35:03 +0000

t, its called Mazda3, not M3. BMW has nothing to do with this thread!

They need to update the front end to sell more?! Are you kidding? Its the 3rd best selling car in the country, outselling the Falcon by over 500 units and only 46 units (september) behind the perrenial fleet sl#t, the Corolla.

It would seem a lot of people dont agree with you. I agree with you about the 6 though, even the 1st gen 6 still looks good.

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:34:33 +0000

I spoke to somebody from Mazda and he admitted the 3 isn’t selling as many as they expected. The smiling face may have been the culprit, but what bothers me most is the smallish rear doors that make ingress and egress difficult and result to poor legroom. The sedan’s trunk opening is also peculiar it won’t be able to swallow wide loads. I don’t think two inches extra on the wheelbase would have ruined the original 3′s dynamics, and yes if not for that, it would be my car now.

Mitsubishi are now counting a lot on the Lancer’s great looks to stay alive. The company suffered a lot due to a lack of a bigger car following the 380′s demise. The Colt is outclassed by several rivals and the Triton beaten by the Hilux. I bought the Lancer because its space at the back is relatively good and the Corolla auto can only offer a bland design, torsion beams and 4 speeds. The Civic has a drooping nose that makes bumper-to-bumper traffic more of a pain and I don’t like the separate triangle glasses in front of the windows. The Focus is nearing replacement and the Impreza is impressively hideous and both only have four cogs as well. The new Cruze simply doesn’t have a competitive engine in performance and economy, and it’s from a company that doesn’t love its ‘fellow Aussies’ back.

Despite that, many people are still turned off on the Lancer because of its near-Korean plastics, lack of reach adjustment and poor paintwork. Mitsubishi could have made a class leader but may have fallen short due to these issues.

By: t

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:12:40 +0000

hahhaha yes indeed the basking shark mouthed M3 will need an updated front end if they want to sell more cars.

my god its hideous…. yet the 6 is so pretty?

they have lost the styling plot like SUBARU has?

By: AAA

AAA — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:59:12 +0000

Smiling all the time is not good ~!