Mazda3 Global Production Reaches Three Million Units

Just even years and ten months after production of original Mazda3 commenced in June 2003 – Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that cumulative production of the Mazda3 (known in Japan as the Mazda Axela) has reached three million units on April 26, 2011. This milestone was achieved in just seven years and ten months since production of the first-generation model commenced, making the Mazda3 the fastest-selling model in Mazda’s current lineup of passenger vehicles. The Mazda3 is a true global model; it is produced in three locations — Mazda’s Hofu Plant in Yamaguchi, Japan, the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA) plant in Nanjing, China, and AutoAlliance (Thailand) (AAT) and sold in approximately 90 countries and regions. The three-millionth Mazda3 was produced at the Hofu Plant. It is a Japanese-specification five-door hatchback with Mazda’s MZR-2.0L engine and i-stop, Mazda’s unique idling stop system.