Mazda revealed today that it has received close to 8,000 orders for its brand new CX-5 crossover in Japan since February 16.
Now, either the Hiroshima-based carmaker was extermely conservative in its projection or the locals have really taken to the new crossover because that figure is eight times the original monthly estimate of 1,000 sales.
Mind you, that’s before customers have the chance to test-drive the CX-5, something they will be able to do by visiting Mazda dealerships from March 31 onwards.
“Mazda is extremely grateful for the approval from many customers for the all-new CX-5”, said the company’s President and CEO Takashi Yamanouchi.
“I am convinced that we will surpass our global sales target of 160,000 units per year and that the CX-5 will become one of our core models alongside the Axela (known overseas as the Mazda3), Atenza (Mazda6) and Demio (Mazda2),” he added.
Despite the fact that diesels are far from popular in the land of the rising sun, the 2.2-liter Skyactiv-D diesel versions of the CX-5 account for 73 percent of total orders while gasoline-engined cars are ordered by 27 percent of customers.
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