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Nov. 27, 2007

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Mazda Production and Sales Results for October 2007 (Flash Report)

Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for October 2007 are summarized below.

I. Production

	Breakdown	October 2007		Jan. - Oct. 2007
	Breakdown	Units	YoY Change (%)	Units	YoY Change (%)
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION	Passenger Cars	89,942	+12.5	770,946	+3.5
	Commercial Vehicles	3,360	-19.0	36,656	-29.0
	Total	93,302	+10.9	807,602	+1.4

OVERSEAS PRODUCTION	Passenger Cars	18,230	-3.6	174,198	-20.8
	Commercial Vehicles	7,237	-1.9	66,230	-3.5
	Total	25,467	-3.1	240,428	-16.7

GLOBAL PRODUCTION	Passenger Cars	108,172	+9.4	945,144	-2.1
	Commercial Vehicles	10,597	-8.1	102,886	-14.4
	Total	118,769	+7.6	1,048,030	-3.4

Note: As of January 2007, overseas production figures are based on Mazda brand units coming off the production line (does not include CKD kits).

1. Domestic Production
Additional production of the all-new Mazda2 (Demio) bound for Europe and the CX-9, among other models, led to a 10.9% rise in total domestic production compared with October 2006.

[Domestic production of key models in October 2007]

Mazda2 (Demio):	16,480 units (up 193.2% year-on-year)
CX-9:	3,525 units

2. Overseas production
Although production of the Mazda6, Mazda3 and other models was healthy, total overseas production in August 2007 was down 3.1% year-on-year due to the end of production of Familia and Premacy models in China.

[Overseas production of key models in October 2007]

Mazda6:	9,604 units (up 16.5% year-on-year)
BT-50:	7,237 units (up 12.4% year-on-year)
Mazda3:	5,826 units (up 1737.9% year-on-year)

II. Domestic sales

	Breakdown	October 2007		Jan. - Oct. 2007
	Breakdown	Units	YoY Change (%)	Units	YoY Change (%)
DOMESTIC SALES	Passenger Cars	14,995	+10.3	185,314	-3.8
	Commercial Vehicles	3,148	-12.4	34,956	-20.5

	Registration Total	14,399	+4.9	172,370	-8.8
	Micro-mini Total	3,744	+7.8	47,900	+0.7
	Total	18,143	+5.5	220,270	-6.9

Due to the new model effect of the Mazda2 (Demio) and Mazda5 (Premacy), domestic sales were up 5.5% year-on-year in October 2007.
Mazda’s registered vehicle market share was 5.3%, up 0.1 points over October 2006, with a 2.7% percent share of the micro-mini segment (up 0.4 points) and a 4.5% total market share, which is up 0.3 points over last year’s result.

[Domestic sales of key models in October 2007]

Mazda2 (Demio):	5,099 units (up 31.2% year-on-year)
Mazda5 (Premacy):	2,065 units (up 46.6% year-on-year)

III. Exports

	Breakdown	October 2007		Jan. - Oct. 2007
	Breakdown	Units	YoY Change (%)	Units	YoY Change (%)
EXPORTS	Passenger Cars	69,423	+13.9	635,591	+9.2
	Commercial Vehicles	189	-41.3	3,200	-9.4

	North America	22,315	-4.1	236,525	+1.9
	Europe	30,079	+25.5	234,864	+7.9
	Oceania	6,388	-12.8	55,257	+7.0
	Others	10,830	+61.2	112,145	+33.4
	Total	69,612	+13.6	638,791	+9.1

Exports increased over the same period last year, up 13.6% over October 2006, mainly due to brisk sales of the Mazda3 and Mazda2.
On a market basis, exports to Europe were particularly healthy, mainly due to the addition of Mazda2 exports.

[Exports of key models in October 2007]

Mazda3:	33,598 units (up 14.7% year-on-year)
Mazda2:	8,094 units (up 956.7% year-on-year)

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