View Full Version : Mazda's RX8 must not
be selling that well in my area. I just stopped by one of the local dealers to check it out and they have 15 or so on the lot.
Nick M3
12-14-2003, 05:27 PM
It's selling poorly PERIOD.
clyde
12-14-2003, 05:51 PM
Some dealers have a lot full of them and some of them only have a few. The dealer that where I bought mine had about 30 of them. Their original forecast was for 30,000/year in the US (60k worldwide) and they're selling them at a rate of about 2,500/mo here. They dealers are just bringing them in a lot faster than that...which is going to cause problems for everyone if they don't do a better job of balancing things.
Funny, because the car is getting pretty much universal praise and is well priced. Guess they're just flooding the market. A friend of mine got one for just a little over invoice. You'd think Mazda would manage supply a little better, to make a bit more money from the sale than that.
Hey, we usually have this conversation about how crappy BMWs are selling b/c they have some on the lot. :lol:
lemming
12-14-2003, 09:28 PM
it is very difficult to get people to buy a 30,000 dollar mazda. just like it is difficult to get people to buy 32,000 dollar S2000s.
it is also not a great time of year --it's xmas. people are thinking about other people first, plus the wintertime, in MOST of the country, the rx8 is not necessarily going to be first on a lot of peoples' shopping lists.
FT@SGP
12-15-2003, 12:09 AM
I am sure Clyde has something to say about this :)
Roadstergal
12-15-2003, 04:52 AM
I just stopped by the local Honda dealer, and they have just a ton of Accords on the lot! That's too bad; they must not be selling well...
lemming
12-15-2003, 08:06 AM
I just stopped by the local Honda dealer, and they have just a ton of Accords on the lot! That's too bad; they must not be selling well...
don't you have a thesis to write or something?
clyde
12-15-2003, 09:17 AM
I just stopped by the local Honda dealer, and they have just a ton of Accords on the lot! That's too bad; they must not be selling well...
Define a ton, please...I'm assuming that you mean more than 2,000 lbs. :P
I would guess that 30 Accords do not last at a dealer as long as 30 RX-8s. The question is whether supply and demand is well balanced.
Roadstergal
12-15-2003, 02:59 PM
don't you have a thesis to write or something?
:cry:
I have yet to see one on the road...
Roadstergal
12-15-2003, 03:23 PM
I have yet to see one on the road...
I've seen four; two in the Udistrict, one on I-5, one on the east side.
The east side one was that... blue... :drool:
see them often here in Austin
They're getting quite visible around D.C. And despite my initial distaste for the styling, I'd have to say that I like it from most angles now. Not bad, especially not for the price.
lemming
12-16-2003, 10:14 AM
i like the rx8 styling. it resembles the other mazda cars and the design doesn't have a lot of bloat --looks very taut to me.
maybe robert cumberford of automobile might think a lot of the design cues are passe, but i like them.
lemming
12-21-2003, 08:08 AM
RX8 just got a great review in the nytimes.com today.
:smile:
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