http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=117492
A cargo ship carrying THOUSANDS of Mazdas from Japan to North America has tipped over, possibly destroying all of them. Appearently they 75% of the cargo consisted of Mazda3's and CX-7's, but I now wonder if my order, originally scheduled to be built next week, will be set back behind remaking of these losses. I mean, I'm glad my 5 wasn't on the ship, but I just hope it doesn't really screw with my wait... but I have a feeling it will. (ughdance)
EDIT: Well, while this all sucks... I'm feeling better about it for several reasons.
For Mazda - Well, they have it completely insured, so they won't lose a cent... with the exception of a presumably large deductible (lol2)
For Me - Two things. First of all, I know that the Mz3, Mz5 and Mz CX-7 are all made at the U2 plant, but I found that the U1 plant can by itself put out upwards of 1,000 cars a day. (http://www.mazda.com/museum/museum/new_index/004u1/u1.html) So even if everything else is halted to reproduce these 4,000 some cars, that'll only be a backlog of a week at most, in theory. Also, Mazda spokesperson said they won't be able to evaluate anything for another week probably, so until it's evaluated, inventoried, planned for it might be looking at at least 2 - 3 weeks to fall down back to the production for replacements. My Mz5 is tenatively scheduled for build next week, so I might get ahead of the mess anyways.
A cargo ship carrying THOUSANDS of Mazdas from Japan to North America has tipped over, possibly destroying all of them. Appearently they 75% of the cargo consisted of Mazda3's and CX-7's, but I now wonder if my order, originally scheduled to be built next week, will be set back behind remaking of these losses. I mean, I'm glad my 5 wasn't on the ship, but I just hope it doesn't really screw with my wait... but I have a feeling it will. (ughdance)
EDIT: Well, while this all sucks... I'm feeling better about it for several reasons.
For Mazda - Well, they have it completely insured, so they won't lose a cent... with the exception of a presumably large deductible (lol2)
For Me - Two things. First of all, I know that the Mz3, Mz5 and Mz CX-7 are all made at the U2 plant, but I found that the U1 plant can by itself put out upwards of 1,000 cars a day. (http://www.mazda.com/museum/museum/new_index/004u1/u1.html) So even if everything else is halted to reproduce these 4,000 some cars, that'll only be a backlog of a week at most, in theory. Also, Mazda spokesperson said they won't be able to evaluate anything for another week probably, so until it's evaluated, inventoried, planned for it might be looking at at least 2 - 3 weeks to fall down back to the production for replacements. My Mz5 is tenatively scheduled for build next week, so I might get ahead of the mess anyways.
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