What is an appropriate short hand or abbreviation for "Mazda 5"?

[Davicho]

I vote for Preamacy also. That's the emblem I have on my rear hatch.

[mpvue]

I've been using M5, I don't really care if BMW uses it; we're on a mazda forum, people should be able to figure it out.

I add to the confusion because I run a BMW M5 badge on my hatch

as for the search engine confusion, ebay has no confusion with it whatsoever. if you search 'mazda5', it will also show you results for 'mazda 5'.
they also just refer to the numbered models in the drop down list by number only, they don't call it a 'Mazda Mazda5'.
I don't like the premacy name either; JDM names always strike me as odd, like calling the Nissan Z cars 'ladybird' or whatever they call them.

[phunky.buddha]

I've been using M5, I don't really care if BMW uses it; we're on a mazda forum, people should be able to figure it out.

I add to the confusion because I run a BMW M5 badge on my hatch

as for the search engine confusion, ebay has no confusion with it whatsoever. if you search 'mazda5', it will also show you results for 'mazda 5'.
they also just refer to the numbered models in the drop down list by number only, they don't call it a 'Mazda Mazda5'.
I don't like the premacy name either; JDM names always strike me as odd, like calling the Nissan Z cars 'ladybird' or whatever they call them.

Totally agree with you on not using the Premacy name- this IS a US based forum after all. My main concern with using the M5 designator even if this is only a Mazda forum is all the search engines that crawl through forums just like this one. You don't want people to have to sift through search results that cover both the M5 and the Mazda 5. That gets confusing.

And sorry, but running a BMW M5 badge on the hatch of your 5 is kind of like someone sticking a GTR badge on a Pontiac Sunfire. Yes, I've seen it.

[mpvue]

And sorry, but running a BMW M5 badge on the hatch of your 5 is kind of like someone sticking a GTR badge on a Pontiac Sunfire. Yes, I've seen it.

when it's done ironically it's ok

[phunky.buddha]

when it's done ironically it's ok

[daan]

Does anybody know why they aren't called "Premacy" here? Are they Premacies everywhere else, or just Japan? I know there's a long history of their cars called different things in different countries, (Miata/MX-5 etc) but was there an actual reason for the name change here?

[njaremka]

Does anybody know why they aren't called "Premacy" here? Are they Premacies everywhere else, or just Japan? I know there's a long history of their cars called different things in different countries, (Miata/MX-5 etc) but was there an actual reason for the name change here?

Naming convention to keep the line-up consistent.

Car based vehicles are: Mazda... (Mazda2, Mazda3, Mazda5, Mazda6)
SUV vehicles are: CX... (CX5, CX7, CX9)
Piston sports cars are: MX... (MX5, MX6, MX3...)
Rotary sports cars are: RX... (RX7, RX8...)

[Silentnoise713]

Naming convention to keep the line-up consistent.

Car based vehicles are: Mazda... (Mazda2, Mazda3, Mazda5, Mazda6)
SUV vehicles are: CX... (CX5, CX7, CX9)
Piston sports cars are: MX... (MX5, MX6, MX3...)
Rotary sports cars are: RX... (RX7, RX8...)

That’s MX5 Miata, thank you

And this doesn’t explain how the Tribute managed to Escape an alphanumeric nomenclature since inception but since it was just discontinued last year, I guess the point is moot (maybe Mazda’s master plan was to kill it off).

I bet some marking guy/gal with an ivy master’s degree, who knows little about cars but good at his/her craft, is running the show. The priority is efficiency and more concerned with classifying/organizing models so they are easily to identify in a catalog, without really understanding consumer’s affinity to cars. Or they read too many studies on brand awareness. If you think about the world’s largest and most successful manufactures (Honda, Toyota, VW, GM, Ford, etc.) they ALL stick with names. Yet all entry luxury lines (BMW, Benz, Lexus, Infiniti, Acura, etc.) use alphanumeric but most ultra-luxury (Lambo, Ferrari, Rolls, etc) tend to use conventional naming or a mix of it. Does this put Mazda in the upper echelon by default (again, their master plan)?

[njaremka]

its Mazda5 in Europe, too. Japan, or Asia, and some African countries seem to be the rouge areas for naming convention.

[mpvue]

That’s MX5 Miata, thank you

And this doesn’t explain how the Tribute managed to Escape an alphanumeric nomenclature since inception but since it was just discontinued last year, I guess the point is moot (maybe Mazda’s master plan was to kill it off).

the tribute was just a re-badged escape; only mazda-sourced vehicles abide by the naming convention.

I kind of miss the 323/626/929 era, always thought they could have brought over a 'kei' car and had a '121'
then they went to having a protege/626/milennia arrangement; huh? no consistency. maybe they kept 626 because they didn't want to confuse people?
(remember Ford killed the 'taurus 'nameplate, replaced it with 'five hundred' and sales dropped. so they re-named the five hundred the taurus and sales went up. go figure.)

I'm still waiting for a Mazda9 (RWD skyactiv 3.7? how cool would THAT be?)

[daan]

always thought they could have brought over a 'kei' car and had a '121'

They did, except we called them "Ford Festivas"...