A Few Surprises from US 2018 Mazda CX-5
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Its been confirmed 17 days ago when this thread was started on 1/9/2018.
It’s been confirmed 17 days ago when this thread was started on 1/9/2018.
Yes but now in an actual review clip
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I have confirmed that the 2018 released CX-5 here is already Malaysia built and not Japan. Any news on your side of the planet?
No news
Just a guess but this might be a kit assembly type of operation. The parts are manufactured in Japan and then shipped to Malaysia for assembly. The Philippines have this type of operation as well with other automakers.
the Southeast Asian countries in the past didn't get much Japanese built Mazdas, many were built locally in one or multiple ASEAN countries
Vietnam has their own plant to build the 3s for local sales... I believe Laos does too
Thailand has their own plant to build the 3s and BT50s
Philippines used to have 323s built in Ford's Santa Rosa in Luzon plant
Taiwan used to have various different models built by Ford locally, including Ford rebadged versions
This is the first I heard of a Malaysian plant... must be new like the Vietnamese one
China has various joint venture plants around the country for various Mazdas of different generations... it's very typical for past generations to continue to be built and sold along side new ones in these developing countries... these are typically complete knock down models built in those countries, using parts supplied from various places, including Japan... this also results in interesting features/options/combinations or even engine choices in these countries... at one point in time, the Chinese Protege actually had a Mitsubishi engine option! But, these cars are typically not exported to the G8 or many other countries... probably due to quality concerns and replacement parts reasons
Vietnam has their own plant to build the 3s for local sales... I believe Laos does too
Thailand has their own plant to build the 3s and BT50s
Philippines used to have 323s built in Ford's Santa Rosa in Luzon plant
Taiwan used to have various different models built by Ford locally, including Ford rebadged versions
This is the first I heard of a Malaysian plant... must be new like the Vietnamese one
China has various joint venture plants around the country for various Mazdas of different generations... it's very typical for past generations to continue to be built and sold along side new ones in these developing countries... these are typically complete knock down models built in those countries, using parts supplied from various places, including Japan... this also results in interesting features/options/combinations or even engine choices in these countries... at one point in time, the Chinese Protege actually had a Mitsubishi engine option! But, these cars are typically not exported to the G8 or many other countries... probably due to quality concerns and replacement parts reasons
http://www2.mazda.com/en/publicity/release/2014/201405/140516a.html
For the equivalent of around $30 million, this must be a kit assembly plant. A full fledged manufacturing and assembly plant would be way more than that. It makes good business sense too.
For the equivalent of around $30 million, this must be a kit assembly plant. A full fledged manufacturing and assembly plant would be way more than that. It makes good business sense too.
AFAIK there are 2 plants in Japan that are the only ones that make the CX-5
We've had 2 Japanese made cars and the CX-5 will make it the third.
This is our third Japanese made car. The previous two were excellent and driven for a long long time.
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2018 has the back seat armrest with heated seat controls and usb port. Still practicing with tap talk adding pictures [emoji4]
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD
2017 has it as an option
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- 2018 Mazda CX5 GT AWD
Lol----Finally got tap talk figured out... Still practicing! Posting was good practice Lol
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Yup....this was part of the premium pkg. (2thumbs)
