Duval Mazda Toy Store Jacksonville, FL

[DuvalMazdaToyz]

Just wanted to post and get some feed back on some of the cars that we are putting together at our dealership. I work for the aftermarket deparment and these are some of the projects that we have going on here. Let me know what you guys think.

This is my departments Show Car 2007 Mazda RX-8 (This car is not for sale)

List of current Mods:

20 Inch Maya Racing Wheels
Mazda Speed Body Kit
Mazda Speed Cold Air Intake System
Mazda Speed Coil Over Suspension Package
Mazda Speed Strut Tower Bar
Mazda Speed Sport Exhaust System
Mazda Speed Flywheel (To be installed Soon)
Sparco Racing Seats
Brembo Big Brake Kit

This is our Mazda3 Hatch we are working on

List of Mods:

MazdaSpeed Sport Springs
19 Inch Racing Heart R5 Pros
Painted Calipers
Eclipse Navication (Will be installed soon)

 

[JCell]

so are they there to tease customers? lol

cars look great

 

[DuvalMazdaToyz]

LOL No the black hatch is for sale. Just not our show car. My apologies i should have explained it a lot better then i did.


Andre

 

[03promaz]

Cars look good. There is a Ford dealership in Denver, that always has wheels on cars and lifted trucks with bigger tires. They do really good with it.

 

[DuvalMazdaToyz]

Cars look good. There is a Ford dealership in Denver, that always has wheels on cars and lifted trucks with bigger tires. They do really good with it.

Our Ford dealership here in town does the same type of things as that Denver dealership as far as lifting the trucks and wheels and tires.

Thanks for the feed back keep it coming.

Andre

 

[makvli199]

how much for the RX8

 

[Loose]

how much for the RX8

(eek2) This is my departments Show Car 2007 Mazda RX-8 (This car is not for sale)

 

[steve_protege]

Cars look real good. I would love to see a car like that fixed up at my local dealership. Was that your idea to work on the cars like that? Do you have a Mazda that is fixed up?

 

[Scott]

Lots of dealerships have been doing this for years. Actually, all the way back to the 50's and 60's. It's a pretty good concept, in that it can kind of kick start a potential buyer's motivation to get a car. If it comes with a couple of parts from the showroom floor, they can have a fancy modified car without having to worry about doing the work themselves or getting ripped off by some shady aftermarket shop.

The only downside in my eyes is that some dealerships tend to take advantage of a few simple modifications. One such story that comes to mind is back in 2003, when I was shopping around for a new car (I ended up picking up my MSP that week). I stopped by a certain Nissan dealer (that will remain nameless) to check out the '03 SE-R Spec V's. They had on their showroom floor, a "limited edition Nismo Spec V". I began to inquire about it, and discovered that it had a K&N air filter, Eibach springs, Magnaflow muffler, some Nismo badges, and some red pinstriping. The first salesman tried to convince me that this was a legit Nismo car that was shipped that way from the factory. When I questioned him about why a Nismo car had absolutely no Nismo parts, another fellow working there informed us that it was actually modified back in the service department. They were trying to justify an extra $2,500 tacked onto the sticker price by lying to their customers. Needless to say, I will never buy a car from there.

Sorry to kind of ramble like that. My basic point was that dealer modifications can both be great for business, and very poor for business...depending solely on how you walk that line between wise marketing and lying.

 

[DuvalMazdaToyz]

Cars look real good. I would love to see a car like that fixed up at my local dealership. Was that your idea to work on the cars like that? Do you have a Mazda that is fixed up?

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you guys was off the past couple of days. We have a lot of cars that we do this type of thing too for sale on our lot. I just put a couple to get some feed back from people.

It was my departments idea to fix up the RX-8. The car belongs to my department. We purchesed it from the dealership so the car is titled to my department. We have full say on what we do to the car.


Andre

 

[DuvalMazdaToyz]

Lots of dealerships have been doing this for years. Actually, all the way back to the 50's and 60's. It's a pretty good concept, in that it can kind of kick start a potential buyer's motivation to get a car. If it comes with a couple of parts from the showroom floor, they can have a fancy modified car without having to worry about doing the work themselves or getting ripped off by some shady aftermarket shop.

The only downside in my eyes is that some dealerships tend to take advantage of a few simple modifications. One such story that comes to mind is back in 2003, when I was shopping around for a new car (I ended up picking up my MSP that week). I stopped by a certain Nissan dealer (that will remain nameless) to check out the '03 SE-R Spec V's. They had on their showroom floor, a "limited edition Nismo Spec V". I began to inquire about it, and discovered that it had a K&N air filter, Eibach springs, Magnaflow muffler, some Nismo badges, and some red pinstriping. The first salesman tried to convince me that this was a legit Nismo car that was shipped that way from the factory. When I questioned him about why a Nismo car had absolutely no Nismo parts, another fellow working there informed us that it was actually modified back in the service department. They were trying to justify an extra $2,500 tacked onto the sticker price by lying to their customers. Needless to say, I will never buy a car from there.

Sorry to kind of ramble like that. My basic point was that dealer modifications can both be great for business, and very poor for business...depending solely on how you walk that line between wise marketing and lying.

That is one thing i am trying to stay away from my self. Some people would like to lable the cars we fix up "Limited Edition" when that is not the case it is just a regular Mazda with Mazda Speed parts on it. I will say that all the car that we do add parts to are all under factory warranty. As far as cost on items we show the customer what the part cost and what it cost to be installed. Wether they want to buy the car with it on it or just buy the same car with out the parts and buy the parts on their own that is completly up to them.

Andre

 

[SafariAri]

I stopped in last week to test drive a Mazdaspeed6 at Duval Mazda. Afterwards, I was taken into the showroom where that badass RX-8 resides. Let me tell ya, that car is a thing of beauty, inside and out. The owner told me they are going to install a turbo soon.

 

[jomoyo069]

i saw that rx8 on jaxstreetscene.. it's stil nice

 

[jomoyo069]

and that 3 looks clean.. how much are you guys charging xtra for the wheels, navigation, and other mods?

 

[jomoyo069]

gonna turbo the rx8?

 

[DuvalMazdaToyz]

gonna turbo the rx8?

Turbo is the last stage of the car. We are looking at the Greddy Kit and the Mazsport kit.

Andre

 

[Rock]

I'll have to stop by sometime, my Ms3 was on your lot when I bought from Mazdacity in O.P.

 

[chacon101]

Wow, that RX8 is gorgeous. The 3 is cool but I am not a fan of the wheels...personal preference of course.

 

[Target:STi]

Duval Mazda is definately the best service department in jax. tom bush is ok but their sales dept sucks.
love the car!