crossbow said:
Thats kinda of odd how canada is supposed to get mazda mps 6's before the states...but doesn't yet have 05's? Somehow that doesn't make much sense.
Different situations but here's the deal:
Mazdaspeed6, Mazda3, and others assembled in Japan -
Japan's N. American builds happen at the same time (i.e. Job 1 date for US = Job 1 date for Canada). Canadian and US-spec cars are close enough that they do this (i.e. looking at the differences between say N. American-spec and JDM-spec, the differences between Canada-spec and US-spec is nothing).
So, having built them together, they typically get shipped around the same time. However, Canada's shipping & distribution system is faster than the US because all Canadian cars get shipped to Vancouver and then go by train. US is different, there are 4 water ports Mazda uses (two on the east coast). So as you can imagine, a train can get to eastern Canada much faster than a boat can go around the Panama. This is why Canada typically gets cars released a little faster, especially eastern parts of Canada versus eastern parts of US (but we're talking a week or two here, and very dependent on the situation).
Mazda6 -
AAI's Job 1's are always on a different date for US and Canada (though by how much depends on the exact launch, the Mustang was very close, which is good). To prepare for Mustang launch, AAI built up stock of Mazda6 during August. But '05 Mazda6 Job 1 (for US) was only Aug 23 - this means the stock-pile was some 80% '04's. So even in US, the stocks for '05 Mazda6 are relatively lower than normal. Since then, the focus has rightfully been towards the Mustang, and Mustang production now doubles Mazda6 production at the plant (but they've also added a new shift). '05 Canadian-spec Mazda6 has begun, but not yet reached dealerships yet (very soon though).