how many did they make?

5000 in 2004 and about 1524 in 2005 due to a fire in the factory. These are production numbers for American models only and does not include those shipped to Canada, Australia and the ones that stayed in Japan.
 
ive got an 04 that is a japan model any ideas as to how many of those are in the states?
 
haha i wish! damn thatd be sweet as hell no all i kno is that if the first letter in the vin was j it was a japan model and built in japan
 
oh hahaha well im an idiot...i just got into mazdas and bought mine like 5 months ago...no more than a month after i got it i had to put it away not only did i keep getting pulled over and kept getting harrassed by the local feds but it started to snow and the first time i saw them put salt on the roads away it went haha but ive got the whole exaust off now and im getting ready to flare it to 3" right before the cat. and go 3" all the way back w/o the cat...should sound pretty nice and give me a decent amount more power
 
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