Well, not sure about the rumours for the next model year. But I was at my dealer last night, I know the salesman really well, and he was seeing if he could get another MP3, Mazda said...NOPE, ALL GONE. Their all built and spoken for. Whether or not there's some sitting in dealer showrooms somewhere is another thing though. I'm talking in Canada too. I've heard of a lot of owners of Mazda dealerships that have taken MP3's and used them as their own demos too. So, they'll be up for sale probably next summer.
But, Mazda is telling it's dealers, no more MP3's...ever. We in Eastern Canada never got the mp3's till late in the year, when the dealers here were fed up with waiting, saying why should we bring in 2001 models, when we should be ordering in 2002 models? Mazda apparantly said, it don't matter because there won't be any more MP3's. It don't matter what year they are.
One thing that scares me about a limited production car though....parts. 4 years from now, or even next summer? what happens if some asshole runs into my bumper? can I get parts for it?