Does anybody know why they aren't called "Premacy" here? Are they Premacies everywhere else, or just Japan? I know there's a long history of their cars called different things in different countries, (Miata/MX-5 etc) but was there an actual reason for the name change here?
What is an appropriate short hand or abbreviation for "Mazda 5"?
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Naming convention to keep the line-up consistent.
Car based vehicles are: Mazda... (Mazda2, Mazda3, Mazda5, Mazda6)
SUV vehicles are: CX... (CX5, CX7, CX9)
Piston sports cars are: MX... (MX5, MX6, MX3...)
Rotary sports cars are: RX... (RX7, RX8...)
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That’s MX5 Miata, thank you
And this doesn’t explain how the Tribute managed to Escape an alphanumeric nomenclature since inception but since it was just discontinued last year, I guess the point is moot (maybe Mazda’s master plan was to kill it off).
I bet some marking guy/gal with an ivy master’s degree, who knows little about cars but good at his/her craft, is running the show. The priority is efficiency and more concerned with classifying/organizing models so they are easily to identify in a catalog, without really understanding consumer’s affinity to cars. Or they read too many studies on brand awareness. If you think about the world’s largest and most successful manufactures (Honda, Toyota, VW, GM, Ford, etc.) they ALL stick with names. Yet all entry luxury lines (BMW, Benz, Lexus, Infiniti, Acura, etc.) use alphanumeric but most ultra-luxury (Lambo, Ferrari, Rolls, etc) tend to use conventional naming or a mix of it. Does this put Mazda in the upper echelon by default (again, their master plan)?
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That’s MX5 Miata, thank you
And this doesn’t explain how the Tribute managed to Escape an alphanumeric nomenclature since inception but since it was just discontinued last year, I guess the point is moot (maybe Mazda’s master plan was to kill it off).
the tribute was just a re-badged escape; only mazda-sourced vehicles abide by the naming convention.
I kind of miss the 323/626/929 era, always thought they could have brought over a 'kei' car and had a '121'
then they went to having a protege/626/milennia arrangement; huh? no consistency. maybe they kept 626 because they didn't want to confuse people?
(remember Ford killed the 'taurus 'nameplate, replaced it with 'five hundred' and sales dropped. so they re-named the five hundred the taurus and sales went up. go figure.)
I'm still waiting for a Mazda9 (RWD skyactiv 3.7? how cool would THAT be?)
always thought they could have brought over a 'kei' car and had a '121'
They did, except we called them "Ford Festivas"...
