Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) will stop selling sports car Mazda RX-8 at the end of this year. The reason, the car carrying the rotary engine that fails to meet global emissions standards.
At the same time, sales also continued to sag. Moreover, the production process on Hiroshima factory also has expired since July.
"Sales during 2010 and then dropped 49 percent over the previous year," said a source at Mazda as reported by three pages, automotivenews.com, autoevolution.com, and autoguide.com, Tuesday, August 23, 2011.
Throughout 2010, the car was only sold 1134 units. In fact, until the first seven months of this year, or until July, sales slumped 21 percent over the same period last year.
Indeed, the Mazda RX-8 rotary engine was known in various countries. 1300 engine that he used was known to have great power, up to 232 horsepower at 8500 rpm.
However, Mazda claimed to have been set up last-generation car, a model who is still using the code 16X. The model carries the 1600 cc engine.
At the same time, sales also continued to sag. Moreover, the production process on Hiroshima factory also has expired since July.
"Sales during 2010 and then dropped 49 percent over the previous year," said a source at Mazda as reported by three pages, automotivenews.com, autoevolution.com, and autoguide.com, Tuesday, August 23, 2011.
Throughout 2010, the car was only sold 1134 units. In fact, until the first seven months of this year, or until July, sales slumped 21 percent over the same period last year.
Indeed, the Mazda RX-8 rotary engine was known in various countries. 1300 engine that he used was known to have great power, up to 232 horsepower at 8500 rpm.
However, Mazda claimed to have been set up last-generation car, a model who is still using the code 16X. The model carries the 1600 cc engine.
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