All of the foregoing was written before the age of $4.00 gas let alone $5.00 or $6.00 gas. Mazda needs the US Mazda 2, a hybrid, a diesel desperately. Prius sales are up 52%--you have to wait two months for one. SUV sales are down 50% and will not come back. We are in the midst of an umprecidented shift in driver preference.
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