[DrewSG]

Does anyone know when Mazda USA officially starts selling them in the US? I don't see anything on their as far as inventory or building options, so I don't really know if any dealer has them. Anyone?

 

[dinu01]

Many US posters have test driven Mazda3s.

Check with your local dealer - it might not be shown online.

EDIT: Moved to "Relase / Pricing"

 

[bluong1]

Since a month. 12 have been sold in October (though internally), and 148 in November. Any dealer should have their Mazda3 by now.

 

[Kazbaeden]

Wouldn't it be neat to be able to say you were one of those first 12?

 

[MazdaHaveIt]

Stop teasing me, Kazbaeden....hehe....but isn't it somewhere in this gigantic forum that the official release is January 04?...isn't that right, bluong1 (i ask you cuz we all know that you know everything about this car)?

 

[Absinthe]

not only this car

 

[bluong1]

isn't it somewhere in this gigantic forum that the official release is January 04?

Well, to me the Mazda3 is already officially released. However Mazda wants to start the ad blitz for US market later. The ad blitz will start in fanfare from January first. The program is called "Own the Day" and the campaign catch sentense is "Rethink What's Possible". Expect to see on the TV, movie theatre, NFL playoff. The ad movie is made in September, and both 4-door and 5-door version are showed in the same 60-second commercial, called "twin".

 

[Absinthe]

I saw an ad in the magazine too.

 

[MazdaHaveIt]

"Rethink What's Possible"

I think that catch phrase is cool....although i still expect that kid to say "zoom-zoom" at the end....or should i say whisper...i think that has a nicer, more subliminal effect....hehe.

 

[dinu01]

The Zoom-Zoom whisper sounds great at the end!

 

[Kazbaeden]

I think Mazda needs to get away from the kid. Amoung my friends, Mazda is known as "That car company with the creepy kid in the suit in their commercials."

I just scream at them "MAZDA!! IT'S MAZDA!"

 

[Benggolf]

The new Mazda 3 is a hot seller here in Vancouver, Canada especially the hatchback Sports version which is tagged as a Mazda 3 GT. The dealers are getting MSRP with little or no discounts; perhaps free wheel locks....that's it! :shock:

We are picking our unit up on Monday.

 

[klavergreg]

Thanks for the info Benggolf. :thinking:
Welcome to the forums!

 

[Benggolf]

Thanks for the info Benggolf. :thinking:
Welcome to the forums!

Thanks for the warm welcome, Klavergreg.

 

[wings]

The new Mazda 3 is a hot seller here in Vancouver, Canada especially the hatchback Sports version which is tagged as a Mazda 3 GT. The dealers are getting MSRP with little or no discounts; perhaps free wheel locks....that's it! :shock:

We are picking our unit up on Monday.

__________

Congrats, benggolf. Does that mean you're getting rid of your MINI? I'll be driving my MINI to Vancouver Sept 8-10. Visiting a brother in Chilliwack and maybe a friend in Richmond.

 

[Benggolf]

Congrats, benggolf. Does that mean you're getting rid of your MINI? I'll be driving my MINI to Vancouver Sept 8-10. Visiting a brother in Chilliwack and maybe a friend in Richmond.

Sold my Mini a while back, Wings. Traded it in for a TSX last November. Are you a member of the Vancouver Mini Cooper Club? If not, you should join. The group is awesome and holds regular drives/events!

Here is the link. http://www.vancouverminicooperclub.com/news.asp