Mazda Announces September Sales

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 1, 2004 -- Mazda North American Operations today released the following sales figures for September 2004:

                           Month-To-Date                 Year-To-Date

                  September  September    %     September September    %
                    2004        2003    Change     2004      2003    Change

  Protege            18        5,404    -99.7%    6,350    56,021    -88.7%

  Mazda3          5,810            0      N/A    60,796         0      N/A

  626                 2            9    -77.8%       14     1,605    -99.1%

  Mazda6          5,373        5,341      0.6%   50,985    44,966     13.4%

  Millenia            0           13   -100.0%       18     1,786    -99.0%

  Miata             651          845    -23.0%    7,525     8,816    -14.6%

  RX8             1,827        2,105      N/A    19,226     5,670      N/A

  MPV             1,758        2,421    -27.4%   20,003    23,563    -15.1%

  Mazda Truck       748        1,134    -34.0%    8,192    11,932    -31.3%

  Tribute         2,707        3,172    -14.7%   31,024    40,363    -23.1%

  Total Vehicles

  CARS           13,681       13,717     -0.3%  144,914   118,864     21.9%

  TRUCKS          5,213        6,727    -22.5%   59,219    75,858    -21.9%

  TOTAL          18,894       20,444     -7.6%  204,133   194,722      4.8%

  MEMO:

  IMPORT CAR      8,306        8,367     -0.7%   93,915    72,293     29.9%
  IMPORT TRUCK    1,758        2,421    -27.4%   20,003    23,563    -15.1%
  IMPORT TOTAL   10,064       10,788     -6.7%  113,918    95,856     18.8%

  DOMESTIC CAR    5,375        5,350      0.5%   50,999    46,571      9.5%
  DOMESTIC TRUCK  3,455        4,306    -19.8%   39,216    52,295    -25.0%
  DOMESTIC TOTALS 8,830        9,656     -8.6%   90,215    98,866     -8.8%

  Note:  Protege, 626 and Millennia are discontinued vehicles.