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Mazda Reports Month-End December Sales

6 January 1998

Mazda Reports Month-End December Sales

    IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 6 -- Mazda North American Operations
(MNAO) reported month-end December sales today of 14,195.

                        MAZDA SALES FOR DECEMBER 1997

                          MONTH-TO-DATE                  YEAR-TO-DATE
                   December 1997   December 1996  December 1997  December 1996
    Total Vehicles
    CARS                11,163        11,566         184,139        195,402
    TRUCKS               3,032         3,274          37,701         42,883
    TOTAL               14,195        14,840         221,840        238,285

    Imported Vehicles
    CARS                 5,862         6,271         104,793        109,498
    TRUCKS                   0             0               0              0
    TOTAL                5,862         6,271         104,793        109,498

    U.S. Produced Vehicles
    CARS                 5,301         5,295          79,346         85,904
    TRUCKS               3,032         3,274          37,701         42,883
    TOTAL                8,333         8,569         117,047        128,787

                         MONTH-TO-DATE                  YEAR-TO-DATE
                  December 1997  December 1996   December 1997   December 1996

    Imported
     Vehicles by Model:
    Passenger Cars
    323                    0            0               0               0
    Protege            3,298        3,117          53,930          59,644
    MX-3                   0           12               7           2,399
    626                    0            0               0               0
    MX-6                   0            0               0               0
    RX-7                   0            5              12             369
    929                    0            4               7           1,232
    Millenia           1,096        1,254          18,020          13,019
    MPV                1,041        1,466          15,599          14,427
    Miata                427          413          17,218          18,408

    Trucks
    4x2                    0            0               0               0
    4x4                    0            0               0               0
    MPV Van                0            0               0               0

    U.S. Produced
     Vehicles by Model:

    Cars
    626                5,217        4,971          75,800          79,354
    MX-6                  84          324           3,546           6,550

    Trucks
    B-Series
    4x2                2,230        2,715          32,363          36,507
    4x4                  802          559           5,334           6,308
    Navajo                 0            0               4              68

SOURCE  Mazda Information Bureau