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Mazda Reports November Sales Increase of More Than 30 Percent

2 December 1999

Mazda Reports November Sales Increase of More Than 30 Percent

    IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 1 -- Mazda North American Operations
(MNAO) today announced U.S. sales of 17,338 units for the month of November, a
30.6 percent increase over the same period last year.
    The all-new 2000 Mazda MPV recorded strong sales for the month with 3,121
units, up 246 percent.  Sales of Mazda's Millenia luxury sport sedan, which
now costs less than it did when it was introduced in 1994, posted a dramatic
increase of 192.1 percent.
    Mazda North American Operations is responsible for the sales and
marketing, customer parts and service support of Mazda vehicles in the United
States.  Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., MNAO has more than 750 dealerships
nationwide and is owned by Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, Japan.


                          MAZDA SALES FOR NOVEMBER 1999
                            MONTH-TO-DATEYEAR-TO-DATE

                     November   November% ChangeNovember  November  % Change
                        1999      1998             1999      1998

    Total Vehicles
    CARS              11,723      9,520  +23.1%  177,304   174,481    +1.6%
    TRUCKS*            5,615      3,755  +49.5%   49,199    49,952    -1.5%
    TOTAL             17,338     13,275  +30.6%  226,503   224,433    +0.9%

    Imported Vehicles
    CARS               5,872      5,114  +14.8%   96,117    88,767    +8.3%
    TRUCKS*            3,121        902 +246.0%   12,951    11,463   +13.0%
    TOTAL              8,993      6,016  +49.5%  109,068   100,230    +8.8%

    U.S. Assembled
     Vehicles
    CARS               5,851      4,406  +32.8%   81,187    85,714    -5.3%
    TRUCKS*            2,494      2,853  -12.6%   36,248    38,489    -5.8%
    TOTAL              8,345      7,259  +15.0%  117,435   124,203    -5.4%

    * Beginning January 1999, the MPV minivan was reclassified as a truck to
be consistent with the industry system.


                            MONTH-TO-DATEYEAR-TO-DATE
                      November  November% Change November November  % Change
                         1999     1998            1999       1998

    Imported Vehicles
     By Model
      Cars
       Protege         3,427      3,821  -10.3%   61,514    53,877   +14.2%
       Millenia        1,659        568 +192.1%   17,804    16,140   +10.3%
       Miata             786        725   +8.4%   16,799    18,747   -10.4%
      Trucks
       MPV             3,121        902 +246.0%   12,951    11,463   +13.0%

    U.S. Assembled
     Vehicles By Model
      Cars
       626             5,851      4,401  +32.9%   81,173    85,279    -4.8%
       MX-6*               0          5      0%       14       435   -96.8%
      Trucks
       4x2             1,942      2,188  -11.2%   29,177    30,185    -3.3%
       4x4               552        665 -17.05%    7,071     8,304   -14.8%

    * discontinued model