Mazda to make new Toyota subcompact in Mexico

[Thirty-Nine]

Looks like Mazda is building a factory in Mexico and will build a subcompact built on the Mazda2 chassis, but it'll be sold as a Toyota product.

http://www.subcompactculture.com/201...as-toyota.html

[tk-421]

Intriguing! Let's see what they have up their sleeves... I'm thinking different body styles, but it could be as boring as a simple badge change.

[junorico24]

Mazda 2 with a yota engine?

[AlphaCentauri]

Toyota did not provide much information about the vehicle and would not say if it will replace the Yaris, a similar-sized car that Toyota builds in Japan.

http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...,1614324.story

[403RS]

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by 403RS

I agree. 'Plllleeeeease' NO!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by AlphaCentauri

Toyota did not provide much information about the vehicle and would not say if it will replace the Yaris, a similar-sized car that Toyota builds in Japan.

http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...,1614324.story

The article gives sales figures. I'm amazed that the Yaris is so far behind the Fit, Fiesta, and Sonic . The Sonic really leaves me SMH. I would never (and I know Why? agrees with me) buy a car from the companies that took the bailout....and I don't understand why more people don't feel the same way.

[2o6]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

The article gives sales figures. I'm amazed that the Yaris is so far behind the Fit, Fiesta, and Sonic . The Sonic really leaves me SMH. I would never (and I know Why? agrees with me) buy a car from the companies that took the bailout....and I don't understand why more people don't feel the same way.

Because, I know this is a Yaris forum.....but the new Yaris "sucks", it's nowhere near as good of a small car as the Sonic is. Feels tippy, slow, not that roomy, whereas the Sonic is a very, very, very good car.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by 2o6

Because, I know this is a Yaris forum.....but the new Yaris "sucks", it's nowhere near as good of a small car as the Sonic is. Feels tippy, slow, not that roomy, whereas the Sonic is a very, very, very good car.

I don't care how good a car the Sonic is, it is the principle of the thing. You either believe we have a Rule of Law (one aspect many immigrants used to really like about the U.S.) in the U.S. or you don't. I supported Obama in 2008 (I stupidly molded him into what I thought he might become -- very uncharacteristic of me), but now have a very low opinion of him. The bondholders were first in line to receive equity after the 'reorganization' and Obama essentially flipped the bondholders the bird and allowed that equity to go to the unions instead.

Academy is a sporting goods and outdoor chain that has about 150 stores. I used to purchase needed items there. One day, a couple of years ago, I read a police log report in the newspaper. A customer had her car broken into in the parking lot of an Academy store. A policeman asked the store for the camera footage that would cover the time the customer was away from the car. The store's position was that they wouldn't provide the footage unless a judge ordered them to do it. I said to myself that a store that is that unhelpful to a customer doesn't deserve my business and I haven't walked into an Academy store since (and there is one about 4 miles from my house).

When the O'Malley family still owned the Dodgers, the way they treated one player pissed me off so much that I said I'm never going to be responsible for putting another dollar in the O'Malley's pocket again. I never again went to a Dodger game until AFTER they sold the team to Fox....and I'll never go to Petco Park again (some O'Malley family members are part of the new Padres ownership group)

I carry my beliefs to the core of my being and try to live a life as devoid of hypocrisy as possible.

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I don't care how good a car the Sonic is, it is the principle of the thing. You either believe we have a Rule of Law (one aspect many immigrants used to really like about the U.S.) in the U.S. or you don't. I supported Obama in 2008 (I stupidly molded him into what I thought he might become -- very uncharacteristic of me), but now have a very low opinion of him. The bondholders were first in line to receive equity after the 'reorganization' and Obama essentially flipped the bondholders the bird and allowed that equity to go to the unions instead.

Academy is a sporting goods and outdoor chain that has about 150 stores. I used to purchase needed items there. One day, a couple of years ago, I read a police log report in the newspaper. A customer had her car broken into in the parking lot of an Academy store. A policeman asked the store for the camera footage that would cover the time the customer was away from the car. The store's position was that they wouldn't provide the footage unless a judge ordered them to do it. I said to myself that a store that is that unhelpful to a customer doesn't deserve my business and I haven't walked into an Academy store since (and there is one about 4 miles from my house).

When the O'Malley family still owned the Dodgers, the way they treated one player pissed me off so much that I said I'm never going to be responsible for putting another dollar in the O'Malley's pocket again. I never again went to a Dodger game until AFTER they sold the team to Fox....and I'll never go to Petco Park again (some O'Malley family members are part of the new Padres ownership group)

I carry my beliefs to the core of my being and try to live a life as devoid of hypocrisy as possible.

The UAW is mostly to blame for the poor quality of American Automobiles. They had to use lesser cost materials to compensate for excessively compensated UAW workers. Any group of people that stikes because they believe paying 10% of their medical insurance and benefits, is putting a huge drain on a company. Then there is the 90% pay when they are "laid off". That shit is stupid, labor unions have no place in todays business world.

[frog13]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I don't care how good a car the Sonic is, it is the principle of the thing. You either believe we have a Rule of Law (one aspect many immigrants used to really like about the U.S.) in the U.S. or you don't. I supported Obama in 2008 (I stupidly molded him into what I thought he might become -- very uncharacteristic of me), but now have a very low opinion of him. The bondholders were first in line to receive equity after the 'reorganization' and Obama essentially flipped the bondholders the bird and allowed that equity to go to the unions instead.

Academy is a sporting goods and outdoor chain that has about 150 stores. I used to purchase needed items there. One day, a couple of years ago, I read a police log report in the newspaper. A customer had her car broken into in the parking lot of an Academy store. A policeman asked the store for the camera footage that would cover the time the customer was away from the car. The store's position was that they wouldn't provide the footage unless a judge ordered them to do it. I said to myself that a store that is that unhelpful to a customer doesn't deserve my business and I haven't walked into an Academy store since (and there is one about 4 miles from my house).

When the O'Malley family still owned the Dodgers, the way they treated one player pissed me off so much that I said I'm never going to be responsible for putting another dollar in the O'Malley's pocket again. I never again went to a Dodger game until AFTER they sold the team to Fox....and I'll never go to Petco Park again (some O'Malley family members are part of the new Padres ownership group)

I carry my beliefs to the core of my being and try to live a life as devoid of hypocrisy as possible.

BINGO......no support for commies

[b20vteg]

i would love to see the aygo here in the states. anyone know why we don't have them here?

[2o6]

I don't know if this article is worded correctly; other articles say that a new small car will be shared with the Mazda 2, and made in Mexico. And given the fact that

- Mazda 2 is mechanically related to the Ford Fiesta

- Ford/Mazda partnership is dead

- Both the 2 and new Yaris are slow selling in the USA

- Mazda has no new partner for a small car; especially since everyone is partnering up with other companies on new product

I wouldn't be surprised if the next 2 and Yaris are related, and this new Mexican plant will build a new Mazda 2 and Yaris.

[403RS]

Originally Posted by b20vteg

i would love to see the aygo here in the states. anyone know why we don't have them here?

Well soccer's not that big in N.A.

http://youtu.be/3yBITRmNd4I

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by 403RS

Well soccer's not that big in the U.S.

FTFY

[jayeh]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

either way if how poorly the VWs are built in Mexico I am not holding my breathe for a solid product.

+1

Plus the awful nissans.

[b20vteg]

Originally Posted by 403RS

Well soccer's not that big in N.A.

http://youtu.be/3yBITRmNd4I

hahaha

[fnkngrv]

either way if how poorly the VWs are built in Mexico I am not holding my breathe for a solid product.